Sunday 9 March 2014

25 greatest ever British drummers: BILL BRUFORD

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The original drummer for prog rock behemoths Yes, Bruford started his career as a huge fan of modern jazz, in particular Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers.

Yet it was the blues-rock explosion of the ‘60s that provided Bill’s earliest gigs, and he would go on to negotiate the complex arrangements of early Yes tracks, followed by the incendiary prog of King Crimson. He has also shared the stage with Phil Collins in Genesis and has played with big bands, orchestras and more recently in his own jazz-committed Earthworks.


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