Billy Bang (September 20, 1947 – April 11, 2011), born William Vincent Walker, was an American free jazz violinist and composer. Bang's family moved to...
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Big Bang Theory is an album by violinist Billy Bang. It was recorded on August 20 and 21, 1999, at Sound on Sound Studios in New York City, and was released...
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The Big Bang Theory, a song by 2007 Barenaked Ladies Big Bang Theory (Billy Bang album) (2000) Big Bang Theory (Styx album) (2005) Big Bang Theory (Harem...
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Vietnam: Reflections (category Billy Bang albums)
Vietnam: Reflections is an album by violinist Billy Bang. It was recorded on May 18 and 19, 2004, at Nola Recording Studios in New York City, and was released...
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with whom Kahil EL'Zabar has collaborated include Cannonball Adderley, Billy Bang, Dizzy Gillespie, David Murray, Pharoah Sanders, Paul Simon, Nina Simone...
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Bang On! is an album by violinist Billy Bang. It was recorded on April 21 and 23, 1997, at Sound on Sound Studios in New York City, and was released later...
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Untitled Gift (category Billy Bang albums)
Untitled Gift is an album by violinist Billy Bang. It was recorded on February 7, 1982, at OAO Studio in Brooklyn, New York, and was released on vinyl...
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Intensive Care with Rafael Garrett, Denis Charles, Billy Bang 1984: Isle in the Ocean with Billy Bang, Frank Wollny, Heinz Wollny, A. R. Penck 1984: Decision...
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Da Bang! is an album by violinist Billy Bang. It was recorded on February 2 and 3, 2011, roughly two months before Bang's death, at Studio MI of the Finnish...
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Billy Bang/Bill Cole is a live album by violinist Billy Bang and multi-instrumentalist Bill Cole. It was recorded on April 17, 2009, at the University...
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Billy Bang, Salim Washington, Craig Harris, Cody Moffett, Masujaa, Radu ben Judah, Monique Ngozi Nri, Owuar Arunga Tara's Song (TUM, 2005) with Billy...
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Alice Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Charles Brown, Terumasa Hino, Bobby Watson, Billy Bang, and many others. Carvin has recorded on more than 250 albums. He is also...
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Vietnam: The Aftermath (category Billy Bang albums)
Vietnam: The Aftermath is an album by violinist Billy Bang. It was recorded on April 13 and 14, 2001, at Sorcerer Sound in New York City, and was released...
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Medicine Buddha (album) (category Billy Bang live albums)
Medicine Buddha is a live album by violinist Billy Bang and double bassist William Parker. It was recorded on May 8, 2009, at the Rubin Museum of Art in...
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Above & Beyond: An Evening in Grand Rapids (category Billy Bang live albums)
Beyond: An Evening in Grand Rapids is a live album by the Billy Bang Quintet, led by violinist Bang, and featuring saxophonist Frank Lowe, pianist Andrew...
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Lucky Man: Music from the Film (category Billy Bang albums)
Boulet and Markus Hansen, documenting violinist and Vietnam veteran Billy Bang's 2008 visit to the country, 40 years after his participation in the Vietnam...
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Dara, Sonny Sharrock, Laswell, Beinhorn, Fred Maher) – 7:11 "Upriver" (Billy Bang, Laswell, Beinhorn, Maher) – 5:25 "Metal Test" (Fred Frith, Laswell, Beinhorn...
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Spirits Gathering (category Billy Bang albums)
Spirits Gathering is an album by the Billy Bang Quartet, led by violinist Bang, and featuring guitarist Brett Allen, double bassist Akira Ando, and drummer...
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Spirits Entering (category Billy Bang albums)
Spirits Entering is an album by percussionist Kahil El'Zabar and violinist Billy Bang. It was recorded during May 1998 at Riverside Studio in Chicago, and was...
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the New York jazz scene with Frank Lowe, David Murray, Charles Tyler, Billy Bang, and others, and also played funk, rock, and traditional Caribbean music...
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Bangception (category Billy Bang live albums)
Bangception is a live album by violinist Billy Bang and drummer Dennis Charles. It was recorded on August 29, 1982, at the Jazz Festival Willisau [de]...
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Configuration (album) (category Billy Bang live albums)
Configuration is a live album by bassist Sirone and violinist Billy Bang, recorded in November, 2004, at CBGB's Gallery in New York City, and released...
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A Tribute to Stuff Smith (category Billy Bang albums)
A Tribute to Stuff Smith is an album by the American jazz violinist Billy Bang recorded in 1992. The album was released on the Italian Soul Note label...
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Invitation is an album by the Billy Bang Quintet, led by violinist Bang, and featuring saxophonist Charles Tyler, pianist Curtis Clark, double bassist...
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History of Jazz in Reverse (category Billy Bang albums)
violinist Billy Bang. It was recorded on December 13, 2005, at Kampo Studios in New York City, and was released in 2011 by TUM Records, shortly after Bang's death...
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Commandment (For the Sculpture of Alain Kirili) (category Billy Bang live albums)
(For the Sculpture of Alain Kirili) is a live solo album by violinist Billy Bang. It was recorded on March 30, 1997, at the loft of sculptor Alain Kirili...
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Distinction Without a Difference (album) (category Billy Bang live albums)
Distinction Without a Difference is a live solo album by violinist Billy Bang. It was recorded on August 12, 1979, at the Gaku Gallery in New York City...
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Sweet Space (category Billy Bang live albums)
Sweet Space is a live album by the Billy Bang Sextet, led by violinist Bang, and featuring tenor saxophonist Frank Lowe, alto saxophonist Luther Thomas...
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McPhee, Jason Kao Hwang, Jayne Cortez, Fred Anderson, Matthew Shipp, Billy Bang, Eddie Gale, Whit Dickey, Amiri Baraka, Roscoe Mitchell, Steve Lacy, DJ...
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Outline No. 12 (category Billy Bang albums)
Outline No. 12 is an album by Billy Bang. Featuring three ensemble works composed by Bang and conducted by Lawrence "Butch" Morris, it was recorded during...
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