tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14790591.post113569274272822560..comments2023-11-05T02:59:27.283-08:00Comments on wordsandmusic: Derek Bailey... 1/29/30 - 12/25/05... a personal appreciation...Rod Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14812717242954233213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14790591.post-1135943621725808212005-12-30T03:53:00.000-08:002005-12-30T03:53:00.000-08:00What a great personal appreciation of Mr Bailey. H...What a great personal appreciation of Mr Bailey. He was a musician who very connciously lived on the fringe, (indeed, created the fringe and redefined it), for most of his career. So it is difficult to sum up what an enormous influence Derek Bailey had on many players working in all sorts of fields. I certainly know his work has been one of the touchstones for the growth of the improv scene in my home town (Auckland, NZ). <BR/><BR/>I think our best tribute would be to keep playing, and make sure we have a laugh along the way...etnobofinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405364954348521371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14790591.post-1135879933940970732005-12-29T10:12:00.000-08:002005-12-29T10:12:00.000-08:00Thanks for the nice words 11V- but I wouldn't want...Thanks for the nice words 11V- but I wouldn't want to put anyone off reading anyone's book - I'll have a go myself soon I think - but it's just that the likes of Ben Watson and their tiresome cliches just don't seem to fit with the sprawling freedoms of Bailey and like musicicians and artists - plus all that old Marxist jargon is a real drag to wade through! I'm putting up a couple more from 'Ballads' - but buy it anyway! It's worth it... really good... I've also somewhere got some old airshots which if I can find I'm going to transfer and put up soon...Rod Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14812717242954233213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14790591.post-1135697068778591752005-12-27T07:24:00.000-08:002005-12-27T07:24:00.000-08:00I never got to see him live either, though I do ha...I never got to see him live either, though I do have The Company in Japan video and the recent dvd... watching the latter , it suddenly all made perfect sense...I've been listening to him since Iskra 1903 but I wouldn't say I ever really understood his playing in a real sense... I read his book on improvisation and didn't understand that either... but watching the dvd it all fell into place : he was the music he was playing, it was all of a seam with his life and was just so natural and good-humoured...I played Solo Guitar Vol 1 this morning to celebrate his life...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com