Search - Bill Bruford, Patrick Moraz :: Flags

Not much to recommend.

kireviewer | Sunnyvale, Ca United States | 12/27/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"SECOND DISC IS A BRUFORD INFORMERCIAL



Flags was originally released in 1985 as an LP and CD. It was 40 minutes long. This new release has 3 live tracks added, bringing it up to around 70 minutes. There is a second disc, which is an infomercial from Bruford.



The music on what was side A of the LP, is silly little pieces. Some of it sounds like what you would hear in a circus and others might come from Western movie. It is all inconsequential stuff. It is all piano and drums. It is something that might be played a children's concert.



Side B gets a little more interesting, with nice drum solos from Bruford and nice piano solos from Moraz. It ends with a very nice 6 minute piano/drum duet. The music hear, is more along the lines of fusion or discordant jazz.



The last third of the CD is the live bonus material from a complete band. It starts out with a very good jazz piece. But, that is the only very good piece. The next track, Childrens' Concerto is just that and sounds a lot like what was on "Side A". The last track is a drawn out piano piece.



The bonus CD is about 70 minutes long. It contains 8 pieces of music with a fake interview done inbetween the pieces. There is a guy interviewing Bruford, but you can tell that Bruford wrote the questions. It is just like an Infomercial, with Bruford selling the work of his Earthworks band, and some new material."