Bill Bruford & Patrick Moraz - Flags (1985)

01.Temples of Joy (4:51)
02.Split Seconds (4:37)
03.Karu (3:45)
04.Impromptu, Too! (3:30)
05.Flags (4:27)
06.Machines Programmed by Genes (5:13)
07.The Drum Also Waltzes (2:51)
08.Infra Dig (3:12)
09.A Way with Words (1:36)
10.Everything You've Heard is True (6:09).

Bill Bruford - Percussion,Drums,Electric Drums

Patrick Moraz - Piano (Grand).

Bill Bruford Footloose & Fancy Free (2001)

DISC 1:
01.Footloose and Fancy Free
02.If Summer Had It's Ghosts
03.A Part, And Yet Apart
04.Triplicity
05.Come to Dust
06.No Truce With the Furies
07.The Wooden Man Sings, And the Stone Woman Dances.

DISC 2:
01.Revel Without a Pause
02.Never the Same Way Once
03.Original Sin
04.Cloud Cuckoo Land
05.Dewey-Eyed, Then Dancing
06.The Emperor's New Clothes
07.Bridge of Inhibition.

Recorded live at the Pizza Express Jazz Club, London, England on June 23 and 24, 2001.
Bill Bruford (drums)
Patrick Clahar (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone)
Steve Hamilton (piano)
Mark Hodgson (bass).

Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Random Acts of Happiness (2004)

01.My Heart Declares a Holiday (5:27)
02.White Knuckle Wedding (7:44)
03.Turn and Return (2:51)
04.Tramontana (8:05)
05.Bajo del Sol (8:45)
06.Seems Like a Lifetime Ago [Part 1] (3:56)
07.Modern Folk (6:27)
08.With Friends Like These (2:53)
09.Speaking With Wooden Tongues (7:54)
10.One of a Kind [Part 1] (2:09)
11.One of a Kind [Part 2] (4:16).

Bill Bruford - drums, log drum
Tim Garland - Tenor and Soprano saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
Steve Hamilton - piano
Mark Hodgson - bass.

Review by Chris Nickson

Bill Bruford's reputation might lie on his past work with prog rock bands like Yes and King Crimson, but these days he's completely at home in the amorphous world of modern jazz. This live album shows that he and his band have developed their own strong sound, centered around the sax, flute, and bass clarinet work of the remarkably talented Tim Garland and the piano of Steve Hamilton, who play off and support each other perfectly (just listen to their work on "White Knuckle Wedding," for instance). That's not to lessen the impact of bassist Mark Hodgson and Bruford himself. All four parts of the quartet interlock vitally. At times they sound fairly mainstream and smooth, as on "Tra Montana," and melody is always at the core of what they do. But they're not afraid to push the edges, as on "Modern Folk," with its sharp changes, both in key and rhythm. Bruford also uses Polynesian log drums, sparingly but to great effect, especially on "Speaking With Wooden Tongues." The bonus track, "Blues for Little Joe" is also well-worth hearing: it's a tortuous, exciting ride that highlights the skills of each member in the demands it makes, and a perfect end to an accomplished, distinctive album.

Bill Bruford - Sound Of Surprise (2000)

01.Revel Without a Pause
02.Triplicity
03.The Shadow of a Doubt
04.Teaching Vera to Dance
05.Half Life
06.Come to Dust
07.Cloud Cuckoo Land
08.Never the Same Way Once
09.The Wooden Man Sings, and the Stone Woman Dances
10.The Sound of Surprise.

Recorded at Livingston Studios, London, England in November 2000.

Bill Bruford (drums)
Patrick Clahar (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone)
Steve Hamilton (piano)
Mark Hodgson (bass).

In past incarnations of Bill Bruford's Earthworks, music often centered around the drummer's electronic sound sculptures using digital triggers and chordal drums. The approach yielded fine results, but Bruford up and changed everything when in 1995 he christened a new Earthworks. Ditching the technology in favor of a traditional jazz kit, his music began reaching back to cool, hard bop, and old-school fusion. In addition to now playing his kit in an unorthodox arrangement, Bruford moved the emphasis from nifty electronics to the kinetic energy generated by his impressive polyrhythmic work. On "Triplicity" his orchestration boasts a dizzying array of time changes, the tempo kept constant only by the hi-hat. It's an aural exercise (albeit a very enjoyable one) just keeping pace. On the spicy "Teaching Vera to Dance," the groove is modern funk; on "Cloud Cuckoo Land," a modified murrenge. Saxophonist Patrick Clahar does an excellent job keeping up with Bruford and pianist Steve Hamilton's changes, but his energies would be better used in emphasizing melody than in rhythmic acrobatics, as his sweetly romantic playing on the languid "Come to Dust" only confirms. But for all the obtuse rhythms and expert playing, The Sound of Surprise lacks a certain sense of drama, which previous Earthworks albums (notably All Heaven Broke Loose and even the concert document Live: Stamping Ground) had in spades. Precisely what made the early Earthworks records so interesting were the chordal drums, largely horn-driven songs, and more progressive outlook. Going back to a traditional jazz quartet format feels somehow like a step backward. ~ John Duffy, All Music Guide.

Bill Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado (1979)

The Bill Bruford band's third and final album finds Bill and the boys going out on more stylistic limbs than ever before. The incorporation of bassist Jeff Berlin's deadpan vocals bring a decidedly more song-based orientation to the mix, while ... Full DescriptionDave Stewart's keyboards, and the band's arrangements overall, flirt with experimentation on the periphery of rock and jazz.

"Gothic 17" makes ample use of Stewart's strident, klaxon-like synths, as Bruford's intense rhythmic thrust propels the whole group into the stratosphere, accompanied by Berlin's Alice In Wonderland arcing streams of consciousness. "The Sliding Floor" uses all manners of trilling keyboards, prog rock drums and sheets of guitar noise to enlighten the few unaware of Bruford's illustrious past. Containing a daunting collection of brazen electronic sounds and time-skewed percussive somersaults, the third time for the Bruford clan was indeed a charm, resulting in one of the great unsung (and underrated) fusion albums of the early '80s.

Recorded at Surrey Sound, Surrey, England in October & November 1979.

Personnel: Bill Bruford (drums, cymbals); Jeff Berlin (vocals, electric bass); Barbara Gaskin, Amanda Parsons (vocals); John Clark (guitar); Georgie Born (cello); Dave Stewart (keyboards).

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Bill Bruford - One of a Kind (1979)1. Hell's Bells (3:33)
2. One of a Kind, Pt. 1 (2:20)
3. One of a Kind, Pt. 2 (4:04)
4. Travels With Myself - And Someone Else (6:13)
5. Fainting in Coils (6:33)
6. Five G (4:46)
7. The Abingdon Chasp (4:54)
8. Forever Until Sundary (5:51)
9. The Sahara of Snow, Pt. 1 (5:18)
10. The Sahara of Snow, Pt. 2 (3:24)
Mp3:320 Kbps

Bill Bruford / acoustic & electronic drums and percussion
Jeff Berlin / bass and vocals
Allan Holdsworth / guitar
Dave Stewart / keyboards and synths.

Este cd se compuso con músicos súper talentosos: la batería de Bill Bruford suena con mucha energía solida. Dave Stewart llega con sus melodías y solos contagiosos y sus patterns flotantes en un álbum de fusión, Allan Holdsworth es absolutamente asombroso con sus solos de guitarra. Jeff Berlin, uno de los mejores bajistas del Jazz, el bajo suena en una forma retentiva, probablemente para no robar el show: no obstante, hay un 100 % de su capacidad como solista en un par de pasajes. Hay algo de percusiones sobresalientes, especialmente xilófono. Todo es profundamente complejo y sumamente estructurado. Dave Stewart tiene muchas corrientes flotantes en los teclados: esto le da color al conjunto. Si a usted le gusta la banda de fusión Uzeb, entonces les gustará este registro! Finalmente debo mencionar a un último artista, entre mis favoritos, quien contribuyo para la realización de este álbum - Eddie Jobson, sentimos su influencia en el tema "Sahara of snow".