Free-jazz violinist Bang, who died in 2011, had a life of operatic intensity: school with Arlo Guthrie, active service in Vietnam, black revolutionary activity, drugs, guns and the avant-garde.
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Anniversary Games: David Weir’s successful repeat brings down the curtain on return to Olympic Stadium
Sunday 28 July 2013
Londoner shakes off indifferent 2013 form to electrify 60,000 crowd with T54 mile triumph
Champions League: Celtic will play either Elfsborg or Daugava Daugavpils in qualifier
Friday 19 July 2013
A trip to Sweden or Latvia awaits the Scottish champions
New Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini to face press for the first time
Tuesday 09 July 2013
The Chilean will speak to the media tomorrow
The light fantastic in St Petersburg
Saturday 15 June 2013
After the long, cold winter, the city's residents revel in the White Nights of summer, with festivities that run well beyond midnight, says Chris Leadbeater
Fernandinho 'spotted in Manchester' ahead of £34m move to City
Wednesday 05 June 2013
The Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder is reportedly on the verge of a move to the disposed champiojns
Team GB runner Lynsey Sharp: Drugs are a huge problem in athletics
Wednesday 01 May 2013
Scottish runner Lynsey Sharp believes doping in athletics is a “huge problem” and plenty of athletes are cheating without being caught.
Snooze for a living: Finnish hotel seeks 'professional sleeper'
Friday 29 March 2013
Applicants should speak fluent English and Finnish, with Russian considered an additional bonus
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Sightseeing in deepest Finland
Wednesday 06 February 2013
Q I am flying to deepest Finland from Heathrow, with a five-and-a-half-hour stopover in Helsinki. Is this enough time for sightseeing or am I doomed to wander the corridors and gift shops waiting for the hours to tick by?
Alastair Kleissner, South Wales
Take advantage of a Finnish stopover by taking a break from the airport
Wednesday 06 February 2013
Q&A: Travel unravelled
Nokia losses grow as sales plunge again
Thursday 18 October 2012
Nokia has reported its third quarter net loss widened further to €969 million (£787 million) with a 19% plunge in revenue, as it struggles against the dominance of Samsung and the iPhone in the tough smartphone market.
Mo Farah named Europe's No 1
Saturday 06 October 2012
Double Olympic champion Mo Farah has been named the men's Athlete of the Year by the European Athletics Federation for a second successive year.
Celtic to play Swedish side Helsingborg in Champions League play-off
Friday 10 August 2012
Celtic will face Swedish side Helsingborg in the Champions League play-off round.
Scott Brown could face HJK Helsinki in Champions League qualifier
Tuesday 07 August 2012
Scott Brown has a “very good” chance of being fit for the second-leg of Celtic's Champions League third qualifier against HJK Helsinki in Finland tomorrow night, according to Hoops' assistant manager Johan Mjallby.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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