Over the past 50 years Bill Bruford has been one of the most original and innovative drummers across multiple genres. Making A Song and Dance: A Complete Career Collection is a 6CD Boxset that charts some of the many highlights of Bruford’s incredible career and is released on 29th April through BMG.
From early steps with progressive legends YES and a quarter of a century in King Crimson, to ground-breaking jazz fusion leading his own Bruford and Earthworks projects, Bill Bruford has always wanted to explore his chosen discipline to the full – and then push the boundaries further. This desire to challenge convention has created some breath-taking moments and made Bruford the drummer-of-choice for collaborations with leading musicians around the world.
For this anthology, Bruford has selected 70 tracks from across his whole career, comprising works from some 23 different artists and bands over a 40-year period. “I’ve deliberately avoided forcing them into industry categories such as ‘progressive rock’, ‘fusion’ or ‘jazz’,” Bruford adds, “on the grounds that most of the music I’ve been associated with fits very poorly into such straight-jackets. Round holes and square pegs come to mind.”
The 6CD boxset Making a Song and Dance includes tracks from YES, King Crimson, Bruford, Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, his work with iconic global guitarists Al Di Meola, Steve Howe and Kazumi Watanabe and collaborations with keyboardists Patrick Moraz and Michiel Borstlap and many others. The package also includes a detailed explanation in a 52-page hardback book, written by Bruford, featuring rare and unseen photos. The outer box artwork, gatefold CDs and booklet have been designed by Bruford’s long-time artist and graphic designer Dave McKean.
CD1 - The Collaborator {01:10:51}
01. Yes - I've Seen All Good People (6:55)
02. Yes - Heart of the Sunrise (10:41)
03. Yes - And You & I (10:09)
04. King Crimson - The Great Deceiver (4:07)
05. King Crimson - Fracture (11:15)
06. King Crimson - One More Red Nightmare (7:16)
07. King Crimson - Starless (12:18)
08. U.K. - Nevermore (8:10)
CD2 - The Collaborator {01:06:38}
01. King Crimson - Frame by Frame (5:10)
02. King Crimson - Neal and Jack and Me (4:29)
03. King Crimson - Heartbeat (3:56)
04. King Crimson - Waiting Man (4:27)
05. Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - Brother of Mine (Radio Edit) (6:38)
06. King Crimson - Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream (4:50)
07. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic: Pt 2 (6:22)
08. King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (4:27)
09. King Crimson - Man with an Open Heart (3:43)
10. King Crimson - Elephant Talk (4:07)
11. King Crimson - Indiscipline (7:08)
12. King Crimson - Big Funk (3:32)
13. Piano Circus feat. Bill Bruford & Colin Riley - The Still Small Voice (7:49)
CD3 - The Composing Leader {01:04:25}
01. Bruford - Seems Like a Lifetime Ago: Pt 1 (2:32)
02. Bruford - Seems Like a Lifetime Ago: Pt 2 (4:31)
03. Bruford - One of a Kind: Pt 1 (2:20)
04. Bruford - One of a Kind: Pt 2 (4:04)
05. Bruford - Palewell Park (4:00)
06. Bruford - Joe Frazier (4:48)
07. Bill Bruford's Earthworks - It Needn't End in Tears (5:13)
08. Bill Bruford's Earthworks - My Heart Declares a Holiday (4:44)
09. Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Downtown (5:56)
10. Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Pilgrims' Way (6:19)
11. Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Temple of the Winds (5:04)
12. Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Candles Still Flicker in Romania's Dark (4:39)
13. Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Nerve (6:02)
14. Bruford, Towner, Gomez - Thistledown (4:13)
CD4 - The Composing Leader {01:05:15}
01. Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Beelzebub (3:34)
02. Bruford-Levin - Original Sin (5:04)
03. Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Revel Without a Pause (7:39)
04. Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Triplicity (6:28)
05. Bill Bruford's Earthworks - The Sound of Surprise (3:28)
06. Earthworks Underground Orchestra - Speaking in Wooden Tongues (8:48)
07. Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Modern Folk (6:26)
08. Bill Bruford's Earthworks - White Knuckle Wedding (7:44)
09. Earthworks Underground Orchestra - Footloose and Fancy Free (10:33)
10. Earthworks Underground Orchestra - Thud (5:31)
CD5 - The Special Guest {01:07:29}
01. Roy Harper - Grown Ups Are Just Silly Children (2:58)
02. Roy Harper - Hallucinating Light (6:23)
03. Chris Squire - Lucky Seven (Single Edit) (3:29)
04. Chris Squire - Silently Falling (12:03)
05. Al Di Meola - Calliope (4:24)
06. David Torn - Voodoo Chile (5:34)
07. Kazumi Watanabe - Andre (5:14)
08. Kazumi Watanabe - Small Wonder (5:07)
09. Steve Howe - The Inner Battle (3:33)
10. Buddy Rich Big Band - Lingo (4:40)
11. Pete Lockett's Network of Sparks feat. Bill Bruford - Prism (6:43)
12. Piano Circus feat. Bill Bruford & Colin Riley - Achilles' Feel (7:21)
CD6 - The Improviser {01:10:43}
01. Moraz-Bruford - Galatea (5:23)
02. Moraz-Bruford - Symmetry (3:48)
03. Piano Circus feat. Bill Bruford & Colin Riley - Stalling Between Two Fools (5:39)
04. King Crimson - No Warning (3:37)
05. Moraz-Bruford - Flags (4:37)
06. Moraz-Bruford - Split Seconds (4:46)
07. David Torn - Previous Man (7:51)
08. David Torn - Three Minutes of Pure Entertainment (7:12)
09. Bruford-Borstlap - 16 Kingdoms of the 5 Barbarians (8:48)
10. Bruford-Borstlap - Stand on Zanzibar (7:58)
11. Earthworks - With Friends Like These... (3:01)
12. Bruford-Borstlap - Low Tide, Camber Sands (4:07)
13. Bruford-Borstlap - Kinship (3:56)
