The Bill Dixon Orchestra - Intents And Purposes LP 12-inches Bonsai Garden

Bonsai Garden

New insert with liner notes by Joe Carducci

Joan La Barbara

then at Brooklyn Academy of Music and finally at Town Hall where this recording was made – and featured the composer along with a cast of longtime collaborators including Art Murphy

The Bill Dixon Orchestra - Intents And Purposes LP 12-inches Bonsai GardenAfter spending the early '60s playing in groups with Cecil Taylor and Archie Shepp, trumpeter Bill Dixon recorded his singular and visionary masterpiece in 1967. Intents And Purposes remains not only Dixon's defining statement as a composer, but also one of the most luminous moments in the history of avant garde jazz. Combining orchestral timbres with free jazz intensity, Dixon leads a ten piece ensemble including such heavyweights as Byard Lancaster,