Derek Bailey

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Born
29 January 1930
Born In
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Died
25 December 2005 (aged 75)
Derek Bailey (January 29, 1930 – December 25, 2005) was a free improvising 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 fretted string, via harmonics, and using a nonstandard technique such as scraping the string with the pick or plucki… read more
Derek Bailey (January 29, 1930 – December 25, 2005) was a free improvising 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 aspir… read more
Derek Bailey (January 29, 1930 – December 25, 2005) was a free improvising 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 … read more

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1 City City City City City City
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2 Third Stream Boogaloo Third Stream Boogaloo
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3 Play track Ballads Laura
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4 Who's On First Who's On First
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5 Play track Ballads My Melancholy Baby
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6 The Legend of Enos Slaughter The Legend of Enos Slaughter
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7 Play track Guitar, Drums 'n' Bass Re-Re-Re (up-mix)
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8 Play track Ballads Stella By Starlight
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9 Play track Ballads Body and soul
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10 N/Jz/Bm (Reｍix) N/Jz/Bm (Reｍix)
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  1. 20,288 listeners

    22 Apr 2002 · 14 tracks

    Ballads
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    21 Aug 1996 · 6 tracks

    Guitar, Drums 'n' Bass
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