Flags (Moraz and Bruford album)


Flags is a 1985 album by the duo of keyboardist Patrick Moraz and drummer Bill Bruford. Unlike their debut Music for Piano and Drums, which featured only the two instruments in the album's title, this recording expanded their musical palette by incorporating Kurzweil 250 synthesizer and Simmons electronic percussion. During the recording of this album, Moraz was a member of The Moody Blues, while Bruford's band King Crimson had just begun a hiatus that would last for ten years. Flags features ten original instrumentals, mostly derived from the duo improvising or working with sketches. There is also a drum solo Bruford based on Max Roach's "The Drum Also Waltzes".

Track listing

  1. "Temples of Joy" - 4:51
  2. "Split Seconds" - 4:37
  3. "Karu" - 3:45
  4. "Impromptu Too!" - 3:30
  5. "Flags" - 4:27
  6. "Machines Programmed by Genes" - 5:13
  7. "The Drum Also Waltzes" - 2:51
  8. "Infra Dig" - 3:12
  9. "A Way with Words" - 1:36
  10. "Everything You've Heard Is True" - 6:09

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