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Article: Interview

Bill Bruford: In the Court of the Percussion King

Read "Bill Bruford: In the Court of the Percussion King" reviewed by Mike Brannon


From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared at All About Jazz in March 2001. A charmed life might be a good way of describing that of Bill Bruford. Always at the center of and driving vastly creative projects, including King Crimson, Yes, Earthworks, Genesis, Bruford, Gong and many other collaborations of like minds, ...

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News: Recording

Bill Bruford’s Earthworks Announce The Release Of Heavenly Bodies - The Expanded Collection

Bill Bruford’s Earthworks Announce The Release Of Heavenly Bodies - The Expanded Collection

Bill Bruford was the drummer with Yes and King Crimson before he moved to jazz with his band Earthworks. Heavenly Bodies – The Expanded Collection takes 23 tracks from the Earthworks Complete deluxe box set to present a tidy overview of the band’s 20-year history in a double CD. Bruford says: “Heavenly Bodies- The Expanded Collection ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill Bruford's Earthworks: Earthworks Complete

Read "Earthworks Complete" reviewed by John Kelman


Since retiring as a professional musician in 2009, progressive/art rock turned jazz drummer Bill Bruford has successfully managed to maintained a place in the public eye. Beyond his engaging, informative and successful Bill Bruford: The Autobiography (Jawbone Press, 2009), the drummer/percussionist has more recently released a second, equally captivating book, Uncharted: Creativity and the Expert Drummer ...

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Article: Film Review

Bill Bruford's Earthworks: Video Anthologies Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

Read "Bill Bruford's Earthworks: Video Anthologies Vol. 1 and Vol. 2" reviewed by John Kelman


Since forming his two record labels--Winterfold (to deal with solo efforts released prior to 1987, when he formed the first of his more jazz-centric Earthworks groups) and Summerfold (to handle everything that's happened since that career watershed)--drummer Bill Bruford has reissued, in remastered (and, in some cases, expanded) form his entire back catalog as a leader. ...

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Article: Live Review

Bill Bruford's Earthworks Celebrates Twenty Years with Four-Night Run at Iridium

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Bill Bruford's seminal jazz quartet Earthworks packed the house for most of its ten shows at NYC's Iridium Jazz Club, November 2-5, showcasing some new pieces and treating the audience to favorites from the group's repertoire as well as from Bruford's solo career. Joining the leader and his longtime collaborator Tim Garland were electric bassist Laurence ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Bill Bruford's Earthworks: All Heaven Broke Loose / Stamping Ground

Read "Bill Bruford's Earthworks: All Heaven Broke Loose / Stamping Ground" reviewed by John Kelman


Part 1 | Part 2As described in an earlier review of his first round of Earthworks reissues, drummer Bill Bruford considers 1987 as something of a fence constructed in his career—the year where he, at least from the perspective of his own work, stopped being considered a rock drummer, becoming a jazz drummer. Walking ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Bill Bruford's Earthworks: Earthworks & Dig?

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Part 1 | Part 2 According to drummer Bill Bruford, the year 1987 was considered something of a fence constructed in the middle of his career—the year where he, at least from the perspective of his own work, stopped being considered a rock drummer (albeit a progressive one at that) and became a jazz ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill Bruford's Earthworks: Footloose and Fancy Free

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Drummer Bill Bruford?s enviable legacy surges into the new millennium with a refreshing twist! On the basis of this recently released 2-CD set, his all acoustic jazz quartet ?Earthworks,? should be considered among the new generation of jazz based combos that are making a difference! The band offers a novel and rather sizeable glimpse into the ...


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