Vade Mecum

For other uses, see Vademecum (disambiguation).

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

Vade Mecum
Studio album by Bill Dixon
Released	1994
Recorded	August 2, 3 and 4, 1993 Mu Rec Studio, Milano
Genre	Jazz
Length	77:39
Label	Soul Note 121 208
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Bill Dixon chronology
Son of Sisyphus (1990) Vade Mecum (1994) Vade Mecum II (1996)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz	[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	[5]

In his review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick states "The expansiveness and airiness of the sound here is one of this record's most striking qualities."^[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called "Anamorphosis" "one of Dixon's most thoughtful conceptions," and commented: "Inside almost all of Dixon's small group recordings there is a dark pressure, like the imprint of a much larger composition that has been denied full expression. That is profoundly evident on Vade Mecum."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Dixon

1. "Moment" - 4:24
2. "Anamorphosis" - 12:29
3. "Viale Nino Bixio 20" - 9:17
4. "Pellucity"- 9:04
5. "Vade Mecum" - 15:52
6. "Twice Upon a Time" - 13:12
7. "Acanthus" - 13:25

Personnel

• Bill Dixon - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Barry Guy, William Parker - bass
• Tony Oxley - percussion