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Terry Day
British jazz musician and improvisor
- From
- Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
- Since
- 1940–present
- Releases
- 9
- free improvisation
- free jazz
- jazz
About
Terence Day (born 17 October 1940) is a musician specialising in free improvisation, a poet and a visual artist. He is a founding member of the Continuous Music Ensemble and The People Band. Some of his musical partners include Derek Bailey, Steve Beresford, Phil Minton, Evan Parker, Charlotte Hug, John Russell, Rhodri Davis, Misha Mengelberg, Tony Oxley, Marten Altena, Phil Wachsman and John Tchicai. He is a member of the improvising, genre-hopping quartet Alterations, active from 1977 to 1986 and reforming in 2015.
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Day is self taught but from a musical family. His father was a drummer and his brother Pat was a child prodigy and played with Graham Bond.
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- MusicBrainz
- 15b58573-6c19-4542-b241-b85d8fb00c1c
- ISNI
- 0000000373049983
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.