Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble

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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 User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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New York Collage

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Collage

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IF Music Presents: You Need This World Jazz Grooves Compiled by Jean-Claude & Victor Kiswell

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Black Man's Blues

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If Music Presents You Need This!: "World Jazz Grooves" Compiled by Jean-Claude & Victor Kiswell

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Black Man's Blues/New York Collage

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IF Music Presents: You Need This World Jazz Grooves

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IF Music Presents: You Need This World Jazz Grooves (Compiled by Jean-Claude & Victor Kiswe

Black Man’s Blues / New York Collage

Black Man's Blues / New York Collage

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If Music Presents You Need This!: World Jazz Grooves (Compiled by Jean-Claude & Victor Kiswell)

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If Music Presents You Need This!: "World Jazz Grooves" Compiled by Jean-Claude & Victor Kis

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