Vade Mecum

Vade Mecum is an album by American jazz trumpeter Bill Dixon recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[1]

For other uses, see Vademecum (disambiguation).
Vade Mecum
Studio album by
Bill Dixon
Released1994
RecordedAugust 2, 3 and 4 1993
Mu Rec Studio, Milano
GenreJazz
Length77:39
LabelSoul Note
121 208
ProducerGiovanni Bonandrini
Bill Dixon chronology
Son of Sisyphus
(1990)		 Vade Mecum
(1994)		 Vade Mecum II
(1996)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[5]

In his review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick states "The expansiveness and airiness of the sound here is one of this record's most striking qualities."[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called "Anamorphosis" "one of Dixon's most thoughtful conceptions," and commented: "Inside almost all of Dixon's small group recordings there is a dark pressure, like the imprint of a much larger composition that has been denied full expression. That is profoundly evident on Vade Mecum."[3]

Track listing
All compositions by Bill Dixon
  1. "Moment" - 4:24
  2. "Anamorphosis" - 12:29
  3. "Viale Nino Bixio 20" - 9:17
  4. "Pellucity"- 9:04
  5. "Vade Mecum" - 15:52
  6. "Twice Upon a Time" - 13:12
  7. "Acanthus" - 13:25

Personnel

References
  1. Stubenrauch, R., Bill Dixon discography accessed November 17, 2014
  2. Olewnick, Brian. Bill Dixon - Vade Mecum: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 378. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 247.
  5. Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 206.
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