Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford
William Scott "Bill" Brufordis an English retired drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, and record label owner. He was the original drummer for the progressive rock group Yes, from 1968–1972. Bruford has performed for numerous popular acts since the early 1970s, including a stint as touring drummer for Genesis in 1976 and U.K. in 1978. Following his departure from Yes and at various times until 1997, Bruford was the drummer for progressive rock band King Crimson. Then, Bruford moved away from progressive...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth17 May 1949
Whatever I have come to offer, I have come to offer and it may or may not be connected to anything that has happened in the past.
I saw it as a challenge to play with Pat and we put hours and hours into it, usually on the bus. The trick was to find something that we both wanted to play within our different styles which would add up to being greater than the sum of its parts.
I mean, Chris is, I'm sure, a wonderful guy. But in those days he also very, very late. For all appointments and departures and arrivals and sound checks and anything.
I do remember the whole thing as being very argumentative, hot blooded... a permanent state of friction between Jon and Chris, Chris and me, me and Jon.
I have been steadily exchanging a rock audience who were nervous about what they had just bought for a jazz audience who not only were happy with their purchase, but are increasingly coming again.
If it's fast, no I don't have enough piano technique. In that case, it's probably been done on some kind of synthesizer or sequencer. Then the score can then be printed out and so forth.
Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.
My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.
Drummers haven't managed to develop their individuality quite as well as guitarists have. We can be so focused on the nuts and bolts that we overlook the importance of individuality - the broader picture, if you will.
Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.
If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.
The piano is kind of my second instrument.
A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it's five guys sitting around reading manuals!
Entertainment is about telling everybody that everything is alright but music is on the side of the upsetters and that's where I'm at.