<H1>Bill Bruford's Earthworks - The Sound of Surprise -- Bill Bruford Productions Shopping Cart</H1> <I>"Potential model for the 21st centry jazz mainstream." - Chicago Reader</I> <P> <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/bruford/images/soundofsurprisesmall.JPG" ALIGN=right ALT="Bill Bruford's Earthworks - The Sound of Surprise" NAME="Bill Bruford's Earthworks - The Sound of Surprise" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> Following a gruelling, profitable, well organised and frequently hilarious 18 date tour of the UK, <BR> covering, remarkably, some 3000 miles, Bill took the band into Livingston Studios in London for four <BR> days to record "The Sound of Surprise". <BR><BR> With essentially the same team as recorded "A Part, And Yet Apart", the <BR> new CD has nine full-blooded tracks of hard-hitting acoustic jazz weighing in at some 63 minutes, and <BR> represents the fruit of some 9 months focused endeavour, with work starting on the writing in January 2000.<BR><BR> Track listing:<BR> 1. Revel Without A Pause<BR> 2. Triplicity <BR> 3. The Shadow Of A Doubt<BR>4.Teaching Vera To Dance<BR> 5.Half Life<BR>6.Come To Dust<BR> Cloud Cuckoo Land<BR> Never The Same Way Once<BR> The Wooden Man Sings, And The Stone Woman Dances<BR> Plus enhanced CD live concert video. <BR> <BR> Bill Bruford - Drums<BR> Steve Hamilton - Piano<BR> Patrick Clahar - Tenor And Soprano Saxophones<BR> Mark Hodgson - Bass<BR> Produced By Bill Bruford For Bill Bruford Productions Ltd.<BR> Recording Engineer: Mark Chamberlain<BR> Assistant Engineers: Tom Davidson, Nick Coplowe<BR> Mastering Engineer: David Singleton<BR> Drum Tech: Ian Bush<BR> Recorded And Mixed At Livingston Studios, London, November 2000.<BR> Mastered At Discipline Global Mobile, Salisbury, Wiltshire.<BR> Design, Photography And Illustration: Dave Mckean @ Hourglass<BR></P> <P> <LI>SKU: DGM0101 </P> <P><B>Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/bruford/Category2" TITLE="Bill Bruford with Earthworks">Bill Bruford with Earthworks</A>:</B> <BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/bruford/Product82 TITLE="Bill Bruford and Tim Garland - Earthworks Underground Orchestra">Bill Bruford and Tim Garland - Earthworks Underground Orchestra</A> -- " Complex yet accessible scores, broad textures, and unassailable grooves .." 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