Biography
Derek Bailey (29 January 1930 – 25 December 2005) was an English avant-garde guitarist and an important figure in the free improvisation movement. Bailey abandoned conventional performance techniques found in jazz, exploring atonality, noise, and whatever unusual sounds he could produce with the guitar. Much of his work was released on his own label Incus Records. In addition to solo work, Bailey collaborated frequently with other musicians and recorded with collectives such as Spontaneous Music Ensemble and Company.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
481 releases · 122 albums · active 1968–2025
- Performance · 763
- Other credits · 145
- Production · 26
- Engineering · 11
Studios: Moat Studio · Institute Of Contemporary Arts · Little Theatre Club · Tonstudio Bauer
Frequent collaborators
- Company (2)
- Various
- Steve Lacy
- Spontaneous Music Ensemble
- Anthony Braxton
- Company 91
- The Music Improvisation Company
- Bailey