Happy 40th! "Tales From Topographic Oceans"!

 

What he might consider jazz, might not get as much exposure out there ... and I'm only comparing it to the more traditional jazz that we can find on radio, in LA, SF and Seattle, and even here in Portland. The stuff, for which one could easily incorporate Canterbury and other stuff, is not even played or considered here, which I find sad, and I have let these folks here know it ... heck, I think it was 6 years ago, that the Mount Hood Jazz Festival had the chance to bring in Bill Bruford, with some folks, but decided that the music wasn't traditional enough!

 

Kinda mentality we have to fight around here!

 

I like Bill's work, in just about any album that he has been a part of.

better as it would have suited him more perhaps?

Alan White peaked on Drama imo . I love that album. Both drummers great of course in their own different ways. Listen to Rick Wakeman Six Wives and you can see the respective strengths of the two of them utilsed perfectly 

I think Bruford would have excelled on the first 3 pieces, especially "The Ancient"...and though never a big Alan White fan, I'll admit that "Ritual" required a power drummer like White rather a more finesse player like Mr B.  Still, it's one of my favourite prog "what if's" 

Hang on, I'm busy playing Black Sabbath at 78 speed at the moment 

 

But you also have to repeat his name 3 times out load.

This is great!!