Edgar J. Dixon

To me and innumerable musicians, Ed Dixon was the overwelmingly generous host of the great jazz party of the year. He provided food and beverages to all his guests in a day-long jam session on a summer day in the back yard of his and Muriel's glorious Victorian home on Hazlett Street in Morristown. Ed knew everybody's name, and greeted everyone as a friend. He certainly was a friend, a friend of individuals and of music.

We all saw Ed and Muriel dance, and they were a...