EAN: 0017046152525

Bill Bruford ended his brief affair with {|U.K.|} and condensed his original outfit to a quartet, releasing a second album of sinewy, celebratory jazzock fusion, One of a Kind. Good-humor… Altro …

Bill Bruford ended his brief affair with {|U.K.|} and condensed his original outfit to a quartet, releasing a second album of sinewy, celebratory jazzock fusion, One of a Kind. Good-humored twists and turns abound in the music, punctuated by Bruford's steadying if slightly subversive rhythms, {|Allan Holdsworth|}'s flashes of fire, {|Jeff Berlin|}'s insistent bass, and {|Dave Stewart|}'s remarkably colorful keyboards. At the heart of many of these songs is an uplifting melody, a trait shared with fusion artists like {|Weather Report|} and {|Jean-Luc Ponty|}, though Bruford's outfit favors a faster pace than the former and pursues more musical avenues in a single song than the latter. When he takes to tuned percussion, Bruford can even sound like {|Frank Zappa|} (both bands have a funky side to them). Standout cuts this time include Hell's Bells, Fainting in Coils (which, in an indirect link to his previous employers, would have felt at home on {|Robert Fripp|}'s Exposure), Five G, and The Sahara of Snow. The remaining tracks are a little less muscular, and the band's strength would seem to lie in fusion propelled by the complex rhythmic patterns of Bruford and {|Berlin|} (i.e., when the band leans closer to the rock side of the fusion family). Those who enjoy their fusion with a healthy dose of rock will find {|One of a Kind|} a fair match for anything from {|Return to Forever|} or {|Brand X|}. Note that many of these songs also appear in live versions on the beat-the-boots release The Bruford Tapes. Music>Music>Pop Rock>Pop Rock>Pop Rock, E.G. Records Core >3<

EAN: 0017046152525

Bill Bruford ended his brief affair with {|U.K.|} and condensed his original outfit to a quartet, releasing a second album of sinewy, celebratory jazzock fusion, One of a Kind. Good-humor… Altro …

Bill Bruford ended his brief affair with {|U.K.|} and condensed his original outfit to a quartet, releasing a second album of sinewy, celebratory jazzock fusion, One of a Kind. Good-humored twists and turns abound in the music, punctuated by Bruford's steadying if slightly subversive rhythms, {|Allan Holdsworth|}'s flashes of fire, {|Jeff Berlin|}'s insistent bass, and {|Dave Stewart|}'s remarkably colorful keyboards. At the heart of many of these songs is an uplifting melody, a trait shared with fusion artists like {|Weather Report|} and {|Jean-Luc Ponty|}, though Bruford's outfit favors a faster pace than the former and pursues more musical avenues in a single song than the latter. When he takes to tuned percussion, Bruford can even sound like {|Frank Zappa|} (both bands have a funky side to them). Standout cuts this time include Hell's Bells, Fainting in Coils (which, in an indirect link to his previous employers, would have felt at home on {|Robert Fripp|}'s Exposure), Five G, and The Sahara of Snow. The remaining tracks are a little less muscular, and the band's strength would seem to lie in fusion propelled by the complex rhythmic patterns of Bruford and {|Berlin|} (i.e., when the band leans closer to the rock side of the fusion family). Those who enjoy their fusion with a healthy dose of rock will find One of a Kind a fair match for anything from {|Return to Forever|} or {|Brand X|}. Note that many of these songs also appear in live versions on the beat-the-boots release The Bruford Tapes. Music>Music>Pop Rock>Pop Rock>Pop Rock, E.G. Records Core >3<

ISBN: 0017046152525

CD Audio, E.G. Records