Envoi (album)

Envoi is an album by American jazz trumpeter Bill Dixon, which was recorded live at the 2010 edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville and released on the Canadian Victo label. Dixon reassembled the nonet previously employed on Tapestries for Small Orchestra. It was his last concert, which took place less than a month before he died. Dixon’s failing health required that his solos were prerecorded and played back during the performance.[1]

Envoi
Live album by
Bill Dixon
Released2011
RecordedMay 22, 2010
Victoriaville, Canada
GenreJazz
Length53:05
LabelVicto
ProducerBill Dixon
Bill Dixon chronology
Tapestries for Small Orchestra
(2009)		 Envoi
(2011)

Reception

The Musicworks review by Stuart Broomer states "The music initially suggests the cutting cry of Miles Davis’s Sketches of Spain but moves subtly and constantly through a series of phases that further exploit the sombre side of trumpet sonority."[2]

Track listing
All compositions by Bill Dixon
  1. "Envoi - Section I" - 24:31
  2. "Envoi - Section II" - 27:37
  3. "Epilogue" - 0:57

Personnel
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References
  1. Envoi review at Point of Departure
  2. Broomer, Stuart. Envoi review at Musicworks
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