Bruford Levin Upper Extremities

 Bruford Levin Upper Extremities is the band formed by Bill

Bruford and Tony Levin in 1998. Both musicians first came

together in King Crimson in the early eighties and of course

had extremely distinguished careers before meeting up in

King Crimson. Bruford had previously been a member of

Yes, King Crimson, Genesis and led his own band Bruford.

Tony Levin had previously played with Paul Simon, Peter

Gabriel and also played on the sessions for John Lennon

and Yoko Ono’s Double fantasy album.Bruford Levin Upper

Extremities or B.L.U.E. as they became known recorded

two albums, one self titled studio album released in 1999

and a live album entitled Blue Nights released in 2000.

The band was filled out by David Torn and Chris Botti and

the music the band performed was an intriguing mix of

jazz and rock.This is the self titled debut album from

B.L.U.E. and  features the tracks Cerulean Sea,Original

Sin,Thick With Thin Air andCobalt Canyons.The album

has been unavailable for some time and will there fore

be welcomed by the various King Crimson offshoot  fan

bases and of course fans of Bill Bruford and Tony Levin. 

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