![]() ![]() The criterion for selection was either: did the performance do something I didn’t do yesterday, or: did it cover something I hadn’t really heard much of before? The probability that someone else may have done it elsewhere didn’t concern me. Collectively they describe an unfolding set of ideas about what drums and drummers can or should do. Former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford s epic career in music, stretching out over 50 years, is to celebrated in a new six-disc box set. These tracks roll from the acoustic, analog, pre-computer, pre–click-track 1970s to the electronic, post-digital, computer-based 2000s: an exciting four decades to be behind a drum kit. Bill Bruford on His Ups and Downs With Yes and King Crimson, Life After Retirement Ten years into his post-drumming life, the percussion legend reflects on playing with British prog's holy trinity. We invited him to take on the project, and the results are what follows, with Bruford’s own annotations. Frequent enforced hiatuses became part of the working practice of King Crimson. L-R Wetton, Cross, Bruford, and Fripp wait for transport in the lobby of a hotel somewhere in Europe, 1974. During a recent conversation with Rolling Stone - touching on his work with Yes, King Crimson, his own band Earthworks, and more - Bruford mentioned in passing that he’d like to compile a list of some of his favorite moments from his vast recorded legacy, spotlighting not just his own contributions but the music as a whole. September 20th 1974 King Crimson ‘ceased to exist’. Belew’s ‘Modern Electric Orchestra’ (MEO) is well demonstrated in the music immediately following his phrase. From the late Sixties through his retirement in 2009, drummer Bill Bruford played progressive rock in stadiums, jazz in small clubs, and just about everything in between. Former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford 's epic career in music, stretching out over 50 years, is to celebrated in a new six-disc box set.
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