Derek Bailey "Playing for Friends on 5th Street"

Derek Bailey


Director: Robert O'Haire
Studio: straw2gold pictures
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Product Description
DEREK BAILEY: "PLAYING FOR FRIENDS ON 5TH STREET" - PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY ROBERT O'HAIRE - 51 minutes, NTSC all-region DVD - Released December 22, 2004 Playing for Friends on 5th Street catches free-improv guitar legend Derek Bailey in an intimate concert for about 40 friends and fans on December 29, 2001. The single-camera footage, focused tightly on the guitarist, is presented with few edits, nicely augmented with various post-production effects: full screen & letterbox, color & warm sepia halftones & stop motion lend to the more-than-front-row intimacy of the video. Bailey is at his best during the 51-minute set, which includes his telling a story about working in a guitar shop in the 1960s (accompanying himself as he does in his much sought-after "chats") and a few moments of traditional playing on the vintage Epiphone hollow-body he bought on Staten Island.
Derek Bailey "Playing for Friends on 5th Street"
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Fascinating
Derek Bailey "Playing for Friends on 5th Street"

Manufacturer: straw2gold pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Product Description

DEREK BAILEY: "PLAYING FOR FRIENDS ON 5TH STREET" - PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY ROBERT O'HAIRE - 51 minutes, NTSC all-region DVD - Released December 22, 2004 Playing for Friends on 5th Street catches free-improv guitar legend Derek Bailey in an intimate concert for about 40 friends and fans on December 29, 2001. The single-camera footage, focused tightly on the guitarist, is presented with few edits, nicely augmented with various post-production effects: full screen & letterbox, color & warm sepia halftones & stop motion lend to the more-than-front-row intimacy of the video. Bailey is at his best during the 51-minute set, which includes his telling a story about working in a guitar shop in the 1960s (accompanying himself as he does in his much sought-after "chats") and a few moments of traditional playing on the vintage Epiphone hollow-body he bought on Staten Island.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fascinating.......2006-03-04

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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