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Derek Bailey
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Derek Bailey's death at the start of 2006 touched many people.
Some online responses include:
:: John Fordham's Guardian obituary.
:: WIRE magazine has placed online the personal tributes requested from artists, colleagues and friends.
:: Ben Ratliff's New York Times obituary.
:: Peter Stubley's efi site contains much vital Bailey information, including Richard Shapiro's
Sessionography.
:: A nice 1987 interview with Derek, by Henry Kaiser, can be listened to online.
:: An interesting essay, by Dominic Lash, on the music of Derek Bailey is downloadable at dispatx.
Syntactics : Derek Bailey and the Linguistic Metaphor
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John Butcher and Derek Bailey first played in duo around 1989, at the Red Rose Club - and Butcher then took part in the 1990 & 1992 (London) and 1996 (Vancouver)
Company weeks.
read :: Jazz Weekly
The opening duet,
Low Vortex, is a probing, fast, and (for Butcher) unexpectedly loud battle of wits (or is it nerves?). Bailey uncorks some of his most exacting and fearsomely paced playing, forcing Butcher, ordinarily the most orderly of improvisers and by inclination a miniaturist, to think in terms of waves and convoluted tangles of notes. But as the improvisation unfolds over a labyrinthine 27 minutes, the near-bottomless depth of Butcher's arsenal of devices becomes increasingly, almost frighteningly clear. Even just as a demonstration of 'extended technique' it's an impressive performance, and overall this must be counted one of the best things either man has recorded in the past decade.
Nate Dorward - CODA
Their duet from a concert at London's Vortex in 2000 was released on
Vortices and Angels.
Various other playing situations materialised in the 90s, ranging from Saturday afternoons at the Oasis Wine Bar in Hackney, to a trio with Joelle Leandre at
Tonic in New York in 2000.
A comparatively long lived grouping was with tuba player Oren Marshall - which released
Trio Playing on
Incus.
order CD from Emanem.
Bailey/Butcher - live at the Vortex, London: 2000
(Butcher/Davies
- live at All Angels, London: 2000)
Listen ∇ Low Vortex
Trio Playing
Derek Bailey / John Butcher / Oren Marshall - guitar, sax, tuba, London: 1997.
read :: megamusic