Derek Bailey

Derek Bailey
Born: Jan 29, 1930 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
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Died: Dec 25, 2005 in London, England
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Experimental Rock, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation, Avant-Garde, Free Jazz, Free Funk
Biography: At first glance, Derek Bailey possesses almost none of the qualities one expects from a jazz musician -- his music does not swing in any appreciable way, it lacks a discernible sense of blues feeling -- yet there's a strong connection between his amelodic, arhythmic, atonal, uncategorizable free-improvisatory ...Read full biography
Outcome
Released: 1983
Label: Potlatch
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This is only the second recorded collaboration between guitarist Derek Bailey and soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, and while the rarity of the event adds to the thrill, there is little question of the outstanding ...Read full review
Derek Bailey & Han Bennink
Released: 1972
Label: Organ of Corti
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This selection of live duet performances from 1972 is a wonder to listen to three decades after the original performances. The guitar's greatest improviser bantering musically with the Netherlands' greatest ...Read full review
More Derek Bailey albums: Main Albums (68), Compilations (4), DVD/Video (4)
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