Drummer reacts to "One of a Kind" by Bruford

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It's ironic how apt the title of this song is and how it applies to one Mr. Bill Bruford. He has quickly become my favorite drummer I have discovered on the channel... I am not gonna gush over him twice so just watch the video lol
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@thomasp.3796 7 месяцев назад

This band has Bill on percussion, Alan Holdsworth on guitar, Jeff Berlin on bass, and Dave Stewart on keyboards. GREAT band.

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

I have never heard of Jeff or Dave. But I'm more then familiar with the rest :) they all worked very well together here. Jazzy prog is so tight. 😂

@PeterSokol-bl5vz 7 месяцев назад

This band has Bill Buford on drums and percussion.

@gazza8127 7 месяцев назад

IMHO this is Bill's finest solo album, a prog/fusion masterpiece. Do yourself a big favour Lee & react to the rest of the album. The opener "Hell's Bells" is brilliant, other favourites are Jeff Berlin's "5 G", Allan Holdsworth's "The Abington Chasp" & "The Sahara of snow" parts 1&2 (the 2nd part written by Eddie Jobson). Your observation of the work ethic required for this music is so true. IMO these great prog & fusion pieces are fine works of art that require hard work, imagination & dedication to produce. Bill was a master craftsman in everything he did, essentially a jazz drummer who became one of the important pioneers of prog, innovative, unique & as the title suggests definitely "One of a kind", cheers

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

I'm gonna do 5g and hells bells for sure! Everyone says they are amazing. And I love how varied and different all of his stuff is. He has done it all it seems. I am a fan for life for sure. Thank you for watching my friend 😀

@rembeadgc 2 месяца назад

One of the greatest Progressive Jazz-Rock Fusion albums of all time. Truly one of a kind.

@janewells5970 7 месяцев назад

If Bruford is on it, I want to hear it! ❤❤❤

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

Amen Jane!! He is the absolute man. I love everything I've heard from him. Seriously lol.

@ronniefarnsworth6465 7 месяцев назад

This was Bill's four "Roto Toms" Kit Jazz Fusion Era, I saw Bill's "Feels Good To Me" tour in Boston in July 1979' at the Paradise Club at a front table about 15 ft. from the stage they played Fantastic !! 👍🎶🥁🎹🎸🎼

@cratercritter 7 месяцев назад

One of my fave albums of all time. Dave Stewart is still the only keyboardist that can raise the hairs on the back of my neck.

@kurtkish6970 6 месяцев назад

National Health- Hatfield and the North- Bruford- Egg. He’s the best!!!!!!

@mellotronin54 7 месяцев назад

One of my favourite albums ever never gets old managed to see them on this tour and a couple of times after with a different guitarist.

@robertjewell9727 7 месяцев назад

Definitely continue with album. And there's a piece on his previous album called IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT which is short, but really flies.

@Jack-D-Ripper 7 месяцев назад

Quality needs no excuses. It’s great to see you walking around this old 1970s, 1980s house and discovering new rooms and secret panels; seeing how it’s all interconnected! I take my hat off to you and your open mind.

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

I'm trying my best to find the room where the good pot is... but I keep finding all this damn good music instead.

@edalisauskas7313 7 месяцев назад

You got there! Played this one to death as a teen. Still have my vinyl copy And yes, jazz rock Hells Bells is recommended throughout the comments. Another good one A solid album from beginning to end Nice one!

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

Thanks Ed! I can't wait to hear the rest now. This is right up my alley. Weird instrumental prog is my shit 😂

@gregjones861 7 месяцев назад

This band, including a guest vocalist, is captured hot as a volcano in a concert video called Rock Goes To College. Well worth watching. Yeah, you can't go wrong on this album as well as it's predecessor. It never gets old watching your face as the surprises hit you. And I'm still eagerly awaiting seeing you react to The studio version of King Crimson's The Great Deceiver. THE single most mind-blowing track for me personally in his whole career. I staggered away from the stereo going "What is a song? What is a chorus? What is a bridge? Is THAT what Bill chooses to play against that bass line? Was THAT the guitar solo?" A ballet of ninjas changing scenes every few seconds awaits you.

@louise_rose 7 месяцев назад

I was just planning to post about that televised gig it's not a long one (around forty minutes) but worth its weight in gold. Superb musicianship and funky interplay across some very tight songs. It was one of their very first live gigs, at Oxford in March 1979, but they were clearly well rehearsed and it's a pure joy to watch. Here is the band with Annette Peacock, the cool guest singer, on "Back to the Beginning": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u0_CFXWie2Q.html

@gpg9516 7 месяцев назад

Still one of my ten ‘deserted island’ discs…always. The album is brilliant start to finish. My original vinyl started looking gray from constant playing. Dr. Bruford remains my favorite drummer to this day. Look into ‘Either End of August’ or ‘Adios a la Pasada’ from Feels Good To Me. I love that you hold him in such high esteem. For a young listener your enthusiasm for music older than you are is refreshing and reassuring that us old folks knew good music when we heard it. Cheers.

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

I can't wait to hear the rest of it! Bill is a fucking percussion wizard😂

@btannereagle 7 месяцев назад

Fainting in Coils is my favorite cut

@yes_head 7 месяцев назад

Bill's heart was always in jazz, even before he joined Yes in 1968. You can look at his entire career as a trek towards pure jazz with various detours into prog to basically pay the bills. But -- as Bill himself says -- he's often found himself in groups that were too rock for jazz and too jazz for rock. There was actually a fair amount of this style of British fusion around in the late 70s. Besides Bill's band, later Soft Machine, National Health (Dave Stewart's other late 70's band), and Brand X are all worth checking out if you liked this.

@2407paul 7 месяцев назад

There you go!! I remember in the days his Snaresound was so popular, and his timing, magic.

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

I love his snare lol he uses it so well to balance everything else out. He is an everyman drummer, king of all trades :)

@ianlejeune6012 7 месяцев назад

Great album. All great players. There's a live vid of Hell's Bells that is mesmerising. BB has ALWAYS been the man…

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

I'll definitely check it out! This blew my mind haha he truly is the man. I'm so glad I found him .

@FireMunki63 7 месяцев назад

Love this album. I personally love Hells Bells track 1 most. What a band though.

@MJM1309 7 месяцев назад

Bruford !!!

@wendellwiggins3776 7 месяцев назад

I can't imagine this was no more than serendipity at work but in my UK Reaction comment I offered this as a suggestion. COOL. This was his 2nd Solo and each are great from A-Z. Bill continued slowly and gradually sliding more towards Jazz by the mid 80s yet always with quality, class and flair along with getting back with the revised 80's King Crimson. I saw this band as well as UK in the late 70s. Remember keysman Dave Steward, he's been an icon of the Canterbury Prog scene with KHAN (Steve Hillage), HATFIELD & THE NORTH & NATIONAL HEALTH. The latter were definitely in this vein but more intense if you want more like this! The well gets deeper, my friend! There's an endless buffet of forgotten treasures to be discovered.

@gerardodoherty9178 7 месяцев назад

Love National Health. Don't forget Egg.

@ChrisEchoes 7 месяцев назад

This album has two pieces that were played by the original first line up of U.K. and those songs were The Sahara Of Snow and Forever Until Sunday. That one even has a violin part which on the Bruford album was apparently played (but not credited) by Allan Holdsworth. And yes: the 3 Bruford albums is indeed a prime example of 70s progfusion and for me the One Of A Kind album is still the benchmark towards I judge most progfusion albums. This is one of those rare perfect albums.

@2407paul 7 месяцев назад

You know after the first Album of UK In the Dead of Night the Band turned a bit more direction Yes on the 2nd Danger Money. In that time Bruford and Alan Holdsworth did this more in the Jazz Fusion direction.

@normandaubry 7 месяцев назад

the Bruford albums are great. I also strongly recommend the two Moraz-Bruford albums. The first one is just pure jazz on acoustic piano and drums. The second album combines acoustic and electronic keyboards and drums. If you need a morale booster, joyous song nothing beats the title piece of the first album, « Children’s Concerto ». A fabulous song.

@heinzmuller159 7 месяцев назад

By the way: Jeff Berlin is one of the best Bass Players at all and plays, together with Dave Stewart and Allan Holdsworth, also on Bill Brufords first Soloalbum 'Feels good to me' (1977)- for me Bills best Soloalbum. Aside from that, Bill also plays on his Albums phantastic Xylophon and Vibraphon, so here in this Piece 'One of a Kind' - Xylophone. ☺Kind Regards Heinz, from Munich. 🌳🥀🌱🌷✨

@leoscone4036 7 месяцев назад

I had the distinct pleasure of seeing "Bruford" when they were touring his first solo release, "Feels Good To Me". Bruford was of course impeccable. Holdsworth had Zappa's respect as a guitarist for obvious reasons. Berlin was phenomenal. But for me the highlight was getting to see Dave Stewart on keys. He's an absolute legend of the Canterbury Scene. Do check out Hatfield and the North's first album, and of course National Health. Blessings.

@chrisamundson8653 7 месяцев назад

Lee, continue with this album please.... It's a really really (ad infinitum) good album. You'll be happy that you did.........Did I mention that this is a really good album?

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

I'll definitely keep going. This is right up my alley :) I love Bill and his jazzy self haha

@anarchestra9486 7 месяцев назад

If you like this you will probably like the rest of the album. The highlights are 'Five G', 'Abignon Chasp', 'Forever Until Sunday' and 'Sahara of Snow' (both parts).

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

Yeah I definitely vibed with this! I'm gonna do 5g next week for sure. Bill is the man.

@heinzmuller159 7 месяцев назад

Not forget 'Fainting in coils' ☺

@MrBlond777 7 месяцев назад

Don’t forget Fainting In Coils…

@skunkworksu7638 7 месяцев назад

Apart yet a part is a killer earth works album from Bruford.

@markdrechsler5660 7 месяцев назад

Yes, that’s a great album.

@oobenoob 7 месяцев назад

Keyboard player Dave Stewart was in many 70s prog bands including HATN, National Health, Gong, Steve Hillage, etc.

@bodhibick2378 7 месяцев назад

This is one of my very favorite albums.

@toddwebb6216 7 месяцев назад

It can only be Alan Holdsworth on that guitar... Buford's straight out percussive expanse was perfection.

@latheofheaven1017 7 месяцев назад

You're getting some really good recommendations here L33. This is a favourite album of mine. Great track, but you haven't heard the best of it yet! Bill - drums. Jeff Berlin - bass. Dave Stewart - keyboards. Allan Holdsworth - guitar.

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

Yeah apparently 5g is the shit. I'll do that one next week! 😮😊

@61guitbox 7 месяцев назад

Hell’s Bells 👍🏻✌️👍🏻✌️🫶🎸

@josephnaja 7 месяцев назад

Ohh... Hell's Bells ✌️

@ShiverHinge 7 месяцев назад

5G is one of the best compositions ever. Please check it out. And another thing to be amazed by is that Bill wrote these pieces, with band involvement fore sure, but how many drummers write melodies? I guess there are many, but not like this. Also love Holdsworth’s impossible fluidity and very unique phrasing. He gets the guitar to sound like a saxophone without any preproduction effects.

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

That's what I was kind of saying at the end I think. He was obviously involved in more then just the percussion with this and wow, it's so unique! Whenever the percussionist comes for other parts.... the rest of the band groans 😂😂😂😂

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

I heard the sax guitar, and it was so cool. I didn't mention it because I honestly didn't know which it was 😂😂😂

@simonheathcote4173 7 месяцев назад

I bought the UK Album when it came out as a teen, then the two Bruford records, this one being the best. Check out the entire album and then perhaps a deeper dive into Holdsworth who played guitar on all three records. I recommend his collaborations with Gong, Soft Machine and Jean Luc Ponty. HIs solo stuff came later.

@michi-dr2oy 7 месяцев назад

I recommend Road Games or Metal Fatigue by Allan Holdsworth.

@smithpm81 7 месяцев назад

great LP bought this in 79

@stuartdmt 7 месяцев назад

Dude! Probably my favorite of Bill’s fusion albums although there are some tracks on “Gradually Going Tornado” that are great. But from the opening hits of “Hell’s Bells” this disc delivers. Oh - do you know about the Bill Bruford / Patrick Moraz recordings? And he’s also got straight combo jazz work too… damn - I gotta dig into my Bruford Files…! BTW, your comments at the end of video re work ethics are spot on!

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed Stuart thanks for watching! I will be doing 5g and hells Bells next for sure. He is so damn varied in what he plays.

@thomasrudy6132 7 месяцев назад

i saw bruford moraz live after their first record was released, it was AMAZING!

@dangarcia9284 7 месяцев назад

Another former member of Yes to check out is the original guitarist, Peter Banks. Some of his best work is with the band Flash. They only recorded three studio albums. Not enough in my book. Stat with their second album "Flash In The Can". "Black and White" is a good song to start. Enjoy!

@kurtkish6970 6 месяцев назад

Flash could’ve been Top Tier 70’s Prog IF ONLY they had a proper singer. Black and White: amazing!

@rogerhennie8939 7 месяцев назад

Great band. Start with the first album, ‘Feels good to me’. Amazing musicians.

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

I'll check it out thank you Roger!

@craigward2710 7 месяцев назад

Dave Stewart on keys. You must check out some of his own work. Mumps by Hatfield & The North, or Squarer For Maud by National Health, to name but two stone cold classics.

@captaincoconut8967 7 месяцев назад

Great band 🤘

@petertrotman7708 7 месяцев назад

Bill has always wanted to push himself musically from the get-go. He wasn't in YES for long before moving to King Crimson then to UK then back to Crimson again, only to surprise all the prog fans with the brilliant fusion BRUFORD albums then went full Jazz with his Earthworks group and he kept his distinctive hi snare sound throughout from day one. Fearless Pioneer. Do some research on the other members, you'll be blown away. Cheers.

@skatter44 7 месяцев назад

I agree with the votes for 5G, but my favorite is Beelzebub, especially the live version from Rock Goes to College.

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

I'll add it to the list! Thank you! 😊

@mattleppard1964 7 месяцев назад

Never heard this. It’s fantastic!

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

Yeah it sure is man. I came back and listened to it again and yup... still great. 😂

@Jack-D-Ripper 7 месяцев назад

If only you had chosen “Five G” to listen to; that is the best track (out of all the other great tracks) on this second album, and recommend that you check it out. And if you venture into the third album (Gradually Going Tornado), try “Q.E.D.”, it’s amazing.

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

I'll do 5g next week. I've been on a 3 day bruford kick lol half the channel is probably like wtf 😂 🤣 😅

@axolotl8694 7 месяцев назад

I don't want to make this too much about Holdsworth rather than Bruford but I find it's a perfect combo. I'm a huge fan of early to mid Holdsworth but he started to repeat himself, and he played with drummers that I found tasteless. Bruford knew when to dial it back... he's amazingly aware of the balance. I wish AH and BB had done more. in a similar vein, you should check out Phil Collins's other band, Brand X, if you haven't already. kind of noodly fusion but some bright spots. btw, off this album, "Fainting In Coils" is awesome. it's all good.

@Undeniable_Logic 7 месяцев назад

Well we’ve just snubbed our toe on a little jazz/fusion. Next stop,,,, The Mahavishnu Orchestra.

@pongosnodgrass7014 7 месяцев назад

Holdsworth left UK with Bruford, to form this band

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

So they left at the same time? That's crazy. And then they made danger money after I'm guessing..

@pongosnodgrass7014 7 месяцев назад

@@L33Reacts Yeah, Jobson and Wetton wanted a more structured prog...ala ELP etc. Bruford and Holdsworth were more interested in the burgeoning fusion movement, Danger Money is a brilliant record tho nonetheless 👏

@brianschoner3350 7 месяцев назад

If you like "weird instrumental prog," check out the first few albums by Brand X - a great British group featuring Phil Collins (yes, that Phil Collins) on drums and the amazing Percy Jones on fretless bass. "Nuclear Burn" is a great track to start with.

@rogerwebb7501 7 месяцев назад

Agreed, Brand X one of my all-time faves in the jazz-rock line...especially Livestock album recorded (mainly) at Ronnie Scott's, London. Great version of Nuclear Burn on RU-vid, live from a small club in NY in, I think, 2003...features an amazing drummer (not Phil!).

@davidcarlpeters5913 7 месяцев назад

Dude It's about time you got here...

@ignatzmuskrat3000 7 месяцев назад

I got to chat with Dave Stewart after a gig in Atlanta wrapped up. He was friendly and open as I gushed. He was packing up his own gear while I asked him about his new synth, the Prophet 5. Now that I think about it, that keybd was probably on loan to him, so he took extra responsibility taking care of it. He had a lot of gear and it was growing late, so I kept the convo short. Now...where is that ego maniac, Berlin?

@bukeksiansu2112 7 месяцев назад

I once thought it was Eurythmic's Dave Stewart.

@stephendenning5943 7 месяцев назад

if you like this! Try.....Brand X....Phil Collins on drums........Nuclear Burn..

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5bAdn7zOURI.html I did it a month or so ago. It was intense! 😄

@2407paul 7 месяцев назад

From his first 3 albums, Sample and Hold, Five G(Jeff Berlins track) Sahara of Snow, specially Joe Frazier is great(a Bass Track)

@ignatzmuskrat3000 7 месяцев назад

Back in the 80's I managed 18 order pullers and delivery guys for an Art supply store. All that time, I only had one guy who had to have his On-Button pushed every half hour. Ted. He was a living automaton with no compunction to do anything but hit the snack machine. He didn't last. Managing turned my hair gray.

@Hierophant11 7 месяцев назад

What a fascinating anecdote. Please share more. Maybe work in a reference to Bruford?

@ignatzmuskrat3000 7 месяцев назад

@@Hierophant11 sure, wiseguy. Ignore Lee's pain while managing these noobs in the workforce! I care cos I know his troubles. Go hit a roto tom if you feel robbed of the 46 minutes it took you to read my post.

@millsdude 6 месяцев назад

Brufond is the bomb, he also "mostly" wrote all the tunes on this record. I love this tune, especially that middle section breakdown. It starts low and slow and builds up to a classic Bruford jam. Bruford's odd times are so subtle, the casual listener might not even know that there hearing some in 5 or alternating bars of 9 and 7. Have listen to Earthworks. Completely different Bruford band, more jazz, but half the synth stuff is actually Bill playing on a Simmons set triggering sounds. Nobody was doing anything close to that.

@L33Reacts 6 месяцев назад

I keep forgetting to check out Earthworks... thank you for the reminder. And yes.... Bill is the absolute man. I love it. He's my favorite drummer of this era even though it's so tough to pick lol

@JensAndersen-co5zq 6 месяцев назад

Allan Holdsworts and

@rolfjager4633 7 месяцев назад

Check out "Beelzebub" fom the "Feels Good To Me" album. Un-b-leave-able!, in like any aspect.

@thomasrudy6132 7 месяцев назад

does that album cover reveal what was inside of the brief case in pulp fiction? hmmmm? bruford has always been on my top five all time musicians list.

@glenndespres5317 7 месяцев назад

Well, well…had not heard this and it’s very fusiony to me. Great stuff for sure and not surprising. It’s definitely where music was headed at the time.

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

Very fusion. I love it. Bill is an alchemical sorcerer of percussion lol

@ignatzmuskrat3000 7 месяцев назад

Roto-toms are coming back, baby! You just wait! And wait, along with me!

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

Hahaha :)

@belalugrisi1614 7 месяцев назад

Yup, I was a barn rat too! Worked with horses, and you could count on YES playing on the boombox in my barn!

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

Were you?? That's crazy haha. My entire childhood was spent living on a farm or being at another farm or being at church LOL we are a special breed. I had BTBAM (prog death metal) blasting in middle school while doing the stalls. I bet all the trainers thought I was crazy lol

@belalugrisi1614 7 месяцев назад

@@L33Reacts Yup, did almost everything, trained horses and riders, did vet care & ran shows. We had 100 horses at the Thomas School of Horsemanship during the summers. Did Jumpers, Dressage and Combined Training. Good times! Best to you and thanks!!

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

My mom rides dressage. She breeds Hanoverians (sp?) And they are soooo expensive. But beautiful creatures with beautiful temperaments. It's so hard for my mom to raise them and then sell them, lol. They have a really good bloodline too. Papers and everything from Germany

@belalugrisi1614 7 месяцев назад

Hanoverians are great, but I always went for the crazy Thoroughbreds. My Trainer breeds Swedish Warmbloods. Cheers & Happy Thanksgiving, Lee!

@55904mcarlucci 7 месяцев назад

5 G !

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

Next week ;)

@55904mcarlucci 7 месяцев назад

@@L33Reacts The entire release is a jazz/prog fusion milestone; being a bassist, 5 G was a joy for me. Berlin's stylistic touch is nothing short of amazing. The year it came out, I made a point of tackling and finally learning the intro to 5 G. It helped that Down Beat magazine had featured the sheet music to that monumental intro at the time.

@55904mcarlucci 7 месяцев назад

@@L33Reacts PS: Thank you so much for delving into this master work!

@jeffschielka7845 7 месяцев назад

Hey Lee! To think Bill left YES after CTTE. Alan joined on a trial basis and played with them for 50 years!!🥁🥁😎

@robertjantzen6545 7 месяцев назад

Prog fusion with Crimson precision....

@smithpm81 7 месяцев назад

hells bells is the best track off this LP

@Olias056 7 месяцев назад

Yes wasn't "jazz" enough for Bill, he wanted to do that, and left.

@ronniefarnsworth6465 7 месяцев назад

Where do you live on the East coast, we might live very close ?

@Olias056 7 месяцев назад

Oh well, late, but nice choice.

@HairFarmer 7 месяцев назад

"Weird instumental prog",you say? Soft Machine Egg Hatfield & The North National Health Can You're welcome.

@L33Reacts 7 месяцев назад

I'll add them to the list thank you 😊

@HairFarmer 7 месяцев назад

Egg, Hatfield and 'Health all feature Dave Stewart.

@rogerwebb7501 7 месяцев назад

@@HairFarmerYep, and Alan Holdsworth was with Soft Machine in the early days!

@TheAmazingSpaghetti 4 месяца назад

I love Bill's work, but I just don't like jazz fusion much, I much prefer his non-fusion jazz stuff like with his Earthwork's band, check out Earthworks.