[2] In 1964, Dixon organized and produced the October Revolution in Jazz, four days of music and discussions at the Cellar Café in Manhattan.

Dixon later co-founded the Jazz Composers Guild,[6] a cooperative organization that sought to create bargaining power with club owners and effect greater media visibility.

A key participant in the seminal Judson Dance Theater at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village, New York City, Dixon was one of the first artists to produce concerts mixing free jazz and improvisational dance, spending several years in a close collaboration with dancer Judith Dunn, with whom he formed the Judith Dunn/Bill Dixon Company.

In 1967, he composed and conducted a score for the United States Information Agency film, The Wealth of a Nation,[10] produced and directed by William Greaves.

On June 16, 2010, Bill Dixon died in his sleep at his home in North Bennington, Vermont after suffering from an undisclosed illness.