Title: Fascinating
Product review: A very nicely produced DVD capturing Derek Bailey's remarkable guitar playing. Bailey is playing "unplugged" in a very small performance space, evidently a record shop - he barely has room to open his case to remove his guitar. He tells a funny story about working in a music store in his younger days, interjecting tiny bursts of guitar dissonances as he speaks. Derek Bailey was a unique and thoughtful guitarist. If Anton Webern had been an improvising guitarist he would have sounded like this. The only flaw with this DVD is the filmmakers occasional "creativity" - unnecessary special effects that interrupt the performance here and there are nothing but distracting. However this flaw is not enough to ruin the presentation. For a Derek Bailey fan this DVD is well worth the price... if nothing else it's fascinating to see how he does it...
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