- Aliases
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Billy Bang Quartet
Billy Bang Quintet
- Real name
- William Vincent Walker
- Born
- September 20, 1947
- Country
- United States
- Comments
- Progressive jazz, free jazz, avant-garde violinist and composer. Bang studied violin early in his life, but he initially did not pursue it. He was drafted at 18 while still in high school, opting to go into the military rather than seek a student deferment. Bang was sent to Vietnam where he was involved in combat. In 1968, Bang resumed playing violin.
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