Commandment (For the Sculpture of Alain Kirili)
| Commandment (For the Sculpture of Alain Kirili) | ||||
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| Released | 1997 | |||
| Recorded | March 30, 1997 | |||
| Venue | The loft of Alain Kirili and Ariane Lopez-Huici, New York City | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Label | No More Records No.5 | |||
| Producer | Alan Schneider | |||
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Commandment (For the Sculpture of Alain Kirili) is a live solo album by violinist Billy Bang. It was recorded on March 30, 1997, at the loft of sculptor Alain Kirili and photographer Ariane Lopez-Huici in New York City, and was released later that year by No More Records.
Kirili and Lopez-Huici began sponsoring programs of free jazz in their loft during the 1980s, and went on to present seven or eight concerts a year. Other than Bang, guest musicians included Steve Lacy, Cecil Taylor, Roscoe Mitchell, Archie Shepp, Sunny Murray, and Roswell Rudd. On the album, which was conceived as a dialogue between Bang and Kirili, the violinist can be heard responding to aspects of Kirili's sculptures as he walked among them.