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Bill Bruford's Earthworks
A Part, and Yet Apart cd
BBSF 003CDTracks: 9The title refers to the idea of wanting to be a part of something, but yet being regarded by others - or yourself - as still an outsider. Too jazz for rock, and too rock for jazz. Earthworks needed a come-back album that took no prisoners, and much of this I really like. Great stuff here from pianist Steve Hamilton and saxophonist Patrick Clahar on ‘Dewey-eyed, then Dancing’.
Bill Bruford's Earthworks
All Heaven Broke Loose cd
BBSF 011CDTracks: 10Recorded in early 1991 in the same 100 hours it took coalition ground forces to eject Iraq from Kuwait, in which presumably all hell broke loose. Django Bates’ absence one day to collect a Jazz Award caused producer David Torn to dig deep – his work with a harmoniser on Ballamy’s tenor saxophone on ‘Temple of the Winds’ made the remaining trio sound huge.
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Rock Goes To College DVD dvd
BBWF 008DVDTracks: 8I have a particularly soft spot for this DVD as it is a fair example of what we used to get up to on stage. Hard to believe that we actually got a national television spot playing this stuff. I think you’d need a license these days. Sorry it’s a bit expensive, but the BBC charged Winterfold a fortune to release it
Summerfold Artists
The Summerfold Collection 1987-2008 cd
BBSF 022CD (2 CD set)Tracks: 2222 tracks from some 21 musicians with whom I consider it a privilege to have worked since 1987. This double album concludes with an acoustic version of ‘Beelzebub’, the first tune I wrote, bringing things neatly full circle. The ‘sound of surprise’ is as good a definition of jazz as you’ll find anywhere; here’s a Japan-only release of the title track of the CD ‘The Sound of Surprise’.
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Earthworks Underground Orchestra cd
BBSF013CDTracks: 10The challenging circumstances surrounding this were described in my book. Musically, it doesn’t get much better than to have some of you own music arranged for a little big band of crack NYC players and to be able to present it in a top NYC jazz club. Steve Wilson’s alto sax solo on ‘Up North’ alone is worth the price of admission. Check this out – I can’t begin to tell you what fun it is to play drums in the middle of this lot.
Record Labels
Drummer Bill Bruford's records, DVDs, and related projects are released on either Summerfold or Winterfold Records ...and are available at the shop
SUMMERFOLD RECORDS has been created to re-issue re-mastered and expanded versions of his work since 1987, together with current and future recordings and related projects.
WINTERFOLD RECORDS exists to re-issue re-mastered and expanded versions of Bill's CDs and DVDs up to the 1987 watershed.
