Derek Bailey
Derek Bailey
Derek Baileywas an English avant-garde guitarist and leading figure in the free improvisation movement...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth29 January 1930
thinking player fine
I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me.
thinking play absence
In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.
play listening records
If you could only play a record once, imagine the intensity you’d have to bring into the listening.
player methodology adapted
But that methodology where players are pitted against other unfamiliar players has been so widely adapted now that anybody plays with everybody.
playing-music theory music-is
Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.
player young middle
Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music.
musicians playing
I'd like trios and quartets actually, but I like duos because a lot of musicians who I like playing with like playing duos.
effect english-musician liked somebody
I've always liked the effect of having somebody in there who hadn't the faintest idea what was going on.
english-musician
For me, playing is about playing with other people.
english-musician method people
In fact it's quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so profligate in their use of it.
people facts use
In fact its quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so profligate in their use of it.
thinking people solo
I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people.
sides cottages industry
I have always been attracted to the cottage industry side of this business.
pieces sometimes used
Charlie Appleyard can be anybody; but Ive used him sometimes in chat pieces, and these are all chat pieces about the history of Charlie Appleyard.