NoBusiness Records veröffentlicht im Juli eine bisher unveröffentlichte Aufnahme von Billy Bang!
Billy Bang’s Survival Ensemble “Black Man’s Blues / New York Collage” 2CD
Violinist Billy Bang made his recording debut as a leader with the Survival Ensemble, the first working band he ever led, on New York Collage in 1979. Bang, saxophonists Bilal Abdur Rahman and Henry Warner, bassist William Parker, and percussionists Rashid Bakr and Khuwana John Fuller played incendiary free jazz more clearly indebted to the New York avant-garde of the preceding decade than any album Bang would record again. The music’s urgency and passion arose from the exhilaration of artistic self-discovery shared by everyone in the group, and the intensity of their need to express their feelings. The albums really are a loft era classic. Proudly flaunting its New York roots, it insists that music based on the innovations of Coltrane, Ayler, Taylor, could grow in new directions, absorb new influences, and engage contemporary political realities.
Ed Hazel
This release contains never earlier released Survival Ensemble session from 29th May, 1977 recorded at A Day of Solidarity with Soweto in New York City. Also a 40 pages booklet with essay written by Ed Hazell about the Survival Ensemble, original flyers, photos, etc.
Billy Bang‘s Survival Ensemble unreleased session „Black Man‘s Blues“ is also available on LP
Survival Ensemble:
Billy Bang – violin, poetry, bells, shaker, percussion
Bilal Abdur Rahman – tenor and soprano saxes, bull horn, percussion
Henry Warner* – alto sax, bells, shaker, percussion
William Parker – bass
Khuwana Fuller* – congas
Rashid Bakr – drumsCD 1 – “Black Man’s Blues”
1. Spoken introduction (1:07)
2. Albert Ayler/Know Your Enemy (19:27)
3. Ganges/Enchantment/Tapestry (William Parker) (30:47)
4. Black Man Blues (Bilal Abdur Rahman) (18:27)CD 2* – “New York Collage”
1. Nobody Hear the Music the Same Way (Dedicated to John Coltrane) (Billy Bang) 12’17”
2. For Josie Part II (Billy Bang) 10’28”
3. Illustration (Poetry written by Billy Bang, music – Bilal A. Rahman) 8’22”
4. Subhanallah (Bilal A. Rahman) 14’35”CD 1 was recorded 29th May 1977 at A Day in Solidarity with Soweto: A Fund Raiser, Harlem Fight-Back, 1 East 125th St., New York
This session has never been issued beforeCD 2 was recorded live at Columbia University Radio WKCR 89.9 FM 16th May, 1978 Recording Engineer – Taylor Storer. Assistant Engineer – Jim Defillippis. Edited by Peter Kuhn / All songs published by GHAZAL MUSIC
Originally released on ANIMA/RECORDS in 1978NoBusiness Records NBCD30-31, 2011, edition of 1000 cd‘s
Remastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios
Design by Oskaras Anosovas
Producer – Danas Mikailionis
Co-producer – Valerij Anosov
Es ist aucch ein Teil-Release – nur die bisher unveröffentlichte Session auf CD1 – auf LP erhältlich:
“Black Man’s Blues” LP titles:
Side A
1. GANGES / ENCHANTMENT / TAPESTRYSide B
1. GANGES / ENCHANTMENT / TAPESTRY (continues)
2. BLACK MAN’S BLUESRecorded 29th May 1977 at A Day in Solidarity with Soweto: A Fund Raiser, Harlem Fight-Back, 1 East 125th St., New York
This session has never been issued before.NoBusiness Records NBLP38, 2011, limited edition of 500 records
Design by Oskaras Anosovas
Producer – Danas Mikailionis
Co-producer – Valerij Anosov
Da ich die Anima-LP nicht besitze, werde ich wohl die 2CD-Version kaufen.
Links:
LP: http://www.nobusinessrecords.com/NBLP38.php
2CD: http://www.nobusinessrecords.com/NBCD30-31.php
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