Han

by Han Bennink & Derek Bailey

Han cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Incus
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 55:51
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A brilliant, entirely spontaneous duet between two towering titans of the European free improvisation movement. The recording captures the erratic, highly conversational interplay between Bailey's fractured guitar techniques and Bennink's wildly unpredictable, occasionally comedic percussion. It stands as a masterful display of avant-garde acoustic dialogue, devoid of all traditional musical structures.

Genres

Descriptors: duet, improvisation, rhythmic, percussive, guitars, experimental, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Melancholy Babes, Part 1 (25:26)
  2. Melancholy Babes, Part 2 (30:25)

Credits

  • Derek Bailey / Han Bennink - primary artist
  • Tony Mostrom - artwork [cover drawing]
  • Han Bennink - percussion, soprano saxophone [uncredited]
  • John Hadden - post production

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