# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-bailey
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:28:08.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-bailey"
name: "Derek Bailey"
slug: "derek-bailey"
description: "Derek Bailey was an English avant-garde guitarist and an important figure in the free improvisation movement. Bailey abandoned conventional performance techniques found in jazz, exploring atonality, noise, and whatever unusual sounds he could produce with the guitar. Much of his work was released on his own label Incus Records. In addition to solo work, Bailey collaborated frequently with other musicians and recorded with collectives such as Spontaneous Music Ensemble and Company."
tagline: "British guitarist (1930–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bailey1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930-01-29"
deathDate: "2005-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.78
  momentum:             0.5418908531898539
  historical:           16.96541466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1792992/"
    handle:    "nm1792992"
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    handle:    "0NiVnzdZVyaHThgTofobW2"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Derek Bailey"
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    title: "Derek Bailey"
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    title: "Derek Bailey"
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    title: "Derek Bailey"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Bailey"
    title: "Derek Bailey"
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    title: "デレク・ベイリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Bailey"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump