Jazz
England
Derek Bailey
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![Listen to 1, 2, 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 (feat. Cornelius Cardew, Mike Nicolls, Derek Bailey, Andy Mackay, Paul Nieman, Stuart Deeks, Brian Eno & Celia Gollin) [2015 Remaster] by Gavin Bryars & Christopher Hobbs, see lyrics, music video & more!](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/26/3c/bb/263cbbff-f333-7ee0-15bb-3a150b617800/5052442007920.png/375x375bb.webp "Listen to 1, 2, 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 (feat. Cornelius Cardew, Mike Nicolls, Derek Bailey, Andy Mackay, Paul Nieman, Stuart Deeks, Brian Eno & Celia Gollin) [2015 Remaster] by Gavin Bryars & Christopher Hobbs, see lyrics, music video & more!")
![Listen to Rainbow Family, Second Duo (Live) [feat. Derek Bailey] by George Lewis, see lyrics, music video & more!](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music114/v4/4b/78/e8/4b78e874-6b92-cf25-7bca-44fc17bbaa33/759952113824.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Rainbow Family, Second Duo (Live) [feat. Derek Bailey] by George Lewis, see lyrics, music video & more!")
About Derek Bailey
Hometown
Sheffield, England
Born
January 29, 1930
Genre
Jazz
British guitarist Derek Bailey was a towering figure in the avant-garde music world. Though he was often lumped in with the free-jazz crowd--and had certainly done plenty of work with jazz musicians--his music transcends genre and can ultimately be described only as improvisational. Bailey's aesthetic encompasses world music, jazz, contemporary classical, and more. Starting in the early 1970s, he recorded a tremendous body of work in collaboration with a long list of heavyweights including Steve Lacy, John Zorn, Evan Parker, and Henry Kaiser. His scrupulous deconstruction of the musical rulebook proved him to have been not merely a rebel, but also a visionary with an almost scientifically disciplined method to his madness. Bailey died in 2005.
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