If Summer Had Its Ghosts

If Summer Had Its Ghosts

ASIN: B0002MH5Y0

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
This CD came next - an unmissable jazz collaboration sees Bill team up with ECM-label regular Ralph Towner on 12 string guitar and piano, and bassist Eddie Gomez, a veteran of the Bill Evans Trio to record eleven original compositions. Bruford continues o bring the best of the young British players to the attention of a rapidly growing international audience.

Product Description
Bill Bruford grew up with jazz. As an amateur drummer in the 1960s, and after a handful of lessons from Lou Pocock of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, he began his professional career in 1968. He was a guiding light in the so-called British "Art Rock" movement, touring internationally with Yes and King Crimson from 1968-74. There then followed several years spent observing and participating in the music making processes of, among others, Gong, National Health, Genesis and U.K., until Bill felt ready to write and perform his own music with his own band Bruford, recording four albums from 1977-80. It was, however, the reconstituted King Crimson of 1980-84 that provided the vehicle for his revolutionary use of electronics in developing the melodic side of percussion. Following an interim two year/two album stint improvising on acoustic piano and drums with Patrick Moraz, Bruford formed his electro-acoustic jazz group Earthworks in 1986, with Django Bates and Iain Ballamy, specifically to continue this work on melody from the drum set, but now in a jazz context. Earthworks, the group's first offering in 1987, was named the "third best jazz album of the year" by America's USA Today; then came Dig? (1989), All Heaven Broke Loose (1991), and the summer 1994 Live set, Stamping Ground. 1990, the readers of Modern Drummer Magazine voted him into that magazine's Hall of Fame. The late 90s saw Bruford underlining his commitment, and return, to jazz and 1997 saw two major releases. The Earthworks "best of" compilation, Heavenly Bodies, taken from all four albums and including previously unreleased material was released.

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Average customer rating: Actually..... trite

If Summer Had Its Ghosts Bill Bruford Manufacturer: Summerfold UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002MH5Y0 Release Date: 2005-02-28

Tracks:

1. If Summer Had Its Ghosts - BilL Bruford
2. Never The Same Way Twice - Eddie Gomez
3. Forgiveness - Eddie Gomez
4. Somersaults - Eddie Gomez
5. Thistledown - Eddie Gomez
6. The Ballad Of Vilcabamba - Eddie Gomez
7. Amethyst (For Carmen) - Eddie Gomez
8. Splendour Among Shadows - Eddie Gomez
9. Some Other Time - Eddie Gomez
10. Silent Pool - Eddie Gomez
11. Now Is The Next Time - Eddie Gomez

Tracks:

1. An Introduction To Winterfold Records - An Introduction To Winterfold Records
2. An Introduction To Winterfold Records - An Introduction To Winterfold Records
3. An Introduction To Winterfold Records - An Introduction To Winterfold Records
4. An Introduction To Winterfold Records - An Introduction To Winterfold Records
5. An Introduction To Winterfold Records - An Introduction To Winterfold Records
6. An Introduction To Winterfold Records - An Introduction To Winterfold Records
7. An Introduction To Winterfold Records - An Introduction To Winterfold Records

Product Description

1. If Summer Had Its Ghosts
2. Never The Same Way Once
3. Forgiveness
4. Somersaults
5. Thistledown
6. The Ballad Of Vilcabamba
7. Amethyst
8. Splendour Among Shadows
9. Some Other Time
10. Silent Pool
11. Now Is The Next Time

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Actually............2007-02-04

trite.......2006-04-07

Average customer rating:

If Summer Had Its Ghosts Bill Bruford Manufacturer: Pony Canyon Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000056267 Release Date: 2006-12-18

Tracks:

1. If Summer Had Its Ghosts
2. Never the Same Way Once
3. Forgiveness
4. Somersaults
5. Thistledown
6. Ballad of Vilcabamba
7. Amethyst (For Cameron)
8. Splendour Among Shadows
9. Some Other Time
10. Silent Pool
11. Now Is the Next Time

Average customer rating: Bill is a good sideman A Bit Thin an unlikely, but terrific, unique collaboration Great Introduction to Jazz "somersaults" is perfect for what ails me. Great record.

If Summer Had Its Ghosts Bill Bruford , Towner , and Gomez Manufacturer: Discipline Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: If You Look Far Enough Sargasso Sea Diary Earthworks Underground Orchestra Metheny Mehldau Quartet ASIN: B000005OO4 Release Date: 1997-11-04

Tracks:

1. If Summer Had Its Ghosts
2. Never The Same Way Once
3. Forgiveness
4. Somersaults
5. Thistledown
6. The Ballad Of Vilcabamba
7. Amethyst (For Carmen)
8. Splendour Among Shadows
9. Some Other Time
10. Silent Pool
11. Now Is The Next Time

Customer Reviews:

Bill is a good sideman.......2005-11-09

A Bit Thin.......2004-02-28

I like Bruford and Gomez' playing but I find this record lacks energy. It sounds very much to me like various 1970's ECM and Oregon recordings. Bill was getting his feet on the ground well though and I like his subsequent Earthworks efforts very much. Best track is "Never the Same Way Once" which was redone more impressively by Earthworks after this.

an unlikely, but terrific, unique collaboration.......2003-05-11

I missed this when it first came out and am very glad
to have discovered it; a really unique-sounding record that
stands up to repeated listening. Reminds me of the first
time I heard Steps Ahead (the first Elektra album) in that sense;
perhaps it's Eddie Gomez' abilities that deserve more credit!

Great Introduction to Jazz.......2001-08-15

Any suggestion which CD/artist that is very much similar to the music in this CD ? I know it's not the type of music that Bill/Ralph usually play.

"somersaults" is perfect for what ails me. Great record........2000-12-18

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