Title: Feels Good to Me
Artist: Bill Bruford
1977 E.G.
CD: EGCD 33

Band members:
Bill Bruford: tuned & untuned percussion, kit drums, tunes, "and final say"
Dave Stewart: keys, "reasonably advanced harmonic advice"
Allan Holdsworth: guitar
Annette Peacock: vocals
Jeff Berlin: bass
Kenny Wheeler: flugelhorn
John Goodsall: additional guitar (6)

Produced by Robin Lumley and Bill Bruford


Tracks:
1. Beelzebub [Bruford] (3:16)
2. Back to the Beginning [Bruford] (7:09)
3. Seems Like a Lifetime Ago (Part One) [Bruford] (2:30)
4. Seems Like a Lifetime Ago (Part Two) [Bruford] (4:25)
5. Sample and Hold [Bruford/Stewart] (5:12)
6. Feels Good to Me [Bruford] (3:49)
7. Either End of August [Bruford] (5:27)
8. If You Can't Stand the Heat [Bruford/Stewart] (3:20)
9. Springtime in Siberia [Bruford/Stewart] (2:43)
10. Adios a la Pasada (Say Goodbye to the Past) [Bruford; words: Peacock] (7:55)


Comments: (*****) Bill Bruford's first solo album. The group assembled would become the Bruford band, who released further albums and toured. Bruford has described having "very few gigs" in 1977 and instead working towards this album.

In a Feb 2016 interview, Berlin explained how he became involved: "Patrick [Moraz] mentioned to Bill Bruford about this great guitarist, which he is, named Ray Gomez and I was playing with Ray Gomez in Carmine Appice's band. So, Bill came to America to check out Ray. I was the bass player and Bill ended up hiring me for his band." (HP, 13 Apr 17; thanks to John Sowalsky for providing information)

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