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The fourth release from Bill on his new Summerfold imprint is actually a re release of the sixth Earthworks album entitled The Sound of Surprise recorded in 2001. Following a gruelling, profitable, well organised and frequently hilarious 18 date tour of the UK, covering, remarkably, some 3000 miles, Bill took the band into Livingston Studios in London for four days to record "The Sound of Surprise". With essentially the same team as recorded "A Part, And Yet Apart", the new CD has nine full-blooded tracks of hard-hitting acoustic jazz weighing in at some 63 minutes, and represents the fruit of some 9 months focused endeavour, with work starting on the writing in January 2000. The band have built an enviable reputation over the last seven years and attracted many new fans to the cause who are themselves new to jazz. During 2004 Bill Bruford's Earthworks will be travelling the globe playing concerts as far afield as Spain, Mexico Europe and the UK. If you are perhaps familiar with the name but not heard any of the Earthworks albums A Part And Yet Apart would be a good place to start being as it one of the most accessible albums released by this remarkable band.