1983

Spring passes uneventfully with sporadic studio work for Lucas Films, Al Di Meola, Simon Darlow and others, until King Crimson reconvenes at Marcus Studios in London for what is to be the last album for a while.  Work starts on “Three of a Perfect Pair” in June, but an edgy mistrust prevails, and the band leave it to be finished at Bearsville in Woodstock NY in November.

Meanwhile, Bill strikes up a partnership with Swiss pianist Patrick Moraz who has become a neighbour in the Surrey Hills. The idea is an improvising small intelligent unit of two, just piano and drums, that should be able to strike fast and profitably. The two do a late summer US tour, before cutting a “live” album “Music for Piano and Drums” at Phil Manzanera’s studio in Chertsey, Surrey, in a bid to find their way back, however hesitantly, to listening, and improvisation, and although its not mentioned, in Bill’s case, to jazz.