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Billy Bang

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Billy Bang (September 20, 1947 – April 11, 2011), born William Vincent Walker, was an American free jazz violinist and composer. [1]

58 relations: A Tribute to Stuff Smith, Ahmed Abdullah, AllMusic, Area Code 212 (album), Arlo Guthrie, AUM Fidelity, Big Cliff, Black Saint/Soul Note, Celluloid Records, CIMP, City Newspaper, Common Goal, Conscription, Delmark Records, Dimension 5 (album), Experience (World Saxophone Quartet album), First String, Free jazz, Harlem, Hathut Records, Infantry, Jackie Robinson, James Emery (musician), Jazz, JazzTimes, John Lindberg (jazz musician), Justin Time Records, Kahil El'Zabar, Kidd Jordan, Live at Carlos 1, Maryland, Mobile, Alabama, Natural Balance (album), Rainbow Gladiator, Rebirth of a Feeling, Recruit training, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Schizophrenia, Scrapbook (album), Silkheart Records, Stockbridge School, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, String Trio of New York, Sun Ra, Tet Offensive, The Bronx, The Fire from Within, The Village Voice, Thirsty Ear Recordings, United States Army, ..., Valve No. 10, Virginia, Vision Festival, William Hooker (musician), William Parker (musician), Wood Flute Songs, Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York), World Saxophone Quartet. Expand index (8 more) »

A Tribute to Stuff Smith

A Tribute to Stuff Smith is an album by the American jazz violinist Billy Bang recorded in 1992 featuring Sun Ra, John Ore and Andrew Cyrille and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

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Ahmed Abdullah

Ahmed Abdullah (born Leroy Bland; May 10, 1947) is a jazz trumpeter who was a prominent member of Sun Ra's band.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Area Code 212 (album)

Area Code 212 is the second album by American jazz group the String Trio of New York recorded in 1980 for the Italian Black Saint label.

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Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter.

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AUM Fidelity

AUM Fidelity is an independent record label in New York City primarily devoted to avant-garde jazz artists such as William Parker, Matthew Shipp, and David S. Ware.

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Big Cliff

Big Cliff is an album by American jazz percussionist Kahil El'Zabar and his Ritual Trio, which also includes saxophonist Ari Brown and bassist Malachi Favors, and the guest appearance of violinist Billy Bang.

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Black Saint/Soul Note

Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian independent record labels.

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Celluloid Records

Celluloid Records, a French/American record label, founded by Jean Georgakarakos (sometimes shortened to Jean Karakos) operated from 1976 to 1989 in New York City, and produced a series of eclectic and ground-breaking releases, particularly in the early to late 1980s, largely under the auspices of de facto in-house producer Bill Laswell.

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CIMP

Creative Improvised Music Projects, usually abbreviated CIMP or C.I.M.P., is an American jazz record company and label.

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City Newspaper

City Newspaper is the alternative weekly newspaper of Rochester, New York.

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Common Goal

Common Goal is the third album by American jazz group the String Trio of New York recorded in 1981 for the Italian Black Saint label.

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Conscription

Conscription, sometimes called the draft, is the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service.

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Delmark Records

Delmark Records is the oldest American jazz and blues independent record label.

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Dimension 5 (album)

Dimension 5 is an album by American jazz double-bassist John Lindberg recorded in 1981 for the Italian Black Saint label.

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Experience (World Saxophone Quartet album)

Experience is the nineteenth album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet and their sixth on the Canadian Justin Time label.

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First String

First String is the debut album by American jazz group the String Trio of New York recorded in 1979 for the Italian Black Saint label.

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Free jazz

Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 60s as musicians attempted to alter, extend, or break down jazz convention, often by discarding fixed chord changes or tempos.

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Harlem

Harlem is a large neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Hathut Records

Hathut Records is a Swiss record company and label founded by Werner Xavier Uehlinger in 1974 that specializes in jazz and classical music.

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Infantry

Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.

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Jackie Robinson

Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.

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James Emery (musician)

James Emery (born December 21, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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JazzTimes

JazzTimes is an American magazine devoted to jazz.

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John Lindberg (jazz musician)

John Lindberg (born March 16, 1959 in Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American jazz double-bassist.

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Justin Time Records

Justin Time Records is a Canadian record company and independent record label founded in Montreal by Jim West.

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Kahil El'Zabar

Kahil El'Zabar (born Clifton Blackburn on November 11, 1953, Chicago, Illinois) is a jazz multi-instrumentalist (mainly a percussionist) and composer.

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Kidd Jordan

Edward "Kidd" Jordan (born May 5, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist and music educator from New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Live at Carlos 1

Live at Carlos 1 is a live album by the American jazz violinist Billy Bang recorded in 1986 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

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Natural Balance (album)

Natural Balance is the fifth album by American jazz group the String Trio of New York recorded in 1986 for the Italian Black Saint label.

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Rainbow Gladiator

Rainbow Gladiator is an album by the American jazz violinist Billy Bang recorded in 1981 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

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Rebirth of a Feeling

Rebirth of a Feeling is the fourth album by American jazz group the String Trio of New York recorded in 1983 for the Italian Black Saint label.

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Recruit training

Recruit training, more commonly known as basic training or colloquially boot camp, refers to the initial instruction of new military personnel.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

The Santa Cruz Sentinel is a daily newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California, covering Santa Cruz County, California, and owned by Digital First Media.

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Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to understand reality.

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Scrapbook (album)

Scrapbook is an album by American jazz bassist and composer William Parker's Violin Trio featuring Billy Bang which was recorded in 2002 and released on the Thirsty Ear label.

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Silkheart Records

Silkheart Records is a Swedish record company and label dedicated to improvised music and free jazz.

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Stockbridge School

Stockbridge School was a "progressive" co-educational boarding school for adolescents near the Interlaken section of Stockbridge, Massachusetts and which operated from 1948 to 1976.

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Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in western Massachusetts, United States.

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String Trio of New York

The String Trio of New York is an American jazz chamber ensemble.

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Sun Ra

Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra; May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993) was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances.

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Tet Offensive

The Tet Offensive (Sự kiện Tết Mậu Thân 1968), or officially called The General Offensive and Uprising of Tet Mau Than 1968 (Tổng Tiến công và Nổi dậy Tết Mậu Thân 1968) by North Vietnam and the NLF (National Liberation Front), was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States Armed Forces, and their allies.

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The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York.

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The Fire from Within

The Fire from Within is an album by the American jazz violinist Billy Bang recorded in 1984 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

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The Village Voice

The Village Voice is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.

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Thirsty Ear Recordings

Thirsty Ear Recordings is an American independent record label.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Valve No. 10

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Vision Festival

The Vision Festival is the world's premier festival of experimental music (typically free jazz/avant-garde jazz), art, film and dance, held annually in May/June on the Lower East Side of New York City from 1996 to 2011, in Brooklyn from 2012-2014, and returning to Manhattan in 2015.

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William Hooker (musician)

William Hooker is an American jazz drummer and composer.

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William Parker (musician)

William Parker (born January 10, 1952) is an American free jazz double bassist, multi-instrumentalist, poet and composer.

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Wood Flute Songs

Wood Flute Songs (subtitled Anthology/Live 2006-2012) is an eight-CD box set by bassist and composer William Parker which was recorded in California in 2006, Houston in 2007, Geneva and Montreal in 2011and New York in 2009 and 2012, and released on the AUM Fidelity label.

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Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)

Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and is a designated National Historic Landmark.

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World Saxophone Quartet

The World Saxophone Quartet is a jazz ensemble founded in 1977, incorporating elements of free funk and African jazz into their music.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bang

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