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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Way Out West
- Umbrage
- La improvisación
- Master Traveler
- Paul and the Magic Poop
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Film & TV
Sheffield, England, UK
Derek Bailey was an English guitarist who was an important figure in free improvisation.
Known for
- Derek Bailey: All Thumbs2009
- Cecil Taylor: All The Notes — Himself2005
- Derek Bailey: Playing for Friends on 5th Street — Self2004
- One Plus One 2 — Self2003
- Derek Bailey & Will Gaines: Will1995
- Mountain Stage — Self1993
- On The Edge: Improvisation in Music — Himself1992
- Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music1986
- Money — Himself1985
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1930-01-29
- Active to
- 2005-12-25
free improvisationfree jazzjazz
Discography
- The Topography of the Lungs1970
- Han Bennink & Derek Bailey1971
- Solo Guitar1971
- Derek Bailey & Han Bennink1972
- Incus Taps1973
- Duo 21975
- Improvisation1975
- Guitar Solos 21976
- Fragments1978
- Groupcomposing1978
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 45,496
- Total plays
- 536,988
Tags
free jazzAvant-Gardefree improvisationexperimentaljazz
Derek Bailey (January 29, 1930 – December 25, 2005) was a free improvising avant-garde guitarist. The most noticeable feature of his style is what appears to be its extreme discontinuity, often from note to note: there may be enormous intervals between consecutive notes, and rather than aspiring to the consistency of timbre typical of most guitar-playing, Bailey interrupts it as much as possible: four consecutive notes, for instance, may be played on an open string <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Derek
- Family name
- Bailey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Sheffield
- Place of death
- London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- free improvisation
- Instrument
- guitar
- Image
- Bailey1.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1930-01-29
- date of death
- 2005-12-25
- cause of death
- ALS
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
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