![]() ![]() On 1 January 2009, Bruford retired from professional drumming, only briefly returning for a few private gigs. The criterion for selection was either: did the performance do something I didn’t do yesterday, or: did it cover something I hadn’t really heard much of before? The probability that someone else may have done it elsewhere didn’t concern me. Bruford played in King Crimson for his third and final tenure from 19941997, after which he continued with a new acoustic configuration of Earthworks. Collectively they describe an unfolding set of ideas about what drums and drummers can or should do. Since then he has worked with many other artists, including Gong, National Health, Genesis and U.K., as well as leading his own bands Bruford and Earthworks. He was a guiding light in the British Art Rock movement, recording and touring internationally with Yes and King Crimson from 1968-74. Bill Bruford - Prism (from the Album One by Pete Locketts Network of Sparks (1999)) 6.43 12. It is an honest and entertaining account of life on the road and in the. As Bruford stated, the band’s first album is still incredible and is considered the first progressive rock album. Bill Bruford revealed that his favorite line-up in King Crimson was the first one in a recent conversation. Later on, he played with the band again between 19. This is his memoir of life at the heart of prog rock, art rock, and modern jazz, playing with Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, Earthworks and many more. Belew’s ‘Modern Electric Orchestra’ (MEO) is well demonstrated in the music immediately following his phrase. Bruford returned to King Crimson in the 1980s for three years. These tracks roll from the acoustic, analog, pre-computer, pre–click-track 1970s to the electronic, post-digital, computer-based 2000s: an exciting four decades to be behind a drum kit. Bill Brufords professional musical career began in 1968. Bill Bruford, once called the godfather of progressive-rock drumming, has been at the top of his profession for four decades. We invited him to take on the project, and the results are what follows, with Bruford’s own annotations. ![]() During a recent conversation with Rolling Stone - touching on his work with Yes, King Crimson, his own band Earthworks, and more - Bruford mentioned in passing that he’d like to compile a list of some of his favorite moments from his vast recorded legacy, spotlighting not just his own contributions but the music as a whole. From the late Sixties through his retirement in 2009, drummer Bill Bruford played progressive rock in stadiums, jazz in small clubs, and just about everything in between. ![]()
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