quoted 5 lines Another jazzy d&b album nobody's mentioned:
> Another jazzy d&b album nobody's mentioned:
> Derek Bailey's Guitar, Drum & Bass, with DJ Ninj.
> I think it came out on Tzadik in 97.
> Haven't played it in a while, but I remember it
> having an improv/free-jazz thrust to it.
yeah, i have this one. it's on avant, a japanese label which is
associated with the hip's road project (whose tzadik is a part of).
derek bailey's playing of course is 100% free (anything less from him
would be surprising), but the drum n bass beat, although quite good in
its minimalism, is still just that, drum n bass. i suppose that's for
giving the illusion of 'keeping it together' (even though bailey's
playing stands very well on its own or in the company of similarly
freeform musicians). it's a good album, but i think 2 years later,
something more free has to come out.
free drum n bass. i guess drill n bass was a good step in the
direction; it's just that nobody really saw the point of it. or god
knows. i have yet to understand what made everybody so quick to abandon
drill n bass. it had potential -- it's just that nobody was using it.
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