Monday, April 18, 2011

RIP Billy Bang


An incredible improviser on an under-utilized instrument in the jazz world, Billy Bang made some amazing music on his own (one of my favorite albums by him is the solo Commandment (No More Records)) and with several groups including Sun Ra's Arkestra and his own String Trio of New York. He died last week at the age of 63.

Good obits at NPR and the Times.

1 Comments:

Blogger Phil said...

This is pretty great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uh7EWMqrzE

4:02 PM  

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