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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Bruford Back: Bringing Bill's Big Book?


Dates for the Bruford Sessions and Book Launch:
Wednesday December 1st: 7.00 pm Guitar Center Manhattan, 25 W. 14th Street, Manhattan, NY 10011. Call 212-463-7500. First come first served.

Thursday December 2nd : 7.00 pm. Drummers Collective, 541 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10011. Call (212) 741-0091 X100 to reserve a ticket or show up on the day. info@thecollective.edu

Friday December 3rd: 3.00 pm. Miller Recital Hall,Manhattan School of Music, 601 West 122nd Street, NYC, NY (at Broadway and 122nd Street - main entrance on 122nd Street). Call (917) 493-4428. First come first served. www.msmnyc.edu

Monday December 6th: UArts, Philadelphia, PA. Private event – students only.

Tuesday December 7th: 7.00 pm. Drumshop, 878, S.Cooper St, Memphis, TN 38104. Call (901) 692 7911. Tickets available in store and online at http://www.memphisdrumshop.com/bruford

Wednesday December 8th: 7.00 pm. Borders Bookstore, 650 Mall Blvd., King of Prussia, PA 19406. Call 610.337.9009. Free public admission. http://www.borders.com/online/store/StoreDetailView_487

Bill will deliver a 90 minute audio-visual talk loosely entitled "The Creative Musician in a Commercial World", based around his recent autobiography.

The talk will draw on plenty of archive footage* from Bill’s 41-year career. Books will be available for purchase and signing on December 1st, 7th, and 8th. There will be no hands-on drumming.