Rob Dixon

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Rob Dixon (* 20th century Atlanta ) is an American jazz saxophonist and music producer.

Life and work

Dixon learned the saxophone from the age of ten. After completing his Bachelor of Arts at Hampton University in Virginia , he continued studying at Indiana University with David Baker . After moving to New York City in 1996, he played with well-known jazz musicians such as Tony Bennett , Dakota Staton , the Ellington Band , Jonah Jones , Slide Hampton , Ray Charles , the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra and the Smithsonian Master Works Jazz Orchestra.

In the following years he worked in the Illinois Jacquet Big Band for over four years . Together with tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, he joined the Tana Reid quartet , led by drummer Akira Tana and the renowned bassist Rufus Reid .

Dixon returned to Indianapolis in 2003, where he worked with the Cleveland Heritage Jazz Orchestra and the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra . As a band leader, he has built up the funk-jazz combo Triology +1 and an organ-centered quartet with Melvin Rhyne . He earns his living as Vice-Chef at Owl Studios.

Dixon is under contract with Owl Studios , an Indianapolis-based jazz fusion record label of which he is vice president. There he released two albums as a band leader - What Things Could Be (2006) and Reinvention: The Dixon-Rhyne Project (2008). On Reinvention, the organist Melvin Rhyne is a co-leader and named.

He is also Director of Education (artistic director and young talent promoter) of the annual Indianapolis Festival Indy Jazz Fest . After the owners of Owl Studios bought the festival's naming rights from the American Pianists Association , who had run it since 2000, they reinvented it as a non-profit event. The new owners concentrated on involving the schools and high schools as well as jazz bands from the regional universities. The entrance fees have become more family-friendly, i.e. less expensive, and the location has also been relocated. Instead of around “father's day” in early summer, it was postponed to the third week of September because, according to Dixon, you then have a better chance of getting good artists.

Dixon also frequently works as a sideman with other musicians from Owl Studios, including Derrick Gardner & the Jazz Prophets, Cynthia Layne, Steve Allee, Mike Clark, and The Headhunters . According to his own statements on his blog at Owl Studios, Rob plays every first Wednesday of the month at the Indianapolis jazz club The Jazz Kitchen and is the presenter of the jazz jam session there every last Monday of the month. He also appears occasionally in the regional Chatterbox jazz clubs. One of his compositions (with Raeford Gerald) Bump 'N From The Middle is on the compilation Act 1 on the Southbound label with Ace Records (UK).

In October 2010 Dixon went as a member of the Mike Clark Trio on a tour sponsored by the Russian US Embassy with 17 concerts across Russia.

Rob Dixon should not be confused with the actor of the same name .

Discographic Notes

Year artist Title Label
2006 Rob Dixon & Trioloy +1 What Things Could Be Owl Studios
2008 Derrick Gardner and The Jazz Prophets A Ride to the Other Side ... Owl Studios
2008 The Dixon-Rhyne Project Reinvention: The Dixon-Rhyne Project Owl Studios
2008 Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra Where or When Owl Studios
2008 Cynthia Layne Beautiful soul Owl Studios
2009 Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets Echoes of Ethnicity Owl Studios
2009 Mark Buselli To Old Soul Owl Studios
2010 Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra Mezzanine Owl Studios
2010 Mike Clark Carnival of Soul Owl Studios
2011 The headhunters Platinum Owl Studios

Web links

Individual references, comments

  1. ↑ http://www.myspace.com/robdixonandtriology
  2. ↑ a b Rob Dixon - OWL Studios entry
  3. ↑ Ken Dryden: CD / LP Review: Carol of the Bells . All about jazz. December 17, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  4. ^ John Kelman: CD / LP Review: Reinvention . All about jazz. June 19, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  5. ↑ a b Indy Jazz Fest under new leadership , video from May 16, 2011
  6. ↑ Discogs details of album Act 1 . Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  7. ↑ Dixon's own blog entries ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blog.owlstudios.com
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SURNAME Dixon, Rob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and record producer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlanta , Georgia , USA