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Bill Bruford

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I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.


— Bill Bruford


#doing #drums #finished #i #listen

I mean, Chris is, I'm sure, a wonderful guy. But in those days he also very, very late. For all appointments and departures and arrivals and sound checks and anything.


— Bill Bruford


#anything #appointments #arrivals #checks #chris

I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.


— Bill Bruford


#calls #home #i #much #phone

I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.


— Bill Bruford


#i #lighter #likely #music #play

If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.


— Bill Bruford


#hearing #how #i #out #something

If it's fast, no I don't have enough piano technique. In that case, it's probably been done on some kind of synthesizer or sequencer. Then the score can then be printed out and so forth.


— Bill Bruford


#case #done #enough #fast #forth

My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.


— Bill Bruford


#hamilton #hands #harmony #made #more

Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.


— Bill Bruford


#being #bill #drummers #fabulous #head

Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.


— Bill Bruford


#had #i #kaye #room #sometimes

The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.


— Bill Bruford


#best #between #feel #get #gigs






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Bruford's pre-Yes bands included The Breed (1966–67) a Sevenoaks-based r'n'b/soul band which included future Flash bassist Ray Bennett future Canned Rock singer/guitarist Doug Kennard and guitarist Stu Murray (since Bruford was at boarding school and not available for all gigs the band occasionally used another drummer Pete Skinner and sometimes both) a short-lived band named The Noise (1967) with whom he gigged in Italy and Savoy Brown (1968) his first professional engagement - which lasted all of three gigs. William Scott "Bill" Bruford (born 17 May 1949 in Sevenoaks Kent) is an English drummer percussionist composer producer and record label owner. !".

He had success in the early seventies during his time with Yes playing on their first five albums including the LPs The Yes Album Fragile and Close to the Edge. He left Yes in 1972 returning briefly for the Union album which was released in 1991. He began playing the drums when he was thirteen and was influenced by jazz drumming which manifested itself on early Yes albums and remained an influence on his style throughout his career.

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