Per Tzadik esce in questi giorni in doppio cd un importante e raro documento sonoro recuperato al meglio da una fragile audiocassetta fatta avere a Gavin Bryars la notte in cui morì Derek Bailey - Natale 2005 - e della cui esistenza all'epoca quasi nessuno sapeva. Si tratta dell'ultimo concerto pubblico del loro trio con Tony Oxley denominato Joseph Holbrooke, tenuto al celebre centro d'arte deSingel ad Anversa (Belgio) nel gennaio 2001: Last Live 2001-In Memoriam Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley.
Joseph Holbrooke was a legendary all-star ensemble from the mid Sixties dedicated to free improvisation. Comprising three of the most acclaimed virtuosos from the first generation of British improvisers - Derek Bailey, Gavin Bryars, Tony Oxley - little has been released, but they briefly reformed in 1998 and the studio recordings from that period were made available in 2006 on Tzadik as The Moat Recordings. Last Live 2001 is exactly that, their last live concert ever! Recorded in Antwerp in January of 2001, the ensemble is at their exploratory best in this newly discovered gem from the archives of composer/improviser maestro Gavin Bryars.