BILL BRUFORD MAKES A SONG AND DANCE

The legendary drummer unveils his personally curated, career-spanning box set, with cuts from his solo career and his tenures with Yes, King Crimson and other prog greats.

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Bill Bruford releases his career-spanning six-CD box set on April 29 through BMG. Making A Song And Dance: A Complete-Career Collection features a very personal selection of music from Yes, King Crimson, UK, ABWH along with tracks from the drummer’s solo and Earthworks albums, and numerous guest appearances with artists as diverse as Roy Harper, PianoCircus, and the Buddy Rich Band. With his distinctive whip-crack snare sound appearing on some of the defining albums of the progressive music movement, Bruford remains one of the most admired and respected players of his generation. He says he was given complete freedom by the label to choose the set’s expansive running order. “This isn’t something I’ve done overnight,” Bruford explains. “Obviously, there’s a certain amount of editorial stuff going on. It took something…

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