Akiyama, Tetuzi

Asheim, Nils Henrik

Bailey, Derek

Balke, Jon

Berthling, Johan

Buene, Eivind

Charles, Xavier

Davies, Rhodri

Denley, Jim

Doneda, Michel

Duch, Michael Francis

Dörner, Axel

Endresen, Sidsel

Ensemble, Asymmetrical Music

Flaten, Ingebrigt

Grenager, Lene

Grydeland, Ivar

Guy, Barry

Haltli, Frode

Haugerud, Tor

Hug, Charlotte

Kaasbøll, Anita

Karlsson, Kenneth

Kluften, Tonny

Kornstad, Håkon

Lehn, Thomas

Lovens, Paul

Lønning, Eivind

Minton, Phil

Myhr, Kim

Nakamura, Toshimaru

Neumann, Andrea

Nilssen-Love, Paal

Nystrøm, Rolf Erik

O'Rourke, Jim

Oxley, Tony

Pichelin, Marc

Rabben, Bjørn

Ratkje, Maja

Reinertsen, Espen

Rombolá, Alessandra

Sandell, Sten

Stackenäs, David

Tanaka, Yumiko

Taxt, Martin

Tétreault, Martin

Thomas, Pat

Torvund, Øyvind

Veliotis, Nikos

Vågan, Petter

Wachsmann, Philipp

Wallumrød, Christian

Zach, Ingar

Derek Bailey

Derek Bailey has played with most of the musicians associated with free improvisation. In 1970, Derek Bailey formed Incus Records with Evan Parker and Tony Oxley, it being the first independent, musician-owned record company in Britain. In 1976 he formed Company, a changing ensemble of improvising musicians from many backgrounds, featuring players from Europe, North and South America, Africa and Japan and which since then has performed concerts and extended events all over the world. Company Week was inaugurated in 1977 as an annual event in London
to which all kinds of improvisors from around the world were invited for five days of music-making through improvisation. Company Weeks was held at other locations, for example, New York and Hakushu, Japan. Derek Bailey divided his time among solo performances, running Incus, practising, writing, and, something he considered essential, ad-hoc musical activities.

(More info Peter
Stubleys webpages)

Derek appears on the following SOFA-releases