Stamping Ground is a live album by Bill Bruford's Earthworks

Earthworks (band)

Bill Bruford's Earthworks was a British jazz band led by drummer Bill Bruford. The band recorded several albums for Editions EG, Discipline Global Mobile and Summerfold Records....

, released on EG Records in 1994.

The Allmusic review by Bill Meredith awards this album with 4.5 stars and states: "Bruford's chordal patterns sound practically symphonic amid his epic starts and stops — further proof of the originality of one of the most musical drummers of all-time. Like all great live releases, Stamping Ground makes you wish you had been there."

Track listing

1. "Nerve" (Iain Ballamy
   Iain Ballamy
   Iain Ballamy is a British composer, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone player.- Career :Ballamy was schooled at 1975-80 George Abbot School, Guildford. He then studied Musical Instrument Technology from 1980-1982 Merton College...
   
   ) – 6:07
2. "Up North" (Ballamy, Bill Bruford
   Bill Bruford
   William Scott "Bill" Bruford is an English drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, and record label owner. He was the original drummer for the progressive rock group Yes, from 1968-1972. Bruford has performed for numerous popular acts since the early 1970s, including a stint as touring...
   
   ) – 5:20
3. "A Stones Throw" (Ballamy, Django Bates
   Django Bates
   Django Bates , is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader. He plays the piano, keyboards and the tenor horn. He currently lives in Copenhagen where he is a professor at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory and leader of the StoRMChaser orchestra.-Career:Django Bates was born in Beckenham,...
   
   , Bruford) – 8:26
4. "Pilgrim's Way" (Bruford) – 8:45
5. "Emotional Shirt" (Bates) – 6:01
6. "It Needn't End In Tears" (Ballamy) – 8:02
7. "All Heaven Broke Loose/Psalm/Old Song" (Ballamy, Bates, Bruford) – 7:46
8. "Candles Still Flicker in Romania's Dark" (Bates) – 6:41
9. "Bridge Of Inhibition" (Ballamy, Bates, Bruford) – 10:58

Personnel

• Bill Bruford
  Bill Bruford
  William Scott "Bill" Bruford is an English drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, and record label owner. He was the original drummer for the progressive rock group Yes, from 1968-1972. Bruford has performed for numerous popular acts since the early 1970s, including a stint as touring...
  
   - acoustic and electronic drums
  Simmons (electronic drum company)
  Simmons was a pioneering British manufacturer of electronic drums that supplied electronic kits from 1980 to 1994. The drums' distinctive, electronic sound can be found on countless albums from the 1980s....
  
  , percussion
• Tim Harries
  Tim Harries
  Tim Harries is a British bass player.Harries studied music at the University of York, graduating in 1981 before going on to study Double Bass with Tom Martin at the Guildhall School of Music...
  
   - acoustic and fretless bass
• Iain Ballamy
  Iain Ballamy
  Iain Ballamy is a British composer, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone player.- Career :Ballamy was schooled at 1975-80 George Abbot School, Guildford. He then studied Musical Instrument Technology from 1980-1982 Merton College...
  
   - soprano, alto and tenor saxophones
• Django Bates
  Django Bates
  Django Bates , is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader. He plays the piano, keyboards and the tenor horn. He currently lives in Copenhagen where he is a professor at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory and leader of the StoRMChaser orchestra.-Career:Django Bates was born in Beckenham,...
  
   - keyboards, tenor horn, trumpet