Bill Bruford’s Earthworks - White Knuckle Wedding (Paderborn, 16th May, 2005)

Visit Bill’s online store for exclusive and signed items: Bill Bruford: Drums Tim Garland: Flute Gwilym Simcock: Piano Laurence Cottle: Bass #billbruford #earthworks By 2005, Earthworks, born 1987, had been around some 18 years and we’d covered a lot of ground, both physical and musical. Some eleven musicians, all British, had been through the band, and these guys playing here - Gwilym Simcock (piano), Tim Garland (flute), and Laurie Cottle (bass) - were the last three in, and as good as you can get. Simcock and Garland, notably, went on to great international success with Pat Metheny and the late Chick Corea respectively. I’m thinking of the music in 11/4 because I’m always looking for the slow pulse, the quarter note that you can tap your foot to. That keeps the pulse grounded and it won’t run away with you. Others, perhaps top line players, might choose to feel it as alternating measures of 6/8 and 5/8. I sent four inter-related 11/4