Billy Bang – Distinction Without Difference, August 12, 1979, New York (Hat Hut Records)
Label: Hat Hut Records
Catalog: Hat Hut FOUR (1R04)
Format: Vinyl, LP
Violin – Billy Bang
A1 Improvisation For Sweet Space 5:45
A2 Loweski 8:00
A3 Part Of A Distinction Without Difference 3:45
B1 Theme For Masters 9:50
B2 Sometime Later 8:00
B3 Skip To My Lou (Traditional) 4:00
Recorded at The Gaku Gallery, New York August 12th 1979
Released: 1980
Billy Bang Sextet featuring Frank Lowe – Sweet Space, November 15, 1979, New York (Anima Productions)
Label: Anima (12741)
Format: Vinyl, LP
Billy Bang – Violin
Frank Lowe – Tenor Saxophone
Luther Thomas – Alto Saxophone
Butch Morris – Cornet
Curtis Clark – Piano
Wilber Morris – Bass
Steve McCall – Drums
Side A:
A Pebble Is A Small Rock
(Dedicated to Mr. & Mrs. Irving Stone)
Sweet Space
Side B:
Loweski For Frank (T.F.R)
Music For The Love Of It
Produced by John Mingione and Billy Bang for Anima Productions.
Arrangements by Butch Morris and Billy Bang except Sweet Space,
arranged by Billy Bang.
Recorded live at the Loeb Student Center north lobby, New York University,
November 15, 1979
Recording Engineer – Peter Kuhn
Cover sculpture – Amir Bey
Cover photograph – Chris Tellez
Cover concept – Deborah Kaye
Back photograph – Clement Cann
Logo – Koji Morioka
Design – WooArt
Special thanks to Howard Spierer and the staff at NYU
Billy Bang – Changing Seasons , June 28 1980, December 27 1980, New York (Bellows Records)
Label: Bellows Records/ Bellows 004
Format: Vinyl, LP
Side A:
Summer Night (with Crickets) (12:45)
Playful Spring: Brass Bow/ The Elephant & The Mosquito (4:55)
Side B:
Aduwa in Autumn (10:15)
Winter Rains (14:20)
A: 1 and B: 1, 2
Billy Bang: violin
William Parker: bass
Toshi Tsuchitori: percussion and auto harp
Recorded on June 28, 1980 at Studio Henry in New York City
A: 2
Billy Bang: violin
Masahiko Kono: trombone
Recorded on December 27, 1980 at Soundscape in New York City
Released 1980
The Jazz Doctors (Bang-Lowe-Garrett-Charles), 1983.10.25, Wuppertal (Germany)
Exil
Wuppertal, Germany
25. October 1983
The Jazz Doctors
Frank Lowe – tenor saxophone
Billy Bang – violin
Rafael Garrett – bass
Denis Charles – drums
1. – 10:06
2. – 18:49
3. – 11:29
4. – 09:29
5. – 06:33
6. – 23:58
7. – 09:25
8. – 09:09
9. – 07:39
total time 106:37
Andrew Cyrille Trio – Soundscape, New York – 15 December 1984
Soundscape at La Mama
New York, New York
United States of America
15 December 1984
Andrew Cyrille – drums, percussion
Billy Bang – violin
Santi Debriano – bass
01. Enter from the East (John Carter) 13:25
02. Title (Bud Powell) 13:02
03. Title 28:50
04. My Friend Louis (Dedicated To Louis Moholo) (Andrew Cyrille) 22:08
Total Time: 77:26
Billy Bang Quintet – Leverkusen (Germany), Forum, Jazztage 1986
1986 November 1
FM – Sound A-
Billy Bang – violin
Roy Campbell – tpt, fh
Oscar Sanders – guitar
William Parker – bass
Zen Matsuura – drums
1. Announcement BB / Sinawe Mandelas (dedicated to the late Johnny Dyani) / Announcement BB – 11:08
2. Thank You Ma’am (adapted from a short story by Langston Hugues) – 10:37
3. Announcement BB / Sad Song – 6:38
4. Announcement BB / Mold of a Man – 8:37
5. Going Through – 34:08
6. Announcement BB – 0:22
7. Music For The Love of It – 7:40 (fade out)
Total time: 79:13
All compositions Billy Bang, except 7, Butch Morris.
FAB Trio – Joe Fonda, Barry Altschul, Billy Bang – Transforming the Space, (CIMP) 2003.02.17-18
Label: CIMP
Catalog: CIMP 284
Format: CD
17-18. February 2003, NY
Joe Fonda – Bass
Barry Altschul – Drums
Billy Bang – Violin
1. Be Out S’cool (Altschul) 7:52
2. The Softness of Light (Bang) 13:15
3. For Papa Jo, Klook & Philly Too (Altschul) 10:13
4. Tales from Da Bronx (Bang) 9:09
5. Song for My Mother (Fonda) 16:38
6. Coligno Battatta (Fonda/Altschul/Bang) 6:29
Recorded in NY, Feb 17-18, 2003
Released by Creative Improvised Music Projects [CIMP 284]
Released: 2003
FAB Trio – The Bop Shop, Rochester, NY, February 18, 2003
Billy Bang – violin
Joe Fonda – bass
Barry Altschul – drums
The Bop Shop
Rochester, NY, USA
February 18, 2003
Sound: B+ (a little boomy, but you can hear all the instruments distinctly)
1. 22:50
2. 22:54
FAB Trio – Live at Iron Works, Vancouver, BC, April 2004 (Konnex Records)
Billy Bang – violin
Joe Fonda – double bass
Barry Altschul – drums
1. FAB
2. For Frank Lowe
3. B.B
4. Tune For Barry
5. For Don Cherry
6. Song For My Mother (Joe Fonda)
Release information:
Recorded by Ron Cote at Iron Works, Vancouver, BC in April 2004.
Released 2005 by Konnex Records [KCD 5158]
Released: 2005
Label: Konnex Records
Billy Bang Quartet – Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA, November 11, 2004
Billy Bang – violin
Muziki Roberson – piano
Todd Nicholson – bass
Darell Green – drums
1. Yo, Ho Chi Minh is in the House 12:21
2. Mr Syms 12:11
3. Moments for KIAMIA 08:31
4. At Play in the Field of the Lord 09:41
FAB Trio – Live in Amsterdam, April, 2008, Bimhuis, Amsterdam (Porter Records)
Billy Bang – violin
Joe Fonda – double bass
Barry Altschul – drums
1. Fabmusic Opening 14:26
2. Go East / Da Bang 30:49
3. Fabmusic Continuation / Spirits Entering 27:18
Release information:
Recorded live in April, 2008 at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Released 2009 by Porter Records PRCD – 4014
Released: 2009
Label: Porter Records
FAB Trio – A Night in Paris, Live at the Sunset, April 19, 2008, Paris (Marge Records)
Billy Bang – violin
Joe Fonda – double bass
Barry Altschul – drums
1. A Night in Paris, part 1 (FAB) 8:14
2. A Night in Paris, part 2 (FAB) 8:26
3. Da Bang (Altschul) 17:59
4. Just a Simple Song (Altschul) 9:38
5. China (Fonda) 12:21
6. Spirits Entering (Bang) 10:45
Release information:
Recorded live on April 19, 2008 at the Sunset, Paris, France
Released 2008 by Marge Records [41]
Released: 2008
Label: Marge Records
Billy Bang, Shoji Hano – Four Seasons: East Meets West (Heart Lord Studio, HLSCD-0009) (Japan) (CD)
Spring (9:34)
Summer (12:22)
Autumn (7:06)
Winter (21:40)
All music by Billy Bang and Shoji Hano
Billy Bang: electric violin
Shoji Hano: drums
Guest
Kimie Sakaki: koto (3)
Recorded at Heart Lord Studio, Hiroshima, October 2008
Mastered by Kunimoto Ibara
Design by Shinobu Goto
Produced by Kunimoto Ibara and Shinobu Goto
Released in March 2009
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