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Lot 74

Derek Bailey · 1974

Context

A long piece for solo guitar (about 22 minutes) that opens "Lot 74 – Solo Improvisations", released by Incus. On its release, Jazz Journal saw it as the high point of the record and the most extended expression of Bailey's style. Bailey described his music as "non-idiomatic" improvisation.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Free improvisation and European free. Among the origins and influences of Free improvisation and European free: Free jazz, Dutch jazz.

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