Derek Bailey

Derek Bailey (born January 29, 1930) is a free improvising avant garde guitarist.

Partial discography

• Karyobin (with the SME, Island records, 1968)
• The London Concert (with Evan Parker, Incus, 1971)
• Solo Guitar Volume 1 (Incus, recorded 1971, reissued 1992)
• Solo Guitar Volume 2 (Incus, 1972)
• Company 6 & 7 (other players on this re-issue originally recorded at the 1977 Company Week include Lol Coxhill, Han Bennink, Leo Smith, Tristan Honsinger, Steve Beresford, Anthony Braxton and others, Incus 1992)
• Yankees (with John Zorn and George Lewis, recorded 1983; issued variously on Celluloid and Charly)
• Lace (solo guitar, Emanem, recorded 1989)
• Village Life (with Thebe Lipere and Louis Moholo, Incus 1992)
• Playing (with John Stevens, Incus 1992)
• Guitar, Drums and Bass (with DJ Ninj, Avant records, 1996)
• The Sign Of Four (with Pat Metheny, Gregg Bendian, Paul Wertico, Knitting Factory, 1997)
• Ballads, Tzadik, 2002
• Pieces for guitar, Tzadik, 2002
• Barcelona (with Agusti Fernandez), Hopscotch Records, 2001, available from
• Wireforks (with Henry Kaiser) Shanachie/Jazz, 1993 available from
• Legend of the Blood Yeti with Thirteen Ghosts and Thurston Moore
• Improvisation Ampersand/Runt 1975, available from