title: Thoughts (album)
text: # Thoughts (album)
  
  Thoughts is an album by American jazz trumpeter Bill Dixon recorded in 1985 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  | The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide | |
  
  In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow stated "The music (six originals, including the four-part suite "For Nelson and Winnie") is quite adventurous, yet thoughtful, disturbing without being forbidding."
  
  The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings noted that "Dixon's playing is at a discount, though his silences are resonantly meaningful too." However, they cautioned that the album "drifts off into inconsequential and sometimes pretentious ramblings."
  
  ## Track listing
  
      All compositions by Bill Dixon
  * "Thoughts" - 11:20
  * "Windows" - 4:40
  * "For Nelson and Winnie" -18:53
  * "A Song for Claudia's Children" - 11:10
  * "Brothers" - 8:30
  * "Points" - 8:45
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Bill Dixon - trumpet, flugelhorn, piano
  * John Buckingham - tuba
  * Marco Eneidi - alto saxophone
  * Peter Kowald, William Parker, Mario Pavone - bass
  * Lawrence Cook - drums
  