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Derek Bailey and the Story of Free Improvisation by Ben Watson (2013, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherVerso Books
ISBN-101781681058
ISBN-139781781681053
eBay Product ID (ePID)143955627
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleDerek Bailey and the Story of Free Improvisation
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicCultural Heritage, Composers & Musicians, Instruction & Study / Techniques, Genres & Styles / Jazz
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorBen Watson
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight20.2 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"The ideal biographer of Derek Bailey."-John Fordham, Guardian "I am an enthusiast for the Watson method and I'm prepared to follow him, even to places where I wouldn't under other circumstances go ... His attack, his singularity. His indecent decency."-Iain Sinclair, "The ideal biographer of Derek Bailey."--John Fordham, Guardian "I am an enthusiast for the Watson method and I'm prepared to follow him, even to places where I wouldn't under other circumstances go ... His attack, his singularity. His indecent decency."--Iain Sinclair
Dewey Decimal787.87165
SynopsisThis brilliant biography of the cult guitar player will likely cause you to abandon everything you thought you knew about jazz improvisation, post-punk and the avant-garde. Derek Bailey was at the top of his profession as a dance band and record-session guitarist when, in the early 1960s, he began playing an uncompromisingly abstract form of music. Today his anti-idiom of .Free Improvisation. has become the lingua franca of the .avant. scene, with Pat Metheny, John Zorn, David Sylvian and Sonic Youth.s Thurston Moore among his admirers., This brilliant biography of the cult guitar player will likely cause you to abandon everything you thought you knew about jazz improvisation, post-punk and the avant-garde. Derek Bailey was at the top of his profession as a dance band and recordsession guitarist when, in the early 1960s, he began playing an uncompromisingly abstract form of music. Today his anti-idiom of "Free Improvisation" has become the lingua franca of the "avant" scene, with Pat Metheny, John Zorn, David Sylvian and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore among his admirers.
LC Classification NumberMT68
