Considerations 1972–1976, Volumes 1 and 2, is a pair of live albums by trumpeter and composer Bill Dixon. They were recorded during 1972 to 1976, a period during which Dixon was teaching at Bennington College and was, in his own words, "in total isolation from the market places of this music." Released in 1981 by the Italian Fore label, the recordings help to document the gap between the 1967 album Intents and Purposes and the Soul Note albums of the early 1980s
Author Colin Larkin noted the "essentially reflective nature" of Dixon's music, and, regarding the small ensemble compositions, stated that "the results are remarkable for their balance of intellectual freight, sensitivity to nuance and implicit structural coherence."
