The late American violinist Billy Bang's first album, originally issued on Hat Hut Records, is reissued with an additional track, plus 4 previously unissued solo tracks recorded in Tilberg, Netherland in 1978, demonstrating this great artist's broad range of innovative techniques, mixing free-form and melodic passages in extended and joyful improvisations.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2017 Country: USA Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold Tracks 1 to 6 and 10 recorded at Gaku Gallery, New York, August 12, 1979.
Tracks 7 to 9 and 11 recorded in Tilberg, Netherlands, October 29, 1978. Tracks 1-6 originally released in 1980 on LP on the Hat Hut label as hat Hut FOUR (1R04). All other tracks previously unissued.
3. Part Of A Distinction Without A Difference 3:46
4. Theme For Masters 9:51
5. Sometime Later 8:02
6. Skip To My Lou 4:01
7. Prana 8:14
8. Echo Vamp 6:53
9. Subway Ride With Giuseppi Logan 8:40
10. A Pebble Is A Small Rock 7:12
11. Fiddle In The Floodlight 6:35
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"The long out-of-print first solo record by American violinist Billy Bang (1947-2011), recorded in 1979 and first released on Hat Hut Records, featuring his own compositions, extrapolated at length in the intimate live concert, as well as traditional and improvised material. Remastered from original tapes and augmented by newly discovered recordings from the same concert. Part of the large cache of historical Hat Hut records that Corbett vs. Dempsey continues to release. Original cover, reprinted in all its glory with a tip-on gatefold. Classic American creative music on CD for the first time!"-Corbett vs Dempsey