Earthworks is a British jazz band led by drummer Bill Bruford. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States William Scott Bruford (born May 17 1949 in Sevenoaks, Kent) better known as Bill Bruford, is an English Drummer It was established in 1986 with a line up that included Django Bates on keyboards and Iain Ballamy on saxophone. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Django Bates (born October 2, 1960 in Beckenham, London, United Kingdom) is a composer virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and band A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a Musical instrument, particularly the piano Iain Ballamy (born February 20, 1964 in Guildford, Surrey) is a British soprano alto and tenor Saxophone player The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind The band has since gone through many line-ups featuring young British jazz players who have since gone on to become well-known, and has recorded several albums for Editions EG. EG Records was a UK -based artist management company and Record label, mostly active during the 1970s and 1980s
Album covers
All of the band's album covers have been created by illustrator and designer Dave McKean, who is quite close to Iain Ballamy. David Tench McKean (born 29 December 1963 in Maidenhead, Berkshire) is an English Illustrator, Photographer, McKean is also a jazz pianist, and the two have worked on several musical projects together. A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra
Discography
- Earthworks (1987)
- Dig? (1989)
- All Heaven Broke Loose (1991)
- Stamping Ground (live) (1994)
- Heavenly Bodies (compilation) (1997)
- A Part, and Yet Apart (1999)
- The Sound of Surprise (2001)
- Footloose and Fancy-Free (live) (2002)
- Random Acts of Happiness (2004)
- Earthworks Underground Orchestra (2006)