Here is the story of 2021 Jazz Hero Rob Dixon of Indianapolis, Indiana, as told by excerpts of the Jazz Journalist Association virtual town hall celebrating all of the 2021 JJA Jazz Heroes virtual town hall on Friday, April 16. Video were produced by Bret “JazzVideoGuy” Primack.
Going into the pandemic year, Indianapolis-based saxophonist Rob Dixon was enjoying the varied routine of a successful jazz musician, teaching courses at IUPUI (urban research center, offering degrees from both Indiana and Purdue universities) and area high schools, playing with his band Trilogy at the Chatterbox and Mousetrap, making frequent recording sessions as a sough-after sideman. An Indianapolis Jazz Hall of Fame Inductee, Dixon was booking other musicians as well as contributing insights and influence on the local scene from his purview as Artistic Director of Indy Jazz Fest, Naptown’s most culturally significant jazz occasion.
