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Nov 2016
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PEL Special: Bill Bruford on Nakedly Exa...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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NEM now features jazz, hip-hop, classical, folk, and more. Check out all the episodes at nakedlyexaminedmusic.com, where you can subscribe and follow on Facebook. Bill was the original drummer for Yes, a default member of King Crimson, and briefly played with Genesis and the late '70s supergroup U.K., but most of his output has been with his own jazz-inflected Earthworks and Bruford, as rock proved too confining for his rhythmic and tonal creativity.
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