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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

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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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date of birth
1930-01-29
date of death
2005-12-25
start of work period
1950-00-00
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