Bill Bruford retires from public performance

Bill retires from public performance

After 41 years of moving the percussive pulse in music and raising people's
pulses in general, Bill Bruford has announced his retirement from
public performance, effective from January 1st 2009.

Bill's contribution to music is celebrated by the release of two new anthologies covering his solo career.

The Winterfold Collection 1978 - 1986 has prime cuts from albums such as Feels Good To Me One Of A Kind Gradually Going Tornado and the  Bruford/Moraz combo.

The Summerfold Collection 1987 - 2008 is a two disc affair covering Bill's period with the eclectic Earthworks group, as well as his partnership with pianist Michiel
Borstlap.


The albums are released on February 2nd 2009. In the UK the Winterfold Collection can be ordered here, whilst its companion can be found here.
If you're in the States try here for the first set and here for the Summerfold Collection.

Don't forget if you want to read all about Bill's career in music from the
horse's mouth, you can pre-order his forthcoming biography here and here.

Too bad!I never had the opportunity to see him live:he's one of my favourite drummers.

All I can say is, he's certainly earned it.

oh too bad, though somehow I think he'll perform again, but it's definitely a loss

Oh Bill well I wish you a long and happy retirement though the short announcement talks about live perfomances only so hopefully theres more music to come. What's the reason behind the decision?

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC BILL

Iván

I've had the good fortune of seeing him live on a few occasions.  For those that haven't there are many performances available on DVD. 

A drummer with a distinctive style who has certainly made a big impact on the world of music.


Edited by Slartibartfast - January 27 2009 at 06:40

What The F*+%'s wrong with Bill? All of his old peers are still playing, Collins, White, Palmer, etc. Hell, I saw the great Buddy Rich playing when he was in his 70's and he was unbelievable! I'm so sad to see this. His jazzy off-beat time signatures were such an influence on prog-rock drumming. I hope he changes his mind in the future. He made the early music of Yes and King Crimson even more exciting than it already was.  

if he truly is retired for good from playing live, it's certainly grim news. Who knows, though. He's still fairly young, and if he keeps doing studio work, I'm hoping he will feel the urge to go out a few more times.

I've heard that from um-teen musicians ( ie. the Who, Kiss, Blah Blah Blah ) When he starts going broke he'll be back. Musicians can't retire. Like doctors either they work or die.