Billy Bang
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Billy Bang (b. William Vincent Walker, Mobile, Alabama, September 20, 1947), is an American jazz violinist and composer. His family moved to New York City's Harlem neighborhood while he was still an infant.
In 1977, Bang co-founded the String Trio of New York (with guitarist James Emery and double bassist John Lindberg).
Billy Bang has most recently explored his experience in Vietnam during the Vietnam War in two albums: Vietnam: The Aftermath (2001) and Vietnam: Reflections (2005), recorded with a band which included several other veterans of that conflict. The latter album also features two Vietnamese musicians based in the United States (voice and đàn tranh zither).
