Billy Bang 
"Vietnam" World Premiere, 11th Other Minds Music Festival
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - San Francisco, CA 
2/26/2005

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Track 01: 16:36
Track 02: 15:49
Track 03: 08:28
Track 04: 12:58


Billy Bang Quintet
Billy Bang, violin
Ted Daniel, trumpet and horns
Andrew Bemkey, piano
Todd Nicholson, bass
Michael Carvin, drums


Composer, violinist and Vietnam veteran Billy Bang and his 
New York-based quintet present the world premiere of new selections 
from his ongoing Vietnam Trilogy, an intensly direct and 
heart-rending portrayal of war from the perspective of a soldier on 
the ground. Hailing from Mobile, Alabama, with a musical lineage 
based in an appreciation of John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, and Jackie 
McLean,Bang (a.k.a. William Vincent Walker) was a member of the 
String Trio of New York with James Emery and John Lindberg, and has 
played with pianist Marilyn Crispell, the Sun Ra Orchestra, and 
guitarist Sonny Sharrock, among others. Vietnam: The Aftermath was 
released on Justin Time Records in 2002; the second release in the 
trilogy, Vietnam Reflections, will be out sometime in 2005.
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