Artist: BILL BRUFORD
Album: MAKING A SONG AND DANCE: A COMPLETE CAREER COLLECTION (6CD BOXSET)

Release date: 29.04.2022
EAN/UPS: 4050538752908
Media type: CD

Making a Song and Dance is a new 6CD box set highlighting the considerable career achievements of legendary drummer Bill Bruford.

A young Bruford came to prominence in the late ’60s with Yes, before joining King Crimson in the early 1970s and then going on to play live with a Gabriel-free Genesis in 1976. The period from 1975 to the early 80s saw albums by his band Bruford, a record with prog-rock supergroup U.K., and various collaborations, including with Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz and Chris Squire

Bill was back with King Crimson in the 1980s (he’d return for a third spell in the ’90s) and later in that same decade started the jazz fusion band Earthworks, who would go on to record five studio albums (three between 1987 and 1991). There have been numerous appearances on other people’s records, including Roy Harper, Akira Inoue, Kazumi Watanabe, Steve Howe & many more.

The new box set tries to make sense of all this by offered themed CDs. So the first two are dubbed ‘The Collaborator’ and largely concern Bruford’s work with Yes and King Crimson. CDs 3 and 4 are titled ‘The Composing Leader’ (Bruford, Earthworks etc.) and CD 5 is called ‘The Special Guest’ and features some of those aforementioned appearances on other people’s albums. The sixth and final disc is ‘The Improviser’ and includes some of the Moraz-Bruford compositions and work with David Torn.

Bill Bruford himself has written a detailed biography which, along with rare photos, is featured in the booklet within the box. The outer box artwork, gatefold CDs and booklet have been designed by graphic designer Dave McKean.

CD1 – “The Collaborator”:

1 I've Seen All Good People: A. Your Move, B. All Good People - By Yes
2 Heart of the Sunrise - By Yes
3 Close to the Edge (I. the Solid Time of Change, II. Total Mass Retain, III. I Get Up I Get Down, IV. - By Yes
4 The Great Deceiver - By King Crimson
5 Fracture - By King Crimson
6 One More Red Nightmare - By King Crimson
7 Starless - By King Crimson
8 Nevermore - By U.K

CD2 – “The Collaborator”:

1 Frame By Frame - By King Crimson
2 Neal and Jack and Me - By King Crimson
3 Heartbeat - By King Crimson
4 Waiting Man - By King Crimson
5 Brother of Mine (Rock Edit) - By Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe
6 Sex Eat Sleep Drink Dream - By King Crimson
7 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Pt. 2) - By King Crimson
8 Three of a Perfect Pair - By King Crimson
9 Man with An Open Heart - By King Crimson
10 Elephant Talk - By King Crimson
11 Indiscipline - By King Crimson
12 Big Funk - By King Crimson
13 The Still Small Voice - By Piano Circus

CD3 – “The Composing Leader” :

1 Seems Like a Lifetime Ago (Pt.1) - By Bruford
2 Seems Like a Lifetime Ago (Pt.2) - By Bruford
3 One of a Kind (Pt.1) - By Bruford
4 One of a Kind (Pt.2) - By Bruford
5 Palewell Park - By Bruford
6 Joe Frazier - By Bruford
7 It Needn't End in Tears - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
8 My Heart Declares a Holiday - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
9 Downtown - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
10 Pilgrim's Way - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
11 Temple of the Winds - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
12 Candles Still Flicker in Romania - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
13 Nerve - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
14 Thistledown

CD4 – “The Composing Leader” :

1 Beelzebub - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
2 Original Sin - By Bruford-Levin
3 Revel Without a Pause - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
4 Triplicity - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
5 The Sound of Surprise - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
6 Speaking in Wooden Tongues - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
7 Modern Folk - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
8 Children's Concerto - By Patrick Moraz & Bill Bruford
9 Footloose and Fancy Free - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks
10 Thud (Live, Iridium Jazz Club, New York City, December 2004) - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks

CD5 – “The Special Guest”:

1 Grown Ups Are Just Silly Children - By Roy Harper
2 Hallucinating Light - By Roy Harper
3 Lucky Seven (Single Edit) - By Chris Squire
4 Silently Falling - By Chris Squire
5 Calliope - By Al Di Meola
6 Voodoo Chile - By David Torn
7 Andre - By Kazumi Watanabe
8 Small Wonder - By Kazumi Watanabe
9 The Inner Battle - By Steve Howe
10 Lingo - By Burning for Buddy - a Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich
11 Prism - By Pete Lockett's Network of Sparks
12 Achilles' Feel - By Piano Circus

CD6 – “The Improviser” :

1 Galatèa - By Patrick Moraz & Bill Bruford
2 Symmetry - By Patrick Moraz & Bill Bruford
3 Stalling Between Two Fools - By Piano Circus
4 No Warning - By King Crimson
5 Bajo Del Sol (Live, Yoshi's, Oakland, 13 & 14 May 2003) - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks & Tim Garland
6 White Knuckle Wedding (Live, Yoshi's, Oakland, 13 & 14 May 2003) - By Bill Bruford's Earthworks & Tim Garland
7 Previous Man - By David Torn
8 Three Minutes of Pure Entertainment - By David Torn
9 Temples of Joy - By Patrick Moraz & Bill Bruford
10 Infra Dig - By Patrick Moraz & Bill Bruford
11 With Friends Like These... - By Earthworks
12 Low Tide, Camber Sands - By Michiel Borstlap & Bill Bruford
13 Kinship - By Michiel Borstlap & Bill Bruford