Bill Bruford's Earthworks - White Knuckle Wedding (Paderborn, 16th May, 2005)

[@Darrylizer1]

Bill was a great drummer in the 70s and 80s but he reached another level by this point. Great band too!

[@kennethparson3366]

Agreed!

[@aakkoin]

THRAK 1995

[@Darrylizer1]

@@aakkoin I should have said Bill was a great drummer in the 90s too.

[@aakkoin]

@@Darrylizer1 "Bruford Levin Upper Extremities" is an awesome record from 1998

[@Darrylizer1]

@@aakkoin I haven't heard that one, I'll check it out. thanks!

[@astrorad2000]

So thankful for Bill Bruford in the world!

[@aakkoin]

A great representative for all the BB's, like baseballs, or bitchin beats

[@StephanieSmith-qh8kr]

Love this hes kicks ass

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

I love that Mr. Bruford retired on top, but I hate that he's no longer playing. My favorite drummer ever, for 50 years. And thank you, BIll for your analysis of the performance. I'd give a limb to have a face-to-face conversation with you. Maybe you could pay me back for all the time it took me to work out Three of a Perfect Pair! ;-)

[@aakkoin]

Don't give a limb, wtf

[@jackriddle1135]

I was fortunate to catch earthworks at Broughgal middle school in Pennsylvania. Appreciate all of Bill's great jazz...but went ballistic over his percussion and drumming on Genesis 1976 live in Cleveland...Bill that is something I will never tire of...😊...WOW

[@geoffgunner9371]

Bill, the most musical drummer. Effortlessly displaying magical technique. In touch with everything. Wonderful. Thanks.

[@randlerobbertson8792]

A most excellent performance. The Yes album was the first time I heard Bill and began thereafter to appreciate what a true percussionist could add to popular recorded music.

[@brettmarlar4154]

What a positively brilliant performance!!! Such an infectious Afro-Cuban groove! Sounded as though the flute had some kind of harmonizer on it at the end which made for a nice touch as well.

[@loucontino4804]

I loved it! Tim Garland was fantastic! Yeah Bill, I hear you on the "fidget" analogy in your playing. But I really believe that is how those moments of splendor happen in music. Is it seeking attention though? Nah, I think if you were 18 years old here, I'd agree. But you are a very mature musician by this time. I think it's more a never ending desire within your playing to mix colors on the palette to paint the picture. I hope you understand what I am trying to say with that, because a creative extemporaneous musician is very much like a painter in my perception. And, it's that on the spot creativity that brings about those moments of splendor. Well done.

[@MrBroFo]

I love you Bill Bruford I love you! thanks

[@frizzonofficial]

Love your comments, so nice to heard things I haven't heard before. Cheers!

[@glynnp42]

Wow. Fabulous. Great modern jazz. Time to dig up more Earthworks!

[@GulliversCovers]

Superb presentation, Bill, 742👍 Looks so amazing and cool! 💯 Appreciate the visit, thank you! Have a wonderful week ahead Friend 🥰 Keep up the impressive work!

[@rhythmfield]

Challenging composition both for players and audience … richly rewarding to those willing to commit!

[@Swindonboy56]

BB incredible, minimal movement to maximum effect, the professor of percussion. Have followed since Yes days in early 70s. Gwilym on piano, all wonderful.

[@stevekatz4372]

One of my all time favorites, no matter what he does or who he plays with! Retirement is a very Personal thing and should never be questioned!

[@TraneFrancks]

Wow. What a great mix. I especially love that fat bass tone here. Very nice.

[@LNZROCKS]

BILL BRUFORD so great!!!

[@megasoid]

Wow...always loved this song. Excellent performance.

[@AndrewKennedyMusicOfficial]

This is an example of one of those bands that I heard back in the day which fell off of my radar subsequently and then years later I rediscover them and kick myself for not paying attention and missing out on so much. I have much catching up to do. I remember seeing them play at the Royal Festival Hall sometime around 1990ish with Iam Ballamy and Django Bates in the band. It's a shame Bill is not playing any more. I'd go to see him. I just picked up a copy of Stamping Ground - absolutely brilliant.

[@importdoc7]

Every instrument, so crisp! So much talent. Thank you 🙏

[@radioparisment628]

Bill is not desserved by the other musicians. Great great band !!!

[@ALIASZARDOZ]

E X C E L L E N T Magnifique ! Very great musical composition ! I love it. Super great feeling. Bravo Love, Phil from Dunkirk

[@1ouncebird]

Wonderful. Fidgeting / attention seeking or not I always love the journey Bill takes us on. Not to mention these other 3 brilliant musicians. Thanks so much.

[@rembeadgc]

Loved it. Your "fidgeting" kept it texturally interesting and never monotonous.

[@EleanorPeterson]

Wonderful! Please accept this big squishy Elli-hug of gratitude...

[@TernaryTrout]

A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to hear a young chamber ensemble playing a stellar version of the Schubert Octet.... Spiritually this isn't a million miles away :)

[@davidguerrero7066]

I just wanna say Bill I hope you see this, this is a blast to watch. My favorite thing you’ve posted by far and I’m always interested in your commentary on each of the video descriptions. I hope you have all the good karma in the world bud

[@garyconner6151]

Thank you Bill. a living legend.

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love your work!! Dr.Bruford

[@davidwatkinson1226]

Just thinking I am lucky to have seen Bill play in UK, Yes and ABWH. However it clearly isnt enough because I have missed so much more of his work some of it right here. I can see this being a lovely evening down Ronnie Scott's, at least we get to see it one way or another. 👏🥁

[@y-y-z]

All's I can say is, well two things. I totally loved that, and second, I thought for a few seconds I could see musical notes flying from the individual instruments, and the instruments I'll bet were warm after that blazin' jam wtg

[@HURTLESSHU]

Super tight! I love it

[@poldidak]

We may not always love our creative choices we make on the fly, but we can still love the fact that performance invites and permits us to make choices--even not always our best ones--versus having to play it by-the-book every freakin' time! I love your music, Bill. I heard the original inception of Earthworks in the 1988 in Mpls/St Paul, MN, on the grounds of Minnesota's state capitol. I think Iain Ballamy had to miss that show because of a personal emergency. You, Django and Mick still played all those complex arrangements perfectly, with Django covering most the sax parts on his tenor horn. (I see that incident is actually chronicled on the Wiki page for Earthworks.) It was a concert I'll never forget.

[@jonsmith848]

Saw EARTH WORKS in NY...Throughly enjoyed.

[@LAOMUSICARTS]

Great!

[@natethegreat1985]

Bill should get a patent for his snare drum sound if he doesn't have it already

[@aakkoin]

and the drum kit with the cable-hihat, it's brilliant

[@whistleblower3516]

The number of DIFFERENT songs and DIFFERENT snare drum sounds this man puts out is amazing to me. There should be a thread for best snare drum sound on songs he has played on. I'd have to go back and listen to everything first, but two that come to mind instantly are Easy Money and Thirty Years, but I know I am missing many other favorites too.

[@johammerstein3605]

that sound was done by jazz drummers way back in the day........it's nothing new.

[@whistleblower3516]

@@johammerstein3605 good luck w that response

[@LTJR.]

@@whistleblower3516 there used to be the saying "question authority", now I think it may be "discount everyone"...

[@kevintwomey4372]

Got to see him and his band at Yoshi’s in Oakland a bunch of yrs ago. Fun night

[@drewbacsi]

Great venue!

[@tomskinner2593]

Saw them a couple of times around this period. Spoke with Bill a bit. Little arrogant but he was kind enough and smiled at some of my wit and charm! ;-)

[@Sammywhat]

My good man, if you count that glorious "fidgeting" as an endemic problem, that's one problem I wouldn't mind having!! 😁

[@jommeissner]

Nice introspection, Bill

[@danopticon]

Heard Earthworks play at Ravinia Park, Illinois, in 1988. It’s a long story, but basically through an enormous cock-up my two friends and I wound up with lawn tickets for what turned out to be a concert at the park’s only _indoor_ theatre. So while Bruford and co. played inside, we could only stand outdoors listening over the park’s outdoor speakers … and all of this during an epic downpour, no less. To make things worse, my friends had been expecting some kind of rock show. So fifteen minutes in they left, catching the first train back home. But I stayed, soaked and cold, kinda enjoying the jazzy noodling for the next couple of hours. Then it turned out I’d missed the last train home. So, still wet and cold and filled with self-loathing, I wound up walking all the way back home along the train tracks alone … a 4-1/2 hour, 13-mile trek, plodding along like some self-flagellating supplicant hoping for salvation. For a week after that I could barely walk. In hindsight, it all feels like a metaphor for those few months in my teens which became my life’s unexpected turning point, irreversibly defining the course of the next several decades. Pretty good music, though!!

[@papunAlicea]

Thanks for share, great

[@vantonspraul]

What a wonderful piece. I wonder if you dropped the Chinese cymbal figure for the opposite reason, that it was drawing too much attention to you, it was standing out too much from the rest of the music. That's what I would have been thinking if I'd been in your place. But also, I certainly hope musicians in a jazz or jazz-influenced combo take turns drawing attention to themselves. The alternative would be an evening of music where nothing held the audience's attention.

[@chris-qw4xb]

Best Yes drummer

[@adderon]

The china cymbal was not abandoned too early Bill, you gave Simcock the base and space to vamp and solo by reducing the volume of your playing. Top choice mate!

[@SuperQdaddy]

Utube is great...we get to see stuff like this..!

[@blahblahoink]

Classy!

[@poodius7]

Bill makes it look so easy.....no wonder he is the best of the rest.

[@patriciadenis8767]

Always a great drummer and Phil Collins also before his health accidents ! I hope Phil comes back one day... medecine can work wonders sometimes... I hope...

[@theworldaccordingto4555]

What a great band!

[@aakkoin]

Kick ass, Jeff Berlin style

[@colinburroughs9871]

very few rated things are actually underrated, this is.

[@magma2551]

My favorite Eworks lineup. Also, Bill at his best. And that drum setup is just about as economical as one could imagine. He could be playing while sitting in a lounge chair. :)

[@carldybowski4338]

Way cool. Dig this one!

[@aakkoin]

Come on, anyone who actually listens to this performance etc, knows BB is a goddamn genius on drums (and composing)

[@dondouglas]

Gran banda a la altura de BB, como siempre la absoluta perfección con ese gen alienígena que hay que poseer para tocar de esa manera.

[@stephenlewis9159]

Great flautist. If I tried all that double and triple tonguing I'd be spitting out swimming pools. Top octave high speed as well.

[@0casin0]

comment for the algorithm. this needs to be heard

[@bigbellyjack]

YES

[@zuppedepeche]

Your too hard on yourself Bill.... A personality trait I relate with all too well. Stay healthy and inspired Sir.

[@SunFellow941]

Did this band ever record together? I don't remember flute on Earthworks albums, but I would have LOVED it! ❤❤‍🩹🧡💛💚💙💜🤎💞💓💖💝🍉🍊🍅🍎🍍🍏🍑🍉🫐🍓🍒🍇🥑🥕🌽🫐🍒

[@rhythmfield]

I love that set up … I’d love to see a diagram or hear an interview about it … it’s so ergonomic and natural and playable. Bill, any chance we can hear an in-depth chat about that setup?

[@thomasvieth578]

I never knew that you did jazz like John McLaughlin

[@michaelshore2609]

As usual I find Bill being too hard on himself -- and at the same realizing that is doubtless part of what drove him to such a sustained pinnacle of excellence throughout his brilliant career.

[@Ojb_1959]

Bill “BATTERY” Bruford🥁

[@MrThomas1958]

thx

[@emilioveronese]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎶🎵🎶🎵🙌🏻😉👍🏻

[@TheBeeRescuer]

This is better than Yes or King Crimson. Just amazing.

[@jskypercussion]

This really is great, but how is it better than Yes or King Crimson? I am just curious to hear your opinion.

[@aakkoin]

Let's not get crazy.

[@RebeccaLynnMusic]

Swell! Thank you, yt robots!

[@rhythmfield]

Sure sounds like one of the good old Sheltering Sky Mandile log drums … doesn’t it ??

[@BasicDrumming]

Great video.

[@starsdream2]

👌

[@ErnieGray]

What's in the box, William?

[@BrynLipinski]

0:10 the camera on a speaker stand lol

[@imaseeker100]

No 800 piece drumkit?

[@Floodplainsdrifter]

The other musicians are great but this is what I came to see: 4:03

[@paulauksztulewicz7381]

Dear Dr. Bruford. What was your preferred drum stick size and make?

[@serphvarna4154]

2:48 the lick

[@TheMrBobC]

Someone said you gave up drumming, I guess they were wrong

[@catkeys6911]

Bill, of course is great, but- I am at a loss to understand how the flutist was able to play open 5ths on a flute- an instrument that is usually limited to a single note at a time (?!?)

[@jonasnitz7678]

In my opinion I think Bill Bruford did better stuff when he wasn't part of Yes.

[@martinbamford8315]

But Yes didn't

[@jonasnitz7678]

@@martinbamford8315 No. And Bill left yes because he didn't want to continue as a drummer for yes. It wasn't his thing.

[@carlosgarcao2847]

The "master strokes". That's why KC needs 3 drummers to replace him

[@chuckcribbs3398]

Not a fan of jazz fusion. I’m sure these guys are super talented, just don’t like the genre. This is a long way from Heart of the Sunrise.