Tunnel Rat (Flashlight and a 45)
2001 · Justin Time JUST 165-2 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Billy Bang
- Title
- Tunnel Rat (Flashlight and a 45)
- Release
- Vietnam: The Aftermath
- Year
- 2001
- Label
- Justin Time # JUST 165-2
- Format
- CD · Album
- Language
- Instrumental
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Billy Bang
- Genre
- Jazz · Free Jazz
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Notes
Recorded 13–14 April 2001 at Sorcerer Sound; mastered 17 Sept 2001. Produced by Billy Bang and Jean-Pierre Leduc; conductor Butch Morris; with John Hicks (piano), Curtis Lundy (bass), Michael Carvin (drums), Ted Daniel (trumpet), Frank Lowe (tenor sax), Sonny Fortune (flute), Ron Brown (percussion). Published by Janijam Music / Justin Time Publishing (SOCAN). Barcode 0 68944 01652 5.
About the artist
Free jazz violinist Billy Bang (born William Vincent Walker, 20 September 1947, Mobile, Alabama; raised in the Bronx; died 11 April 2011, Harlem, New York) served an infantry combat tour in Vietnam from just before the Tet Offensive, played with Sun Ra and co-founded the String Trio of New York. [Source: Wikipedia]