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Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Footloose & Fancy Free (Cd-1) (2001)

Track listing:
  1. Footloose And Fancy Free 9:01
  2. If Summer Had Its Ghosts 8:29
  3. A Part, And Yet Apart 10:26
  4. Triplicity 7:39
  5. Come To Dust 10:52
  6. No Truce With The Furies 6:55
  7. The Wooden Man Sings, And The Stone Woman Dances 7:20
  8. Full Cd In Flac With Cue 60:45

Notes

While the music made by Bill Bruford's earlier Earthworks band was consistently more interesting, his current lineup continues to make great strides given its more traditional stance (post-bop acoustic piano/saxophone quartet verses ultra-modern Euro-jazz fusion). On the live Footloose and Fancy Free, the group exceeds its own studio performances with room to spare. The lovely ballad "Come to Dust" is a fine showcase for pianist Steve Hamilton, and Bruford's punchy drumming moves a complex "Triplicity." Even non-Earthworks tunes from Bruford's late-'90s collaborations with Tony Levin ("Original Sin") and Ralph Towner ("If Summer Had Its Ghosts") get inspiring interpretations as well, thanks to the well-seasoned playing of both tenor/alto saxophonist Patrick Calahar and Hamilton.