Trevor Hunter provides an in-depth analysis of Bill Dixon’s Tapestries for Small Orchestra (Firehouse 12 Records) in a review for the American Music Center’s Web magazine, NewMusicBox.
“In short,” he writes, “this is one of the best CDs of the year. Firehouse 12 has done an amazing job with every facet of this release…every instrument is given the space to breathe and create. The liner notes, written by Taylor Ho Bynum and Stephen Haynes, are an illuminatingly good read, but most interesting of all supporting materials is the documentary included on the DVD.”
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This project, Tapestries for Small Orchestra, is a good example of the primacy of FONT when the subject is supporting the growth and evolution of the music. We could never have pursued the foundation commissioning support from the LEF Foundation, and then balanced the budget through knitting a collaborative relationship with Firehouse 12 Records, without first having a very real partnership with FONT, an artist-run artist-centered 501-c3 that very definitely GETS IT! Without the powerful profile of FONT standing by our side, firmly holding our hand, there never would have been the Bill Dixon Recording Residency at Firehouse 12 and the resulting essential document critiqued above. Thanks FONT.