Bruford Levin Upper Extremities (B.L.U.E.) was a musical group composed of drummer

Drummer

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 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...

, bassist

Bassist

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 Tony Levin

Tony Levin

Tony Levin is an American progressive rock musician, specializing in bass guitar, Chapman stick and upright bass ....

, guitarist

Guitarist

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 David Torn

David Torn

David Torn is an American composer and guitarist.He is known for the organic blending/manipulation of electronic and acoustic instruments and performance techniques that have an atmospheric or textural quality and effect, along with a particular harmonic richness...

, and trumpeter Chris Botti

Chris Botti

Christopher Stephen "Chris" Botti , is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2007, Botti was nominated for two Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album. On December 4, 2009, he was nominated for three more Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album and Best Long Form Music Video...

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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

Mark Isham

Mark Isham is an American trumpeter, synthesist, and film composer. He works in a variety of genres, including jazz, electronic, and film.-Life and career:...

 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

Blues

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, rock

Rock music

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 and ambient music

Ambient music

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. Bruford and Levin were both longtime members of King Crimson

King Crimson

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Discography

• Bruford Levin Upper Extremities
  Bruford Levin Upper Extremities (album)
  This album is the debut album and the only studio album of the band Bruford Levin Upper Extremities.- Track listing :# "Cerulean Sea" – 7:03# "Interlude" – 0:23# "Original Sin" – 4:55# "Etude Revisited" – 4:57# "A Palace of Pearls" – 5:33...
  
  (1999)
• B.L.U.E. Nights
  B.L.U.E. Nights
  B.L.U.E. Nights is an album by Bruford Levin Upper Extremities, recorded live in Japan and the USA during 1998 and released in 2000.-Line-up:* Bill Bruford — drums* Tony Levin — bass guitars, Stick* Chris Botti — trumpet...
  
  (Live) (2000)