My thanks to Ornate_Coal_Man for sending me news about an interview with Bill Bruford in Jazz Times. Ornate writes "Every month, one of my favorite mags that I look forward to reading is
Jazz Times, and the new issue, the one with Tony Bennett on the cover,
has a nice two page article/interview with Bill, dealing essentially
with his musical memoirs (now due in May, 2009), current and future
plans, jazz, prog, "neo-prog" (not sure personally what that is). In
other words, fairly common knowledge stuff for readers of his blog.
As this is a KC site (actually, the KC site), Bill opines from the article in retrospect the following about his former band:
"THE GENTLEMANLY BRUFORD is also known for his candor, especially regarding his long working relationship with King Crimson guru and guitarist Robert Fripp.
"I shall always be grateful to Robert for providing one of the most adventurous platforms that was around in rock at the time, and giving me the drum seat", says Bruford, who replaced original King Crimson drummer Michael Giles**. "That said, I was the ingenue; the man with too many ideas, too much enthusiasm, and a genuinely thick skin. Perhaps Robert was unused to having such artistic reliance in the band. He was the superior intellect, usually in possession of some arcane knowledge to which the rest of us weren’t privileged. The man with the plan, but since he wasn’t exactly letting on what the plan might be, a certain amount of inspired guesswork was called for. Basically, you could play anything you wanted, as long as he hadn’t heard it before".
**Yes, I know this is not factually correct, as Ian Wallace was his direct predecessor. "
My thanks once again to Ornate!
As this is a KC site (actually, the KC site), Bill opines from the article in retrospect the following about his former band:
"THE GENTLEMANLY BRUFORD is also known for his candor, especially regarding his long working relationship with King Crimson guru and guitarist Robert Fripp.
"I shall always be grateful to Robert for providing one of the most adventurous platforms that was around in rock at the time, and giving me the drum seat", says Bruford, who replaced original King Crimson drummer Michael Giles**. "That said, I was the ingenue; the man with too many ideas, too much enthusiasm, and a genuinely thick skin. Perhaps Robert was unused to having such artistic reliance in the band. He was the superior intellect, usually in possession of some arcane knowledge to which the rest of us weren’t privileged. The man with the plan, but since he wasn’t exactly letting on what the plan might be, a certain amount of inspired guesswork was called for. Basically, you could play anything you wanted, as long as he hadn’t heard it before".
**Yes, I know this is not factually correct, as Ian Wallace was his direct predecessor. "
My thanks once again to Ornate!
