We Speak: Honoring Bill Dixon

As part of We Speak, a presentation of the Festival of New Trumpet Music, friends and collaborators of the late avant-garde trumpet legend Bill Dixon—many of whom appear on Envoi, a just-out CD of Dixon's final performance—celebrate his memory with new compositions. The cast is absolutely top-notch: brassmen Taylor Ho Bynum, Stephen Haynes and Rob Mazurek; bassist William Parker; and percussionist Warren Smith. Trumpeters Stanton Davis and Wadada Leo Smith guest-star.