Billy Bang
Distinction Without A Difference
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A reissue of the long out-of-print first solo record by American violinist Billy Bang (1947-2011), recorded at Gaku Gallery in New York on August 12, 1979. Originally released on Hat Hut Records in 1980. Distinction Without A Difference features Bang's own compositions, extrapolated at length in an intimate live concert, as well as traditional and improvised material. Remastered from original tapes and augmented by newly discovered recordings from the same concert. Part of the large cache of historical Hat Hut records that Corbett vs. Dempsey continues to release. Classic American creative music on CD for the first time. Features five previously unreleased tracks: Tracks 7-9 and 11 were recorded in Tilberg, Netherlands on October 29, 1978; Track 10 is a recording from the New York concert on August 12, 1979; "Subway Ride" feautures Giuseppi Logan.
Release notes
Tracks 1 to 6 originally issued on hat Hut Records (HH1R04, 1980): [r=2456652]. All other tracks previously unissued. Tracks 1 to 6 and 10 recorded at Gaku Gallery, New York, August 12, 1979. Tracks 7 to 9 and 11 recorded in Tilberg, Netherlands, October 29, 1978. Remastered at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago.
| 1 | Improvisation For Sweet Space | 5:39 | |
| 2 | Loweski | 8:01 | |
| 3 | Part Of A Distinction Without A Difference | 3:46 | |
| 4 | Theme For Masters | 9:51 | |
| 5 | Sometime Later | 8:02 | |
| 6 | Skip To My Lou | 4:01 | |
| 7 | Prana | 8:13 | |
| 8 | Echo Vamp | 6:53 | |
| 9 | Subway Ride With Giuseppi Logan | 8:40 | |
| 10 | A Pebble Is A Small Rock | 7:12 | |
| 11 | Fiddle In The Floodlight | 6:35 |
- David Giordano
- Design [CD Design By]
- Klaus Baumgärtner
- Design [LP Cover Design By]
- Corbett vs. Dempsey
- Management [Publication Editor]
- Emily Letourneau
- Management [Publication Editor]
- Joe McPhee
- Photography By [Photograph By]
- John Corbett
- Producer [CD Produced By]
- Werner X. Uehlinger
- Producer [LP Produced By]
- Peter Kuhn
- Recorded By (1 to 6, 10)
- Alex Inglezian
- Remastered By
- Billy Bang
- Violin
