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Derek Bailey’s Improvisation , originally published in 1980, and here updated and extended with new interviews and photographs, is the first book to deal with the nature of improvisation in all its forms—Indian music, flamenco, baroque, organ music, rock, jazz, contemporary, and ”free” music. By drawing on conversations with some of today’s seminal improvisers—including John Zorn, Jerry Garcia, Steve Howe, Steve Lacy, Lionel Salter, Earle Brown, Paco Peña, Max Roach, Evan Parker, and Ronnie Scott—Bailey offers a clear-eyed view of the breathtaking spectrum of possibilities inherent in improvisational practice, while underpinning its importance as the basis for all music-making.
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Musical Improvisation: its nature and practice in music
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A "complete guide to the most widely practiced and least documented aspect of music", discussing Indian traditional music, flamenco, baroque, modern uses in church organ playing, jazz, and rock; composers; 'free' improvisation, classrooms & instruction, his own Music Improvisation Company. Includes personal insights and interviews - Bailey (1930-2005) was a British guitarist who began playing in the 1950s; he preferred the term 'non-idiomatic' to 'free'. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first American edition (first printing) with full number string. Light wear to book; paper lightly tanned; jacket lightly rubbed & tanned with some chipping, mostly to the spine ends, spine a little faded. Text clean, no names or marks; [8], 154 pages, bibliography Size: Small Octavo. Seller Inventory # x1209
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition, paperback issue. Very Good with clean text, light wear, small wear spot to spine. A rare guide to musical improvisation by a master of improvisation in free jazz, an English guitarist known for his innovative techniques. Seller Inventory # 131130246
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Musical Improvisation (First Edition)
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Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Rare, this being the only copy we have ever offered for sale. An early book on improvised music, written by Derek Bailey, one of the pioneering masters of the form, including chapters on Indian music, flamenco, rock, jazz and more. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly toned, with a few short closed tears and accompanying creasing to the crown, reinforced with cello tape. Seller Inventory # 142573