Derek Bailey (January 29, 1930 – December 25, 2005) was a free improvising avant-garde guitarist. For listeners unfamiliar with experimental music, Bailey's distinctive style can be initally quite difficult. Its most noticeable feature 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...

Genre(s):
Jazz, Funk, Avantgarde