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Derek Bailey — The Guardian

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Key
fordham2005-derek-bailey-obituary
Authors
Fordham, John
Issued
2005-12-29
Type
article-newspaper
Container
The Guardian
Raw CSL JSON
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  "URL": "https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/dec/29/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries",
  "note": "Obituary. Consulted via mirror at https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/mirrors/tomraworth.com/guardbail.html",
  "type": "article-newspaper",
  "title": "Derek Bailey",
  "author": [
    {
      "given": "John",
      "family": "Fordham"
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2005,
        12,
        29
      ]
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  "container-title": "The Guardian"
}

Claims

  1. English guitarist Derek Bailey (1930–2005) moved from jazz to a non-idiomatic approach, free improvisation; he wrote Improvisation: Its Nature and Practice in Music (1980), ran the Incus Records label from 1970, and from 1976 ran Company, an improvisers' festival.
    "from jazz into a non-idiomatic approach - free-improvisation"
    Quote language: en
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