November 1981 (album)

November 1981 is double album by American jazz trumpeter Bill Dixon consisting of one disc recorded live in Zurich and another in a studio in Milan in November 1981 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[1]

November 1981
Studio album / Live album by
Bill Dixon
Released1982
RecordedNovember 8, 16 & 17, 1981
Volkshaus, Zürich and Barigozzi Studios, Milano
GenreJazz
Length79:01
LabelSoul Note
SN 1037/38
ProducerGiovanni Bonandrini
Bill Dixon chronology
Bill Dixon in Italy Volume Two
(1981)		 November 1981
(1982)		 Thoughts
(1987)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Bob Rusch states "The music on this two-record set was typical of trumpeter Bill Dixon's hue and perhaps the most in-command set of his so far released."[2]

Track listing
All compositions by Bill Dixon

Side A:

  1. "November 1981" -10:40
  2. "Penthesilea" -10:10

Side B:

  1. "The Second Son" - 5:10
  2. "The Sirens" - 7:05
  3. "Another Quiet Feeling" - 6:48

Side C:

  1. Announcement" - 1:13 omitted from CD rerelease
  2. "Webern" - 1:24
  3. "Windswept Winterset" -15:42

Side D:

  1. "Velvet" - 6:44
  2. "Llaattiinnoo Suite" -15:24
  3. Announcement - 1:40 omitted from CD rerelease
  • Sides A & B recorded November 16 & 17, 1981, at Barigozzi Studios, Milano, Italy. Sides C & D recorded live November 8, 1981, at Volkshaus, Zürich, Switzerland. The CD rerelease omits the stage announcements and programs the live tracks first.

Personnel
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References
  1. Stubenrauch, R., Bill Dixon discography accessed November 16, 2014
  2. Rusch, Bob. Bill Dixon - November 1981: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 62. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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