BRUFORD: ONE OF A KIND

This is indeed a fusion masterpiece and maybe the highlight if bill bruford's career. What is probably most striking about the collection of such a lineup of improvisational heavyweights is the astounding and breathtakingly beautiful and intricate ensemble work of alan holdsworth, dave stewart, jeff berlin and bruford. The compositional formate provides a head -spinning dialog between each of the artist and the anticipation and telepathy between them contributes to the finest moments of the uniform brilliance of this album. However with improvisors of the caliber of holdsworth and stewart, the scales on the various keys and guitars are transposed and bent in marvelous and all sorts of unexpected ways; the invention is non-stop. This is a pioneering work forging a new standard of excellent fusion.