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Catalogue number

BBSF014CD

Release date

07/11/2005

Format

CD

Label

Summerfold

Bill Bruford's Earthworks

Introduction to Summerfold

Many people will know the name Bill Bruford and it isn’t just restricted to those of us in their middle forties or early fifties who remember him as a member of Yes or King Crimson or perhaps many of the sessions Bill has managed to notch up over the years, most notably for Genesis for whom he briefly drummed alongside Phil Collins when Phil took over the vocalists spot vacated by Peter Gabriel. These days Bill fronts the jazz quartet Earthworks and in addition to playing the odd session Bill seems more than happy playing dates as far afield as Japan and South America to enthusiastic jazz audiences and music lovers in general.
Like most artists of his generation Bill Bruford has reached the point in his career where he can keep most aspects of his career both past and present under his control and with that in mind he has recently launched two record label imprints; Summerfold Records and Winterfold Records.
Summerfold Records will exclusively release albums both old and new from Earthworks. The first release from Summerfold Records was the live album Random Acts Of Happiness that was released in late 2003. Since then a further eight Earthworks albums from the Earthworks back catalogue have been released from the debut Earthworks album from 1987 right through to Random Acts Of Happiness.
As Bill Bruford said in late 2003.  "Summerfold was born in about October 2003. It is the first of two record company imprints that my company Bill Bruford Productions has formed. Summerfold exists to bring you re mastered, repackaged, reedited, re-everythinged past Earthworks material and new Earthworks material."
 
This compilation will act as an introduction to the music Bill Bruford has been making with Earthworks and of course other like-minded musicians and would be best described as a primer for the Summerfold catalogue.