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Derek Bailey

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British guitarist (1930–2005)

Person · Open Library

Works
16

Top works

  • Way Out West
  • Umbrage
  • La improvisación
  • Master Traveler
  • Paul and the Magic Poop

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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

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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

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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
Instrument
guitar
Image
Bailey1.jpg
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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
Sources (5)

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