“I would urge anyone coming to this book from knowing Bill’s music to trust “Bill Bruford -The Autobiography” continues to go from strength to. “Bill Bruford -The Autobiography” continues to go from strength to strength. A second edition of the paperback has just been published by Foruli. of Bill Bruford and Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, Summerfold and Winterfold Records. Bill’s Summerfold and Winterfold record catalogues are in transition to a new.
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Quotes from Bill Bruford – Th Bruford performing in This is autobiographt book about the other guy: Lists with This Book. Earthworks Earthworks Dig? Coming to the end of a four-night residency amid the “tawdry glamour” of the Hollywood entertainment district inhe notes that “tonight is the last night I shall have to sign autographs for the earnest, pleasant, balding, upright middle-aged men who have flown from Kansas City or El Paso because I once played on [the Yes album] Fragile.
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Following autobiogaphy return to London, the nineteen-year-old Bruford settled into a flat in north London and placed an advertisement for drum work in the Melody Maker. Read this book and see for yourself. Written at the dawn of his retirement, the book is part self-catharsis and part well-mannered, calculated outburst the sort you would expect a polite, middle class father and family man from Kent to delivera riddled repository of a long life of augobiography.
It is clear that there is absolutely no love lost between King Crimson’s spiritual leader and Bruford. Rather than follow the standard linear chronology of most biographies, he takes as his starting point those interview questions that have cropped up time and again, and from each one spins an entertaining and insightful chapter on the vagaries of pursuing sometimes wilfully uncommercial music over several decades in an industry that relentlessly pursues the bottom line and the next big thing.
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Does this edition contain any extra material compared to the edition? It might have been nice to have more discussion of specific music, however, since it is rare to find such an articulate voice with first-hand experience. I over-use images of dance and song, because that’s what I think I’m causing my sticks to do up there on the stage. From time to time, at polite dinner parties, someone will ask Bill what he does.
The project had Bruford develop a “real taste for improvising”. Press Release Distribution Sign in or sign up to upload your press release. After he left boarding school, Bruford took a gap year before he intended to start an economics course at Leeds University in September Click any of the store links below and you’ll support All About Jazz in the process.
This is his memoir of life at the heart of prog rock, art rock, and modern jazz. It shows what music is really about and, in case you are a musician, it leaves a legacy of unprecedented knowledge for a future musical development.
Bruford also has taken the time to examine other sources and uses these as support for his points or as springboards for considering topics he has encountered. Well written and honest. Help us identify the world’s top jazz venues. Year in Review In Memoriam: Search News by title. Meditating on a Riff by Steve Provizer Published: His outward stoicism, inbred courtesy and disciplined work ethic were not conspicuous advantages when coming into a music world steeped in the drugs and debauchery of the s and early s.
Sign in Sign up Email address. Retrieved 30 October Bill Bruford – The Autobiography: He is not a typical garage band drummer like so many.
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There is at times a slight whiff of “you young people today don’t know how lucky you are” at which I suspect the younger Bruford would have taken umbrage – but this is still well worth reading for those interested in Bruford’s musical career or in what it’s like to try to maintain a meaningful career in the creative arts.
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InBruford formed a duo with Swiss keyboardist and former Yes member Patrick Moraz after he learned that Moraz was living close to autobiotraphy in Surrey. Album Showcase Buy Now.
T he autobiographies of musicians do not usually abound with scholarly analysis atobiography fascinating philosophical insights, and autobiographies of drummers do not abound, period.
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Bill Bruford: The Autobiography
Sign in or sign up to upload your events. The original publication of The Autobiography came hot on the heels of his announcement that he was hanging his sticks up and retiring see: After their debut album U.
For a fan of “the Might Crim” – or of the early history of “Yes” – this book is a goldmine.
Some of it is quite dry but it’s An enjoyable and fascinating book from Bruford which is as much a display of mental gymnastics as an autobiography. Sign in or sign up to upload your events.