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Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone—beginners, children, and non-musicians…

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Undeniably, the audience for improvisation, good or bad, active or passive, sympathetic or hostile, has a power that no other audience has. It can affect the creation of that which is being witnessed. And perhaps because of that possibility the audience for improvisation has a degree of intimacy with the music that is not achieved in any other situation.

Derek Bailey

Derek Bailey

Derek Bailey

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Born: January 29, 1930

Died: December 25, 2005 (aged 75)

Bio: Derek Bailey was an English avant-garde guitarist and leading figure in the free improvisation movement.

Known for:

Mirakle (2000)
The Topography of the Lungs (1970)
Derek Bailey & Han Bennink
Harras (1996)
The Music Improvisation Company (1970)

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