Gradually Going Tornado

Artist: Bill Bruford
Label: E.G. Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 017046152624
EAN: 0017046152624
ASIN: B000003S19

Release Date: 1990-08-30

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Tracks:

Age Of Information
Gothic 17
Joe Frazier
Q.E.D.
The Sliding Floor
Palewell Park
Plans For J.D.
Land's End

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Customer Reviews:

Palewell Park.......2007-01-23

This is a great album. Bruford, an incredibly sophisticated percussionist, is wonderfully paired with the melodic yet funky Jeff Berlin on bass, Dave Stewart on keys and John Clarke on guitar.
I titled my review "PALEWELL PARK" (Track #6 on the CD) because I'm hoping some audiophile and out there might be able to help me. I've heard this sublimely beautiful piece of music before and have been looking a particular version of it with EBERHARD WEBER on bass. I don't know if Eberhard put it on one of his albums (with a different title perhaps?) or if he was playing on an album by another artist when the song was recorded.[...].

best Bruford album.......2007-01-10

This the best of the three Bruford albums. While Allan Holdsworth is a spectacular guitarist, John Clark does an amazing job replacing him and the songs are much better than on the other albums. I saw the same group live at the time and they were tremendous.

The pinnacle of the three classic Bruford studio albums.......2005-11-08

"Gradually Going Tornado" completed the ascent to great, inventive and clever jazz/rock fusion that Bill Bruford began with "Feels Good To Me" (4-1/2 stars) and "One of a Kind" (4-3/4 stars). Yep, this was the complete album from these guys that I had been looking for. Believe it - this is a masterpiece in its genre.

You can't ignore the unique keyboards from Dave Stewart on this - they are upfront, all over, and feature a "wall of sound" effect more often on this album. "Palewell Park" is soft and beautiful on the piano, but his playing everywhere else is fast, surprising, cool and fun - even "urban"-sounding in spots.

I'm a huge Allan Holdsworth fan, but I think replacement John Clarke is FANTASTIC on this album. (And if you ever listen to the live "Bruford Tapes", you'll hear Clarke nailing Holdsworth's solos with perfection.) Here, he impresses most on "Land's End", "q.e.d." and "Gothic 17".

Fretless bass demigod Jeff Berlin is incredibly inventive and original on this album. His "Joe Frazier" still blows my mind with its combination of speed and virtuosity, while his melodic accompaniment to Stewart's piano on "Palewell Park" is simply sublime. And he sings on four of the songs with a slightly nasal, droll and friendly tenor that's not far from John Wetton or even - I've gotta say it - crooners Frank Sinatra and Andy Williams in places! (Think about it.)

Bruford himself never sounded better than on this album (in my humble opinion). And the songwriting and production is superb; a great mix of soft and ambient atmospheres along with solid grooves, pop hooks and world class soloing from all members.

Do this for me....no, wait - Do this for YOURSELF: Find a comfortable chair, strap on your headphones, put this cd on and close your eyes for 46 minutes. Focus on the BASS, because you'll hear the keys, guitar and drums easily enough. And as the last song fades into the ether, I bet that you'll open your eyes and say, "Whoa, man, that really was one of the BEST albums I've ever heard!" (O.K., maybe you don't talk quite like that, but you get the idea....;-)

It's a great, GREAT album. I speak the truth.

I value interesting music that is played and recorded well. This cd's rating was based on:
Music quality = 9.5/10; Performance = 9.5/10; Production = 9/10; CD length = 8/10.
Overall score weighted on my proprietary scale = 9.3 ("5 stars")

Well, you HAVE to get it........2005-10-10

First things first. There is no human alive today who is a greater Bruford fan than myself. He is my all time favorite drummer PERIOD!

Now with that said..

This CD is ummmm pretty lame.

There are 2 reasons to buy this CD. If you don't have this CD, you will never be able to hear "Age of Information" or "q.e.d". "Joe Frazier" is another excellent arrangement, but if you look carefully, that selection is also on Bruford's "Master Strokes" CD.

So there you have it.. Age of Information and q.e.d. As for the remainder.. just horrible. The WORST has to be "The Sliding Floor" which has a Holiday Inn / Coco Cabana feel to it and it's just embarrasing to play to anyone else.

I've read reviews about "Land's End" and while I will agree that it is the 4th best song on here, the beginning is cheesy, it's about 5 minutes too long, and it doesn't really start get interesting until the piano solo (BEAUTIFUL piano solo). There are some great moments in this song, but those moments should have been segregated from this song and written into another, more interesting and musical piece.

Still, it's a Bruford album, and his drumming is fascinating, so whether you want to or not, you HAVE to get it.

the unknown John Clark does an incredible job.......2004-06-27

who is the unknown, should you ask?
it's all there on the sleeve credit: THE UNKNOWN JOHN CLARK (guitar).
to fill the shoes of the WELL-KNOWN alan holdsworth on this BRUFORD album, i must admit, any guitarist worth his weight would shudder at the thought of the task. however, JOHN CLARK does a heck of a job, and perharps, if he were the EQUALLY WELL-KNOWN John Clark,
he would not stay unknown long.
alas, art has never been a medium where those deserving credit get
their due. if you were an objective listener who knows no different either John Clark or Alan Holdsworth, I bet my money that you think John Clark rules. the tunes on this album
are all praise-worthy. fine team-work, without sacrificing a single phrase. with band-members like stewart, clark and berlin, bruford leads a fine band where ego is left hanging by the
coat-rack at the studio-entrance, where it belongs.
time has worn well with this album... a fine vintage.

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