What an unexpected treasure trove this turned out to be! Derek Bailey's earliest extant recordings, all solo guitar, none previously heard. Although still very much under the influence of Anton Webern, Bailey was already committed to the idea of non-idiomatic free improvisation, even if he arguably hadn't quite achieved that goal by this time. Compared to his work from only a couple of years later, these pieces are considerably more on the melodic and jazz-tinged end of things (he even comes close to quoting Monk!), although even so, they certainly would have gotten him unceremoniously removed from most stages in 1966-1967.
"Pieces for Guitar" is an invaluable artifact in the archeology of free improvised music and a must for any fans of the genre. Highly recommended - get it here:
Derek Bailey - "Pieces For Guitar" (320Kbps)
And enjoy !
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so excited to see this. did not it existed. however, link doesn't seem to work. tried three times to d/l, but it cuts out after 30 or 40 mb.
thx so much for posting this, i look forward to it,
Chief Sitting Drop
Hm, maybe they had server problems - just tried ir again here - works just fine !
R3000,
tried several other times, something to do with its being a zip file. the file tries to decompress around 40mb. mediafiles always works for me. and did on the other derek bailey rar file from the earlier post. anyway, not to worry, thanks for a great blog and for other bailey posted.
the chief drop
Ok, chief drop - no problem: I uploaded it as a rar-file at megaupload:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0ZXCYYL2
Enjoy !
R3000,
a thousand thanks. got it. look forward to hearing the early recordings of the master.
the Drop
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