Wright/ Marsh / Rainey/ F. Lonberg-Holm

Wright/ Marsh / Rainey/ F. Lonberg-Holm: The Darkest Corner, The Most Conspicuous

by Derek Taylor
August 1, 2000

Free improvisation is one of the most mutable modes of musical expression around. Under its auspices anything is possible. But hand in hand with freedom is a frequent malleability of group membership- rare are the freely improvising ensembles that stay together for the long haul. The music demands and depends on constant reinvention and reevaluation, two requirements that discourage continuous and familiar associations. Taking matters to a logical extreme guitarist Derek Bailey, a consummate free improviser, even goes so far ...