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World Drummers Ensemble

Bill Bruford: The Summerfold Collection 1987-2008

by John Kelman
September 2, 2023

Intrepid percussionist/composer/bandleader Bill Bruford began his career in the late '60s art-rock arena with Yes and, later, King Crimson, but jazz has always moved underneath, like an eddying current. His early recordings, well documented on the companion Winterfold Collection, may not speak the language of jazz, but they possess its spirit. By 1986, Bruford ...

A Coat of Many Colors

By World Drummers Ensemble

Label: Summerfold Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: CD Side: Conundrum; Majorette; Prism; Baye Kene N'Diaye; Ritm Kompozisyon; A Coat of Many Colors; Self Portrait; Sa N'Diaye. DVD Side: Programme from CD Side plus B'Boom; Encuentro (Encounter); and fifteen-minute performance video.

World Drummers Ensemble: A Coat of Many Colors

by John Kelman
April 19, 2006

For those who think that percussion should be restricted to timekeeping, A Coat of Many Colors may come as something of a surprise. On the other hand, listeners familiar with Swiss percussionist Pierre Favre's Ensemble and his remarkable Singing Drums (ECM, 1984) will find the idea of a full programme from four percussionists much less of ...