Billy Bang - violin, poetry, bells, shaker, percussion
Bilal Abdur Rahman - tenor and soprano sax, bull horn, percussion
William Parker - bass
Rashid Bakr - drums
Recorded 29th May 1977 at a Day in Solidarity with Soweto. Released for the first time.
New York Collage:
all of the above and
Henry Warner - alto sax, bells, shaker, percussion
Khuwana Fuller - conga
Recorded at Columbia University Radio WKCR 89.9FM at 16th May 1978. Released originally on Anima Records in 1978.
A double treat from NoBusiness Records! An uncovered treasure that puts some light on the few rather obscure chapters of the loft jazz era, combining new material and a re-issue of a lost gem of the New York avantgarde jazz scene in what would, unfortunately, become a post-mortem tribute to Billy Bang who died on April 11 this year, stripped of the chance to see this release being finished.
As much as these 2 cds (or lps)' serve as a tribute and an important document of the freejazz history, the music itself, as played originally in 1977 and 1978, transcended the art reality, was a gesture of a social protest, a political demonstration, an ideology manifest - to start with the very name of the band - Survival.
