This documentary blew my mind when i first saw it. It's still one of the greatest explorations of music i have ever seen and i imagine i'm ever likely to see, there are few men with such great vision as Derek Bailey in this world. When you couple that with how Channel 4 and BBC were at this time, rarely is such freedom to explore given to people these days.
Incredibly grateful for this upload; a real treasure. Thanks so much! The '80s and '90s seem to have quite an odd time in British television, with this very loose boundary between "high" and "low" culture such that you could get stuff like this on primetime television!
British TV back then was actually quite segregated in terms of 'high' and 'low' culture - I don't remember this program being on at the time (don't know how I missed it!), but it would have been on quite late at night. Still, that was a better situation than the wall-to-wall middlebrow dross which dominates mainstream TV these days.
Thank you Ian for uploading this series. The last time I watched this was for a university class in 2008. We had to watch all the parts, then write a paper on improvisation. Apart from the assignment, this program was very enjoyable to watch, and brings back a lot of memories.
I've read the book that came out of this several times, and have been reading Bailey's biography, and finally had to track this down. Thanks for keeping it out there
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This documentary blew my mind when i first saw it. It's still one of the greatest explorations of music i have ever seen and i imagine i'm ever likely to see, there are few men with such great vision as Derek Bailey in this world. When you couple that with how Channel 4 and BBC were at this time, rarely is such freedom to explore given to people these days.
Incredibly grateful for this upload; a real treasure. Thanks so much!
The '80s and '90s seem to have quite an odd time in British television, with this very loose boundary between "high" and "low" culture such that you could get stuff like this on primetime television!
British TV back then was actually quite segregated in terms of 'high' and 'low' culture - I don't remember this program being on at the time (don't know how I missed it!), but it would have been on quite late at night. Still, that was a better situation than the wall-to-wall middlebrow dross which dominates mainstream TV these days.
Yes I agree. Good observation. Channel 4 in particular was groundbreaking and edgy. Sadly it’s not now!
This sort of thing could still win the hearts and minds of silly audiences if interspersed with bland themes about diversity.
Thank you Ian for uploading this series. The last time I watched this was for a university class in 2008. We had to watch all the parts, then write a paper on improvisation. Apart from the assignment, this program was very enjoyable to watch, and brings back a lot of memories.
12:00 this improvisation is outstanding
25 years later... A classic.
Thankyou this is wonderful I was introduced to Gaelic Sym singing here .
As a young musician, this is really inspiring
thank you for uploading!!!
still love it!!
Vital.
I've read the book that came out of this several times, and have been reading Bailey's biography, and finally had to track this down. Thanks for keeping it out there
What's the name of the book?
@@mrdrumfreak456 Improvisation. There's a second edition with more chapters, make sure to get that one 😎
Super improvisation
@Ian Greaves Where did part 3 go? Plz re-up if you can
@@s90210h (c) blocked unfortunately