Bill Bruford

William Scott Bruford (born May 17, 1948 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England), better known as Bill Bruford is an influential drummer known for his forceful, highly precise, polyrhythmic style.

Notable bands

• Yes, from its foundation to 1972's Close to the Edge. He later participated in the related Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe and Union projects.
• King Crimson, from 1972 and Larks' Tongues in Aspic to the mid-1990s and the ProjeKcts.
• Collaboration with numerous bands in the mid-to-late-1970s, including touring with Genesis and Gong and playing with National Health.
• UK.
• Bruford, a fusion band which released four albums between 1977 and 1980.
• Earthworks, his current jazz band founded in 1986 and which has gone through several incarnations.
• Bruford Levin Upper Extremities, an experimental collaboration with Tony Levin, David Torn and Chris Botti.