Vade Mecum II

Vade Mecum II
Vade Mecum II
Studio album by Bill Dixon
Released	1996
Recorded	August 2, 3 and 4, 1993 ; Mu Rec Studio, Milano
Genre	Jazz
Length	70:05
Label	Soul Note ; 121 211
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Bill Dixon chronology

Last updated May 22, 2025

Vade Mecum II is an album by American jazz trumpeter Bill Dixon recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz	^[4]

In his review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick stated "It is... one of the very finest jazz albums of the '90s and one that cannot be recommended too highly."^[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings noted that, in relation to the first volume of Vade Mecum, volume 2 is "more coherent and cogent." They praised the "stirring thoughtfulness [of] Dixon's spacious solo lines," noting that their logic "carries each piece forward to a satisfactory conclusion."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Dixon

"Valentina Di Sera" - 3:07
"Tableau" - 10:21
"Ebonite" - 15:51
"Reflections" - 15:28
"Incunabula" - 13:33
"Octette #1" - 11:45

Personnel

References

↑ Stubenrauch, R., Bill Dixon discography accessed November 17, 2014
1 2 Olewnick, Brian. Bill Dixon - Vade Mecum II: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved November 17, 2014.
1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 378. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 247.

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[Dixon_Discography-1] Stubenrauch, R., Bill Dixon discography accessed November 17, 2014

[Allmusic-2] 1 2 Olewnick, Brian. Bill Dixon - Vade Mecum II: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved November 17, 2014.

[Penguin-3] 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 378. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 247.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Solo albums	Fizzles (1991) Symmetries (2001) Five Fizzles for Samuel Beckett (2009) Irvin's Comet (2019)
with Howard Riley	Angle (1968 & 1969) The Day Will Come (1970)
with Tony Oxley	Ichnos (1969 & 1970) February Papers (1977) Unreleased 1974–2016 ( 1974, 1981, & 2016)
with Paul Rutherford	Iskra 1903 (1970 & 1972) Sequences 72 & 73 (1972, 1973, & 1974)
with London Jazz Composers' Orchestra	Ode (1972) Zurich Concerts (1987 & 1988) Harmos (1989) Double Trouble (1989) Theoria (1991) Double Trouble Two (1995) Radio Rondo/Schaffhausen Concert (2008)
with the Barry Guy New Orchestra	Inscape–Tableaux (2000) Oort–Entropy (2004)
with Evan Parker	Atlanta (1986) 50th Birthday Concert (1994) Bush Fire (1995) The Redwood Session (1995) Natives and Aliens (1996) Toward the Margins (1996) At the Vortex (1996) Drawn Inward (1998) After Appleby (1999) Memory/Vision (2002) Birds and Blades (2002) Boustrophedon (2004) The Moment's Energy (2007) Live at Maya Recordings Festival (2011) Music for David Mossman (2016)
with Mats Gustafsson	You Forget to Answer (1994 & 1995) Gryffgryffgryffs (1996)
with Marilyn Crispell	Cascades (1993) Odyssey (1990) Ithaca (2003) Phases of the Night (2007) Deep Memory (2015)
with Cecil Taylor	Nailed (1990) Melancholy (1990)
with Bill Dixon	Vade Mecum (1993) Vade Mecum II (1993)
with Roscoe Mitchell	Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (2004)
Related articles	Spontaneous Music Ensemble

Vade Mecum II

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Reception

Track listing

Personnel

References