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Improvisations for Cello and Guitar

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Live album by

David Holland / Derek Bailey

Released

October 15, 1971^[1]

Recorded

January 1971

Venue

Little Theatre Club
London, England

Genre

Jazz, free improvisation

Length

38:28

Label

ECM
ECM 1013 ST

Producer

Manfred Eicher

David Holland chronology

Music from Two Basses
(1971)

Improvisations for Cello and Guitar
(1971)

Conference of the Birds
(1973)

Derek Bailey chronology

The Music Improvisation Company
(1970)

Improvisations for Cello and Guitar
(1971)

Solo Guitar
(1971)

Improvisations for Cello and Guitar is an album by cellist Dave Holland and guitarist Derek Bailey recorded at the Little Theatre Club in London in January 1971 and released on ECM October later that year—Holland’s third release for the label.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[5]

Todd S. Jenkins called the album "a dark resonant masterwork."^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Holland & Derek Bailey

Side I
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Improvised Piece III"	20:04
Total length:		20:04

Side II
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Improvised Piece IV"	8:16
2.	"Improvised Piece V"	10:08
Total length:		18:24 38:28

Personnel

Musicians

David Holland – cello
Derek Bailey – guitar

Technical personnel

B & B Wojirsch – layout
David Holland – cover design

References

^ ECM shop accessed August 25, 2022

^ ECM discography accessed May 16, 2014

^ Dave Holland discography accessed May 16, 2014

^ Shapiro, R., Derek Bailey sessionography accessed May 16, 2014

^ ^a ^b Allmusic Review accessed May 16, 2014

^ Jenkins, T. S., Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1, (2004) p.31

v t e Dave Holland
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Where Fortune Smiles (with John McLaughlin, John Surman, Karl Berger, and Stu Martin, 1970) A.R.C. (with Chick Corea and Barry Altschul, 1971) Music from Two Basses (with Barre Phillips, 1971) Conference of the Birds (1972) Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/Jethro Burns (1974) Dave Holland / Sam Rivers (1975) Sam Rivers / Dave Holland Vol. 2 (1975) Emerald Tears (1977) Life Cycle (1982) Jumpin' In (1983) Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland (1984) Seeds of Time (1984) The Razor's Edge (1987) Triplicate (1988) The Oracle (with Hank Jones and Billy Higgins, 1989) Extensions (1989) Phase Space (with Steve Coleman, 1991) Ones All (1993) Dream of the Elders (1995) Points of View (1997) Prime Directive (1998) Not for Nothin' (2000) What Goes Around (2001) Overtime (2002) Oh! (2002) Critical Mass (2005) Pass It On (2007) Hands (with Pepe Habichuela, 2009) Prism (2012) The Art of Conversation (with Kenny Barron, 2014) Aziza (2015) Uncharted Territories (2017) Another Land (2019) Without Deception (with Kenny Barron, 2019)
Live albums	Improvisations for Cello and Guitar (with Derek Bailey, 1971) Extended Play: Live at Birdland (2001) Reunion: Live in New York (with Sam Rivers and Barry Altschul, 2007) Pathways (2009)
Related articles	Circle Gateway

Derek Bailey

Solo albums

Collaborations

The Topography of the Lungs (with Evan Parker and Han Bennink)
Improvisations for Cello and Guitar (with Dave Holland)
First Duo Concert (with Anthony Braxton)
The London Concert (with Evan Parker)
Dart Drug (with Jamie Muir)
Yankees (with John Zorn and George Lewis)
Harras (with John Zorn and William Parker)
Mirakle (with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Calvin Weston)

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