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Derek Bailey

Derek Bailey was one of the most influential and adventurous experimental guitarist to come from England, evolving out of the trad-jazz scene of the fifties into the avant/jazz scene in '60s London. By the late sixties he was a member of the Joseph Holbrooke Trio, Spontaneous Music Ensemble and Music Improvisation Company which later became the amorphous Company under his leadership. These groups were at the birth and center of the British free-jazz scene.

Derek Bailey was one of the most influential and adventurous experimental guitarist to come from England, evolving out of the trad-jazz scene of the fifties into the avant/jazz scene in '60s London. By the late sixties he was a member of the Joseph Holbrooke Trio, Spontaneous Music Ensemble and Music Improvisation Company which later became the amorphous Company under his leadership. These groups were at the birth and center of the British free-jazz scene.

Member of: Iskra 1903
Frankfurt 1991
Outside of Peter Brotzmann and Derek Bailey, I am not certain there are many players, European or otherwise, that maintain such sustained reverence from their peers as Paul Rutherford. And deservedly so, since I know of very few musicians as uncompromising as the British trombonist.While the trombone has languished in mediocrity over the past three decades, with the exception of a select number, on American shores, the European improvisers who call the trombone their home have continued its forw…
Flying dragons
Derek Bailey (guitar) & Mm Xiao-Fen (pipa). Recorded N.Y.C. 1999." I met Derek at Clinton Studio and we started recording. I remember that my playing felt stiff at first, but I told myself to watch, listen and try to a have dialog with him and most importantly to follow my feelings. I still remember, during the middle of one track, Derek broke a string. I thought he might stop, but he continued playing, using the broken string to scratch on the frets. The results sounded incredible. Incredibly, …
Duos, London 2001
Derek Bailey, electric guitar (tracks 1, 2), acoustic guitar (track 3); Alan Wilkinson, baritone saxophone, voice (track 1); Roger Turner, percussion (track 2); Julian Kytasty, bandura, flute (track 3).
Dart drug
Jamie Muir, percussion; Derek Bailey, guitar. Carminative (08.48), I soon learned to know this flower better (07.14), Jara (07.49), Dart drug (25.50). Recorded at Crane Grove, London in August 1981. Cover photograph (reproduced above) by Jamie Muir. CD is a re-issue of the LP issue which is no longer available.
s/t
Recorded live at Verity's 1972, this CD represents possibly the finest duo performance of Derek Bailey and Han Bennink. Reissue of the rare LP on Incus
Solo guitar. Volume 2 (1991)
Recorded on the 22th june 1991 at approximately the times indicated. (Discogs)
Solo guitar. Volume 1 (1971)
Derek bailey plays electric guitar plus VCS3 synthesiser on Where is the police?; on Christiani Eddy he plays electric guitar unamplified and on The squirrel and the ricketty-racketty bridge he plays two acoustic guitars at the same time (not double-tracked). The improvisations are on electric guitar.' Recorded February 1971; equipment and recording Hugh Davies and Bob Woolford. Improvisations 4, 5, 6, and 7 and the three compositions were previously released on incus LP 2 in 1971. In 1978 the r…
Fairly early with postscripts
IMPROVISED GUITAR SOLOS also with: Anthony Brax ton flute & sopranino saxophone (on 3 & 4 only) .Kent Carter: double bass (on 9 & 10 only). John Stevens: percussion (on 9 & 10 only).
Dynamics Of The Impromptu
Recorded live at the Little Theatre Club, Garrick Yard. St. Martins Lane, London, in 1973/74.Processed & premastered at Dynamic Audio Productions, Hastings, England.Track 1 recorded 12/11/1973.Tracks 2-3 recorded 18/12/1973.Tracks 4-6 recorded 17/1/1974. Catalogue number printed as ESR004 on the disc, as entropy-004 on the spine.
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