Improvisation (DIVerso n.2)

by Derek Bailey

Improvisation (DIVerso n.2) cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Cramps
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 42:25
  • Community rating: 3.76/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Issued as an unaccompanied solo performance, 'Improvisation (DIVerso n.2)' showcases Derek Bailey's radical approach to the guitar. The recording strips away traditional harmonic structures, relying entirely on atonal, aleatory techniques that became foundational to the European free improvisation movement.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisational, aleatory, complex, atonal, technical, avant-garde, unaccompanied-solo, experimental, improvised, improvisation, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. M1 (1:30)
  2. M2 (2:32)
  3. M3 (4:13)
  4. M4 (3:40)
  5. M5 (2:40)
  6. M6 (2:05)
  7. M7 (1:40)
  8. M8 (2:18)
  9. M9 (4:42)
  10. M10 (2:46)
  11. M11 (2:08)
  12. M12 (4:04)
  13. M13 (4:12)
  14. M14 (3:55)

Credits

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