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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]

102 relations: A Gathering of the Tribes (Cultural Organization), A Tribute to Stuff Smith, A. R. Penck, Abbey Rader, Ahmed Abdullah, Akhenaten Suite, Alain Kirili, Andrew Cyrille, Area Code 212 (album), Barry Altschul, Big Cliff, Black Saint/Soul Note, Bush Tetras, Changing Seasons, Charles "Bobo" Shaw, Charles Tyler (musician), Christian Howes (musician), CIMP, Common Goal, Craig Harris, Curtis Clark, D. D. Jackson, David Murray discography, David Sulzer, Deaths in April 2011, Denis Charles, Dimension 5 (album), Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Donald Garrett, Experience (World Saxophone Quartet album), First String, Frank Lowe, Futura Records, Giorgio Gomelsky, Henry Threadgill, Ishmael Reed, James Emery (musician), John Betsch, John Lindberg (jazz musician), John Ore, Justin Time Records, Kahil El'Zabar, Khan Jamal, Kim Jin-hi, Leroy Jenkins (jazz musician), List of electric violinists, List of jazz violinists, List of people from Mobile, Alabama, List of stage names, List of years in jazz, ..., Live at Carlos 1, Live in Berlin (Marilyn Crispell album), Live Under the Sky (festival), Marilyn Crispell, Material (band), Memory Serves, Michael Carvin, Michael Thieke, Michele Rosewoman, Michiyo Yagi, Natural Balance (album), Newman Taylor Baker, Owuor Arunga, Rainbow Gladiator, Rasul Siddik, Rebirth of a Feeling, Red Door (venue), Reggie Nicholson, Ronnie Burrage, Roy Campbell Jr., Scrapbook (album), September 20, Sirone (musician), Steve Cannon (writer), Steve McCall (drummer), String Trio of New York, Sun Ra, Sun Ra discography, Sunny Murray, Susie Ibarra, Ted Daniel, The Cooler (night club), The Fire from Within, The Fire Within (disambiguation), Thurman Barker, Tom Abbs, Valve No. 10, Violin musical styles, Vision Festival, Wilber Morris, William Hooker (musician), William Parker (musician), Wood Flute Songs, Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York), 1947 in jazz, 1970s in jazz, 1979 in jazz, 1980 in jazz, 1980s in jazz, 1981 in jazz, 1982 in jazz, 2011 in jazz. Expand index (52 more) »

A Gathering of the Tribes (Cultural Organization)

A Gathering of the Tribes is a multi cultural interdisciplinary arts organization founded by Dr. Steve Cannon at his home at 285 East third street in New York City's East Village.

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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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A. R. Penck

Ralf Winkler, alias A. R.

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Abbey Rader

Abbey Rader (October 14, 1943) is an American avant-garde jazz drummer.

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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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Akhenaten Suite

Akhenaten Suite is the seventh album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Campbell, an extended work inspired by Amenhotep IV, Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt.

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Alain Kirili

Alain Kirili (born in 1946) is a sculptor.

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Andrew Cyrille

Andrew Charles Cyrille (born November 10, 1939) is an American avant-garde jazz drummer.

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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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Barry Altschul

Barry Altschul (born January 6, 1943, New York City) is a free jazz and hard bop drummer who first came to notice in the late 1960s for performing with pianists Paul Bley and Chick Corea.

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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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Bush Tetras

Bush Tetras are an American post-punk band from New York City, formed in 1979.

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Changing Seasons

Changing Seasons may refer to.

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Charles "Bobo" Shaw

Charles Wesley "Bobo" Shaw (September 5, 1947 – January 16, 2017) was an American free jazz drummer, known as a prominent member of the Human Arts Ensemble and Black Artists Group.

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Charles Tyler (musician)

Charles Lacy Tyler (July 20, 1941 – June 27, 1992) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist.

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Christian Howes (musician)

Christian Howes (born February 21, 1972) is an American musician, teacher and composer.

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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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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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Craig Harris

Craig S. Harris (born September 10, 1953) is a jazz trombonist and composer who has been a major figure in the jazz avant-garde movement since his stint with Sun Ra in 1976.

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Curtis Clark

Curtis Clark (born 23 April 1950) is a jazz pianist from Chicago, United States.

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D. D. Jackson

D.

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David Murray discography

David Murray appears on hundreds of recordings as a leader and performer.

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David Sulzer

David Sulzer is an American neuroscientist and Professor at Columbia University Medical Center in the Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Pharmacology.

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Deaths in April 2011

The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2011.

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Denis Charles

Denis Charles (December 4, 1933 – March 26, 1998) was a jazz drummer.

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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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Don "Sugarcane" Harris

Don Francis Bowman "Sugarcane" Harris (June 18, 1938 – November 30, 1999) was an American rock and roll violinist and guitarist.

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Donald Garrett

Donald Rafael Garrett (February 28, 1932, El Dorado, Arkansas - August 14, 1989, Champaign, Illinois) was an American jazz double-bassist and bass clarinetist.

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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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Frank Lowe

Frank Lowe (June 24, 1943 – September 19, 2003) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer.

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Futura Records

Futura Records is a French record company and jazz record label founded in 1969 by Gérard Terronès.

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Giorgio Gomelsky

Giorgio Sergio Alessando Gomelsky (28 February 1934 – 13 January 2016) was a film maker, impresario, music manager, songwriter (as Oscar Rasputin) and record producer.

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Henry Threadgill

Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944) is an American composer, saxophonist, and flautist, who came to prominence in the 1970s leading jazz ensembles with unusual instrumentation and often incorporating genres other than jazz.

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Ishmael Reed

Ishmael Scott Reed (born February 22, 1938) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor and publisher, who is known for his satirical works challenging American political culture.

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James Emery (musician)

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

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John Betsch

John Betsch (born October 8, 1945) is an American jazz drummer.

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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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John Ore

John Ore (December 17, 1933 – August 22, 2014) was an American jazz 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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Khan Jamal

Khan Jamal (born July 23, 1946, Jacksonville, Florida) is an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player.

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Kim Jin-hi

Jin Hi Kim (born February 6, 1957 in Incheon, South Korea) is a composer and performer of komungo and electric komungo, and a Korean music specialist.

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Leroy Jenkins (jazz musician)

Leroy Jenkins (Chicago, March 11, 1932 – February 24, 2007, New York City) was an American composer and violinist/violist.

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List of electric violinists

This is a list of violinists notable for their work with electric violin.

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List of jazz violinists

This is a list of jazz violinists who have become notable.

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List of people from Mobile, Alabama

Notable people, past and present, who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Mobile, Alabama.

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List of stage names

This list of stage names lists names used by those in the entertainment industry, alphabetically by their stage name's surname, followed by their birth name.

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List of years in jazz

This page indexes the individual year in jazz pages.

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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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Live in Berlin (Marilyn Crispell album)

Live in Berlin is an album by American jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell, which was recorded in 1982 during the Total Music Meeting and released on the Italian Black Saint label.

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Live Under the Sky (festival)

Live under the sky was an annual jazz festival held in summer, July and August, at the Denen Coliseum and Yomiuriland in Tokyo and other areas in Japan.

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Marilyn Crispell

Marilyn Crispell (born March 30, 1947) is an American jazz pianist and composer.

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Material (band)

Material is a musical group formed in 1979 and led by bass guitarist Bill Laswell.

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Memory Serves

Memory Serves is a 1981 album by the New York based No Wave music group Material.

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Michael Carvin

Michael W. Carvin (born December 12, 1944) is an American jazz drummer.

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Michael Thieke

Michael Thieke (1971 in Düsseldorf) is a German jazz clarinetist and alto saxophone player.

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Michele Rosewoman

Michele Rosewoman is an American jazz pianist living in New York, NY.

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Michiyo Yagi

, a Japanese musician, studied koto under Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai and Satomi Kurauchi, and graduated from the NHK Professional Training School for Traditional Musicians.

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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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Newman Taylor Baker

Newman Taylor Baker (born February 4, 1943) is a jazz drummer best known for Singin' Drums, his exploration of the washboard, and his work with musicians Henry Threadgill, Billy Bang, Henry Grimes, Leroy Jenkins, and Diedre Murray and choreographers and.

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Owuor Arunga

Owuor Arunga is a jazz trumpeter.

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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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Rasul Siddik

Rasul Siddik, sometimes spelled Rasul Sadik (born September 20, 1949, St. Louis) is an American jazz trumpeter.

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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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Red Door (venue)

Red Door is a 2,000 SF event and music space located in the heart of Chelsea, New York City that has remained private to the public for the last 37 years.

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Reggie Nicholson

Reginald "Reggie" Nicholson (born July 17, 1957) is an American jazz drummer.

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Ronnie Burrage

Ronnie Burrage (born October 19, 1959, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American jazz drummer.

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Roy Campbell Jr.

Roy Sinclair Campbell Jr. (September 29, 1952 – January 9, 2014) was an American trumpeter frequently linked to free jazz, although he also performed rhythm and blues and funk during his career.

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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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September 20

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Sirone (musician)

Norris Jones, better known as Sirone (September 28, 1940 – October 21, 2009) was an American jazz bassist and composer.

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Steve Cannon (writer)

Steve Cannon (born 1935) is an American writer and the founder of the cultural organization "A Gathering of the Tribes".

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Steve McCall (drummer)

Steve McCall (September 30, 1933 – May 24, 1989) was an American jazz drummer.

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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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Sun Ra discography

The Sun Ra discography is one of the largest discographies in music history.

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Sunny Murray

James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (September 21, 1936 – December 7, 2017) was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.

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Susie Ibarra

Susie Ibarra (born Anaheim, California, November 15, 1970) is a contemporary composer and percussionist who has worked and recorded with jazz, classical, world, and Indigenous musicians.

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Ted Daniel

Ted Daniel (born June 4, 1943) is an American jazz trumpeter and composer.

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The Cooler (night club)

The Cooler, a music and performance space, opened on Wednesday, September 22, 1993 at 416 West 14th Street in the Meatpacking District in Manhattan.

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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 Fire Within (disambiguation)

The Fire Within is a 1963 French drama film starring Maurice Ronet.

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Thurman Barker

Thurman Barker (born January 8, 1948, Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz drummer.

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Tom Abbs

Tom Abbs (born 1972) is an American multi-instrumentalist and filmmaker.

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Valve No. 10

Valve No.

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Violin musical styles

Since the Baroque era, the violin (Baroque violin) has been one of the most important of all instruments in classical music, for several reasons.

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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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Wilber Morris

Wilber Morris (November 27, 1937 - August 8, 2002) was an American jazz double bass player and bandleader.

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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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1947 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1947.

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1970s in jazz

In the 1970s in jazz, jazz become increasingly influenced by Latin jazz, combining rhythms from African and Latin American countries, often played on instruments such as conga, timbale, güiro, and claves, with jazz and classical harmonies played on typical jazz instruments (piano, double bass, etc.). Artists such as Chick Corea, John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola increasingly influenced the genre with jazz fusion, a hybrid form of jazz-rock fusion which was developed by combining jazz improvisation with rock rhythms, electric instruments, and the highly amplified stage sound of rock musicians such as Jimi Hendrix.

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1979 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1979.

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1980 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1980.

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1980s in jazz

In the 1980s in jazz, the jazz community shrank dramatically and split.

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1981 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1981.

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1982 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1982.

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2011 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2011.

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References

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

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