Learn Pecker Bruford - 1977 Feels Skillful To Me

Feels Good to Me is the debut solo album yesteryear the British drummer Bill Bruford. The band Bruford grew out of the line-up assembled for this album. Led yesteryear drummer Bill Bruford, the album likewise features guitarist Allan Holdsworth in addition to John Goodsall, bassist Jeff Berlin, keyboardist art_%28keyboardist%29" title="Learn Bill Bruford - 1977 Feels Good To Me">Dave Stewart, in addition to ECM flügelhorn stalwart Kenny Wheeler. He likewise enlisted vocalist in addition to songwriter Annette Peacock. Musically, the album does non audio similar the early on Canterbury audio exactly is to a greater extent than reminiscent of contemporaries Brand X, amongst whom they shared guitarist John Goodsall. The album, released inwards August 1978, is likewise considered a "vanguard of progressive jazz improvised music"

With a career that was kickoff defined yesteryear his metrically-challenging piece of job in addition to straightaway recognizable drum audio amongst progressive stone groups Yes in addition to King Crimson, cypher could convey prepared anyone for the surprise of drummer Bill Bruford's kickoff solo release, Feels Good to Me. While Bruford's signature style—a mathematically-precise approach that never failed to discovery the innate groove inwards fifty-fifty the virtually complex of fourth dimension signatures—was inwards clear evidence, the album didn't sound similar a drummer's solo album. The emphasis was on composition, in addition to piece others inwards the grouping — including Hatfield in addition to the North in addition to National Health keyboardist Dave Stewart, on-the- ascendancy guitarist Allan Holdsworth in addition to the then-unknown electrical bassist Jeff Berlin. Bruford made it clear from the get-go that his operate equally bandleader was to last that of an equal contributor rather than a dominant voice. And piece these late-'70s releases—Feels Good to Me, One of a Kind, Gradually Going Tornado in addition to The Bruford Tapes — clearly emerged from a progressive stone sensibility, they likewise demonstrated a harmonic depth that echoed Bruford's longstanding involvement inwards jazz albeit, inwards the example of these recordings, to a greater extent than of the fusion kind.

 Track listing

• All Songs Published By E.G. Music Ltd., except where noted.

1. "Beelzebub" (Bruford) 3:22
2. "Back to the Beginning" (Bruford) 7:25
3. "Seems Like a Lifetime Ago (Part One)" (Bruford) 2:31
4. "Seems Like a Lifetime Ago (Part Two)" (Bruford) 4:29
5. "Sample in addition to Hold" (Bruford, Stewart) 5:12 (E.G. Music, Ltd. & Virgin Music)
6. "Feels Good to Me" (Bruford) 3:53
7. "Either End of August" (Bruford) 5:24
8. "If You Can't Stand the Heat..." (Bruford, Stewart) 3:26 (E.G. Music, Ltd. & Virgin Music)
9. "Springtime inwards Siberia" (Bruford, Stewart) 2:44 (E.G. Music, Ltd. & Virgin Music)
10. "Adios a la Pasada (Goodbye To The Past)" (Bruford, Annette Peacock) 8:41

 Personnel

• Bill Bruford – percussion, drums
• Allan Holdsworth – electric guitar
• art_%28keyboardist%29" title="Learn Bill Bruford - 1977 Feels Good To Me">Dave Stewart – keyboards, synthesizers
• Jeff Berlin – bass

with

• Kenny Wheeler: Flugelhorn
• Annette Peacock: Vocals (2, 3, 10)
• John Goodsall: Additional guitar (6)
• Neil Murray: Additional bass