Bruford Levin Upper Extremities (album)

Bruford Levin Upper Extremities
Studio album by Bruford Levin Upper Extremities
Released	1998
Studio	Make Believe Ballroom, West Shokan, New York, Bill Bruford's house, Tony Levin's house and garage, The Loop Pool (David Torn's studio), and the Gypsy Wolf Cantina, Woodstock, New York
Genre	Progressive rock, jazz rock
Length	52:47
Label	Papa Bear Records
Producer	Tony Levin[1]
Bruford Levin Upper Extremities chronology
Bruford Levin Upper Extremities (1998) B.L.U.E. Nights (2000)

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Bruford Levin Upper Extremities is a self-titled album by the band Bruford Levin Upper Extremities. It is their only studio recording, released on Tony Levin’s independent label Papa Bear Records. Formed by bassist Levin and drummer Bill Bruford (who had worked together as the rhythm section of King Crimson), the group also included guitarist David Torn and trumpeter Chris Botti. Torn, Bruford and Levin had recorded together on Torn's album Cloud About Mercury ten years before this.^[3]

Track listing[]

1. "Cerulean Sea" – 7:03
2. "Interlude" – 0:23
3. "Original Sin" – 4:55
4. "Etude Revisited" – 4:57
5. "A Palace of Pearls (On a Blade of Grass)" – 5:33
6. "Interlude" – 0:19
7. "Fin de Siecle" – 5:22
8. "Drumbass" – 0:54
9. "Cracking the Midnight Glass" – 6:06
10. "Torn Drumbass" – 0:54
11. "Thick With Thin Air" – 3:28
12. "Cobalt Canyons" – 3:53
13. "Interlude" – 0:27
14. "Deeper Blue" – 4:12
15. "Presidents Day" – 6:22

Personnel[]

Bruford Levin Upper Extremities

• Bill Bruford — drums, percussion, keyboards
• Chris Botti — trumpet
• Tony Levin — bass guitar, Chapman Stick
• David Torn — guitars, loops

Production

• Tony Levin – producer
• Tom Mark – engineer
• Bill Bruford, Tony Levin, Tom Mark – mixing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Megan Denver, Tony Levin – artwork, photography

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