Son of Sisyphus
by Bill Dixon
- Type: Album
- Released: 1990
- Label: Soul Note
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:24
- Community rating: 3.79/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The visionary trumpeter and composer leads a quartet through a series of spacious, deeply textural free jazz improvisations. Known for his intense focus on silence and timbre, Dixon utilizes low-register brass and breathy techniques to craft an intensely atmospheric avant-garde statement.
Genres
Descriptors: avant-garde, dissonant, experimental, improvisation, minimal, spacious, long-form
Tracklist
- Silences For Jack Moore (2:22)
- Vecctor (1:58)
- Son Of Sisyphus (7:22)
- Schema VI - 88 (3:11)
- Fusama Codex (5:25)
- Mandala Per Mandela (3:52)
- Sumi - E (2:59)
- Negoro Codex (4:30)
- Molti Molti Anni Fa... (7:41)
Credits
- Bill Dixon - primary artist, trumpet, piano, composed by, painting [front and back covers], task artwork
- Niridan - cover [art], task artwork
- Mario Pavone - double bass
- Laurence Cook - percussion
- John Buckingham - tuba
- Art Lange - liner notes
- Gennaro Carone - mastering