Lucky Man: Flashback Tunnel Reflections
2021 · BBE BBE650ALP · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Billy Bang
- Title
- Lucky Man: Flashback Tunnel Reflections
- Release
- (Music From The Film) Lucky Man
- Year
- 2021
- Label
- BBE # BBE650ALP
- Format
- LP · Archival
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Genre
- Jazz · Avant-Garde Jazz
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Film soundtrack
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
3-LP set, BBE / IF Music, 'You Need This!' series; barcode 1 95497 54842 2; LC 15287. Recordings from Bang's return travels in Vietnam (film Billy Bang: Lucky Man, 2008) interspersed with his reflections on music, art, war and his return. Live sound recording in Vietnam: Arnaud Soulier; sleeve notes Markus Hansen. CD edition BBE650ACD (16 tracks, lacks side F excerpts). No durations on Discogs.
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]