Bruford Levin Upper Extremities
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| Years_active = 1998–2000
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| Past_members = [[Bill Bruford]]<br>[[David Torn]]<br>[[Tony Levin]]<br>[[Chris Botti]]
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'''Bruford Levin Upper Extremities''' (B.L.U.E.) was a musical group comprised of [[drummer]] [[Bill Bruford]], [[bassist]] [[Tony Levin]], [[guitarist]] [[David Torn]], and [[trumpeter]] [[Chris Botti]].
The group's origins can be traced to David Torn's album ''Cloud About Mercury'' (1987) which featured the above-listed musicians, except with [[Mark Isham]] playing trumpet. Enjoying their musical chemistry, the performers kept in touch, and formed B.L.U.E. in the mid-1990s.
The band had very unusual sound with elements of [[blues]], [[rock music|rock]] and [[ambient music]]. Bruford and Levin were both longtime members of [[King Crimson]], so it's unsurprising that B.L.U.E. sometimes had a "Crimsonesque" quality.
==Discography==
* ''[[Bruford Levin Upper Extremities (album)|Bruford Levin Upper Extremities]]'' (1999)
* ''[[B.L.U.E. Nights]]'' (Live) (2000)
[[Category:British rock music groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1998]]
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