Earthworks 1
A year of short sessions and concerts with a number of employers, mostly forgettable, with the notable exception of David Torn. With Tony Levin and Mark Isham, the group record “Cloud About Mercury” at Audio International in London for the great Manfred Eicher of E.C.M..
Meanwhile, Bruford recruits three young players from the UK Jazz scene; Django Bates, the local, Guildford-based Iain Ballamy, and Mick Hutton. As the Bill Bruford Quartet, they rehearse at Django’s with full electronic drum rig, and ice on the inside of the windows, and set out for their first gig in Japan.
EG Records, who have known Bill and his music for some thirteen years, demand, and get, a demo session of the group before they will eventually fund an album.
John William Lawrance Bruford born September 9th.
In October, following a week at Terminal 24 in London, the group completes its first eponymous album, “Earthworks”.