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- Biography Bill Bruford is an unaffiliated early-career scholar, having acquired his doctorate from the University of Surrey (2016). He enjoyed a long and fruitful career as a musician and teacher before stepping back out of practice to investigate, currently, aspects of creativity and performance psychology.
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William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English drummer and percussionist who first gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes.
Mar 30, 2023 · When Bill Bruford settles down in front of his computer to talk to Prog, he is, of course, precisely on time. He’s sat in his home office in Surrey and his Zoom backdrop displays an undulating range of rugged fells speckled with grass and scree, nestling under a blue sky.
Bill Bruford is an unaffiliated early-career scholar, having acquired his doctorate from the University of Surrey (2016). He enjoyed a long and fruitful career as a musician and teacher before stepping back out of practice to investigate, currently, aspects of creativity and performance psychology.
As an amateur drummer in the 1960s, and after a handful of lessons from Lou Pocock of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, he began his professional career in 1968. He was a guiding light in the so-called British “Art Rock” movement, touring internationally with Yes and King Crimson from 1968-74.
Apr 22, 2022 · Bruford, 72, lives with his wife Carolyn in the Surrey Hills countryside nearby. It’s an incongruous location in which to encounter a celebrated rock drummer, although there’s a symbolism too: it...
- Ludovic Hunter-Tilney
Surfacing from academia with a PhD to his credit, Dr. Bruford writes a second book, informed by his research findings, for the University of Michigan Press. In the Spring, he takes time out to attend the Induction Ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with members of his old firm, Yes.
Drummer and author Dr Bill Bruford has had a distinguished career as a recording artist and performer spanning some 41 years.
