I've only listened to a handful of songs, and I think I may become obsessed. This is Eastern-influenced jazz, led by Billy Bang, a jazz violinist, taking pages from the avant-garde, post-bop, and trad jazz. It's apparently inspired by his time in Vietnam. This is haunting, beautiful stuff, and from what I've heard and read so far, he worked as a sideman for Pharoah Sanders and did his own free jazz work, so I'll be listening to that soon, too. Just... just listen to it, okay?
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