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Billy Bang: Vietnam: The Aftermath

Read "Vietnam: The Aftermath" reviewed by Matt Rand

by Matt Rand
June 22, 2002

After a particularly intense solo, Frank Lowe slung his tenor saxophone over his right shoulder and looked toward the floor. Covered by a large knit cap, Billy Bang's tenor player held the pose throughout the trumpet solo, seemingly unaware of the machine gun his instinctive stance suggested he was carrying. It was a private ...

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Billy Bang: Vietnam: The Aftermath

Read "Vietnam: The Aftermath" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
May 1, 2002

The CD itself is painted olive drab. The cover features other shades of green in faded photographs. The music moves evenly with a peaceful country air. Dirges, dances, ceremonial rites, a little dramatic counterpoint, and swinging anthems take on surreal qualities through Billy Bang's compositions. It's been a long time, but those memories linger. ...

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Vietnam: The Aftermath

By Billy Bang

Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Yo! Ho Chi Minh is in the House; Monuments for the KIAMIA; Tunnel Rat (Flashlight and a 45); Bien- Hoa Blues; Mystery of the Mekong; Fire in the Hole; TET Offensive; Saigon Funk.

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Billy Bang: Vietnam: The Aftermath

Read "Vietnam: The Aftermath" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
December 1, 2001

Violinist Billy Bang, now in his sixth decade, has had a lot of powerful experiences throughout his life. When he was 19, he headed off to Vietnam for over a year of service, and then returned to join the anti-war movement. His musical experiences after that point drew him close to some of the most progressive ...

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Big Bang Theory

By Billy Bang

Label: Victor
Released: 2000

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Billy Bang: Big Bang Theory

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 2000

Following up on his 1997 Justin Time release, “Bang On," Billy Bang seems to keep fiddling below the radar screen of many jazz enthusiasts, despite his individual style and the unpredictable directions his improvisations, or even his stage mannerisms, may take. For Billy Bang is a violinist whose ideas truly seem to be spur-of-the-moment as inspiration ...

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