Billy Bang recommendations sought

[felser]

I have totally missed on him over the past 40+ years.  Listening to and enjoying "Vietnam Reflections" (thank you Stefan!), which just got here a couple days ago, after having been blown away by his FAB Trio "History of Jazz in Reverse" (thank you Clifford!) earlier in the week.  If I really like both of those titles, what else do I want/need by him?   I always thought Bang would strike me along the lines of Leroy Jenkins, who I always wanted to like but seldom did all that much, but Bang turns out to be something very different.  

[Joe]

VALVE NO. 10 with Frank Lowe is a favorite. Really, all of his Soul Note recordings are worth a listen; after VALVE NO. 10 I'd single out RAINBOW GLADIATOR with Charles Tyler, the Stuff Smith tribute with Sun Ra and John Ore, and the LIVE AT CARLOS I date.

[jlhoots]

Sweet Space / Untitled Gift

[alankin]

"Vietnam: The Aftermath" and/or "Big Bang Theory".

[optatio]

I saw Billy Bang in two impressive duo concerts with Gunter Hampel in Göttingen (October 1995) and William Parker in Bydgoscz (November 7, 2007). In my shelf: 

BILLY BANG: OUTLINE NO. 12. CELLULOID CELCD 5004 [1983]

[paul secor]

I'll second Untitled Gift and Outline No. 12, and add these two:

 Bangception (Hat Musics)

and The Jazz Doctors Intensive Care (Cadillac)

[MomsMobley]

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[StarThrower]

  On 5/21/2016 at 10:10 PM, Joe said:

VALVE NO. 10 with Frank Lowe is a favorite. Really, all of his Soul Note recordings are worth a listen; after VALVE NO. 10 I'd single out RAINBOW GLADIATOR with Charles Tyler, the Stuff Smith tribute with Sun Ra and John Ore, and the LIVE AT CARLOS I date.

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I hope CamJazz releases a BS/SN box in the future.

[Swinger]

I'm hoping to see Sweet Space on cd one day. It's so good!

[Joe]

  On 6/4/2016 at 3:08 PM, Swinger said:

I'm hoping to see Sweet Space on cd one day. It's so good!

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SWEET SPACE was paired with UNTITLED GIFT on a CD reissue by 8the Harmonic Breakdown in 2004. OOP now I'm afraid, but used copies are floating around out there in the 2nd-hand market.

https://www.discogs.com/Billy-Bang-Sweet-SpaceUntitled-Gift/release/4593175

[Swinger]

  On 6/4/2016 at 3:15 PM, Joe said:

SWEET SPACE was paired with UNTITLED GIFT on a CD reissue by 8the Harmonic Breakdown in 2004. OOP now I'm afraid, but used copies are floating around out there in the 2nd-hand market.

https://www.discogs.com/Billy-Bang-Sweet-SpaceUntitled-Gift/release/4593175

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Nice to know  I will add that one on my wantlist @ discogs.

[paul secor]

William Parker: Scrapbook (Thirsty Ear) and FAB Trio: Live at the Sunset (Marge) both contain some very fine Billy Bang.

Edited June 6, 2016 by paul secor

[clifford_thornton]

A bit more out-leaning, but New York Collage, which was reissued by NoBusiness on CD a couple/few years back, is also quite strong.

[Pim]

https://elusivedisc.com/billy-bang-lucky-man-music-from-the-film-3lp/

This looks pretty promising to me. I love Bang and I loved his two 'Vietnam' albums on Justin Time. Anyone familiar with the music? I haven't seen the documentary yet.

[Dub Modal]

  On 3/20/2021 at 4:04 PM, Pim said:

https://elusivedisc.com/billy-bang-lucky-man-music-from-the-film-3lp/

This looks pretty promising to me. I love Bang and I loved his two 'Vietnam' albums on Justin Time. Anyone familiar with the music? I haven't seen the documentary yet.

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Yeah, I'm interested in that too, but would prefer digital over a 3 LP set...hoping after that set is released they spread across other media. 

[mjazzg]

BBE usually do digital, definitely stream on Spotify etc

[cliffpeterson]

according to Dusty Groove, will be available on cd at same release date: https://www.dustygroove.com/item/980389?cat=jazz&incl_cs=1&no_incl_in=1&sort_order=release_date