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The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed. If you have five players in a situation where the music is being improvised and one is determined it is not going to succeed, it won't succeed even if one of the musicians takes control.

Bill Dixon

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Bill Dixon
Age: 84 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 5
Died: 2010
Died: June 16
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University Teacher
Nantucket Island
William Dixon
William Robert Dixon
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