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King Crimson 1973 Marries Carolyn inbetween King Crimson’s U.S. tours. “Larks’ Tongues in Aspic” released; Jamie Muir leaves the group.

Yes / King Crimson “Fragile” and “Close to the Edge” both consolidate and export the success to America, but both titles indicates the rocky state of the band’s internal relationships amidst more or less continual [...]

Yes “The Yes Album” is released, and following a postal strike and the growing relationship between the band’s new manager Brian Lane and the embryonic tycoon Richard Branson of Virgin Records, the long anticipated break-through [...]

Yes “Time and a Word” released.

Yes Plays 187 shows with Yes at an average salary of £17 per week. First album, “Yes” released.

Yes With effectively no amateur or semi-professional experience whatever, decides, on January 1st, to dedicate his gap-year between school and University to finding work as a full-time player in the rapidly expanding music industry. After [...]

Increasingly under the sway of older jazz-loving pupils, begins serious study of jazz drums and vibes. Intermittent music tuition from George Cooper, head of the school’s woodwinds, and Lou Pocock, percussionist with the Royal Philharmonic [...]

Jazz 625 on BBC TV broadcasts immaculately recorded concerts of all the great US modern jazz stars of the day, eagerly devoured. Attends Tonbridge School; first pair of brushes given to him by his sister [...]

Asks for, and gets, first drum-kit, red sparkle, 17 guineas, indeterminate make. Practice begins by listening to and playing along with the UK jazz of the day; Barber, Ball, and Bilk.

Born, son and third child of veterinary surgeon John William Bruford, in Sevenoaks, Kent.