It’s how he makes it look easy with no effort, body so relaxed and his hand speed!

Any seasoned drummer will quickly visually recognize that this guy has incredible relaxation in his body while playing, and therefore can get a better sound and musicality. Ditto Dennis Chambers, Tony Roster, Jr., Bill Stewart, Dave Weckl...The Monsters.

Bruford is in my honest opinion one of the most interesting drummers of the past 50 years, he has influences thousands upon thousands of drummers and has remained an innovator for his whole career. Simply incredible.

The toms have beautiful pitches and sound colors when they´re tuned like this. And the snare drum is so crisp and tasty. I love it.

I got to see Bill work his magic during an Anderson Bruford Wakeman & Howe tour in August of '89. I concur with another post here that Bruford is one of the most interesting drummers of our lifetime.

What I love about Bill Bruford, is that his playing and solo's are so unique and not the same 'ol rock drum solo featuring how fast the obligatory double kick and tom roll is accomplished. Like Ginger Baker, their solos go places you never think of, are melodic and enjoyable. Not just a barrage of one's senses!

Bill's drumming is just so... musical!

Always enjoyed Bill’s exceptional drumming.

The spirit of a painter on drums

Bruford was such a huge influence on me. My dads friend came over and said I heard your son likes hitting pots & pans, and playing to the radio, the kid has to hear this guy, and it was the song Yours Is No Disgrace, by Yes. I was 6 years old back in 71 and it will forever be ingrained in my memory on my musical journey throughout life, he has such a magical /technical pulse that no one will ever be able to duplicate.

You inspired me to continue playing after my car accident in 1989 . Broke my leg and foot everywhere posable. 30 ish years later still at it

such a fantastic drummer. Bill I have followed your career my entire life. thanks for all the wonderful music and inspiration. cheers.

The economy of movement, the drums that haven’t had all the resonance damped out of them 👌

Bill’s always been one of my favorite drummers… Love the way he’s got all of his toms- and snare- set up at more or less the same level and angle, as a drummer - I find this makes a lot of sense. Great tones on everything, too

I love the use of remote hi-hats and its not his secondary but his primary! I remember Bill saying people listen with their eyes and so its nice to see that he can be seen and not blocked by toms on a rack.

zero motion wasted...so precise but fluid...he moves to other pieces of the kits when he needs to strike them...even in the first 9 seconds when he hits the cymbals, his right hand just waits a beat before hitting it again - and it just locks in there until he hits the note. efficient mastery by a legend.

I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Bruford with Earthworks, in a small converted theater. The acoustics were amazing, studio quality even in the back row.

Ha! And a sly wink with the B'Boom quote at 1:25. Well played, sir!

Wow, that snare sound! 💘

Bill Bruford has always been my favorite drummer. He has taken drumming to new levels and because of that drummers today have a more creative repertoire to choose from. I know I’ve greatly benefited from his drumming and studying Bruford’s style.

The last I heard was that Bill was retired from drumming altogether. It was a nice surprise to see him behind the kit again.

Such beautiful drums my heavens I always loved the band yes but I've never seen a solo from bill Bruford Wow that was a treat

Thank you Bill for your solo. You expand your drum set as a true speaking, dialoguing, between the set instrument. Dr.Darryl Luke Pokea, Musician, Psychologist, Neuropsychologist

Bill is the most innovative drummer since Max Roach. I followed him since 1972, saw him countless times with many players and never once left a show without my jaw having to be scraped off the floor. The Bruf is Da Man!

There's so many things to hear and notice in this: The tuning, for me the most important. The rrrrrrolls. The small improvisations, which can be followed by the slight emotions on Bill's face, and doubtless many other tiny things that i didn't notice on first take. Very nice, thanks for sharing Bill!

That kit sounds amazing

It's how he makes sound and that the patterns of sound are melodic. I don't care so much about the speed but care about the tonality of sound and its patterns. That is music.

love it.. so good❤️❤️

Bill Bruford THE STICKS. THE DRUMS. FOREVER YES!!!🥁🥁🥁

Such a wonderfully talented drummer

Thank you so much for your work and commitment to beauty through providence.

This man is the scientist of the drum world.

Drumming so relaxed, musically and with flair 😎

It was pretty interesting to see how your kit at that point looked very ergonomically interesting!

Saw him live in New Orleans 1977/78? He playing with a band called UK! He was absolutely phenomenal!

Beautiful. Just beautiful!

Beautiful drumming, beautiful tuning and kit sound. Superb

Bill Bruford is a superb drummer and he can play both progressive rock and jazz in such a free relaxed form. Such a great player.

i've always respected drummers. But the real respect and link came after a recording weekend session with our first band, when finding out my function and performance as a keyboard player in that band improved so much by essentially linking it to what the drummer did and much less linking to the other musicians. i loved Yes and King Crimson, in particular the episodes in which Bill was in the list. Really respect and enjoy your channel Bill. Thanks for your music and your teaching.

I knew I recognized the sound of the drums, then I noticed the logo on the kick drum. No other drums have such nice and full rounded sound.

Was fortunate enough to see him with both AWBH , and Earthworks. I’m not a drummer but I remember sitting there thinking that both shows were like a master class for any and all drummers in the crowd.

Incredible dynamics 👏👏

I really love the layout of that kit. It just makes so much sense to me...

The bruford is a magnificent drum technician. My favorite Yes drummer

Smooth playing, great sounding kit. Nice chops!

Those toms are singing. Mr flamadiddle. I never met him, but I got to hang with Carl Palmer & their styles and sticking prowess is similar. Bruford is seriously a tonal genius. Thx for vid experience. D

Great Talent drummer Bill Bruford King Crimson congrats from México 👏 👏👏👏 👋

Excellent drum solo teacher Bill....

One of the greatest

William bruford and neil peart are 2 of the greatest percussion drummers on the progressive rock scene had the privilege of seeing them both rip neil cheers don Inverness 😊

Fino y preciso, con gran sentido musical. Un maestro.

Sounds like Talking Drum. Effortlessly dancing on those drums!

Imagine if the world's machines and people moved with the same effortless efficiency as Bill Bruford...

The best drums

Awesome! What a treat 👏

Great sound and totally interesting setup...

uno dei più grandi nella storia della musica pop...

One of hero’s, so musical!

so smooth

Superb

sounds great Bill!

I do like it when it slows down a bit in the end, it starts sounding contemplative.

Outstanding!!!

I like how he is not just flailing his arms to the sky and just trying to beat the tubs as hard and fast as he can

gracias por compartir!!

The best of the rest.....makes it look effortless.

Master of Masters

Que afinación!!!! Saludos desde Mar del Plata!

Love the guy!

WOW!!!!! Just Wow!

Love the split toms set up!

Sweet! Yeah you definitely look like you're enjoying the mobility on that set up, regardless of how you feel about the piece itself. Very cool!

Mr. Bruford, I was just talking about you the other day and was pleasantly surprised to see your KZfaq channel. I said: "I hope that Bill gets his groove back, like Stella." Here is to hoping that you come out of retirement, however briefly, and give us at least one encore performance. After all, it seems to be all the rage in boxing, since George Foreman came back and won the heavyweight championship again in 1994. Please consider it. IT WILL BE EPIC!!!!

Bill is a treasure

love you Bill

My favorite drummer since the 1970's. Yes, King Crimson, Gong, UK, Bruford, Moraz, etc.

I love how BB doesn't attempt to show off when he plays it's more like he's conducting an experiment in rhythm. In fact I've heard he on more than one occasion say his band will now "Test" Fainting in Coils, (or whatever the piece he's about to play might be).

Muy bueno, exelente !!

Fantastic

Of course as usual his drumming is brilliant and with his drum set-up (ergonomically)which is different for every drummer but his set-up makes so much sense especially with the hi hat in front of him he has easy reach and has an easier constant view of how he's playing the hi hat and his drums are placed in a good position cymbals as well

The best rim shot in the business.

Master Craftsman.!

Not necessarily a difficult solo, but shows a seasoned drummer that makes drums sound like they should.

Bruford at one time was part of Genesis in the mid 70's on the Live Seconds Out album!

Imagine being able to do that, then write in your own description "I'm not sure I like this particularly, too many notes" Always striving for better it seems.

Maestro !!!!!!

I don't think you need to apologize for what came out of your soul in this little solo. Nothing is perfect. Everything is imperfect. The beauty is somewhere in between, and you found and showed a lot of it here.

The tone and sound of the instrument, and joy are fully present and accounted for - also, I love this totally ergonomic setup - probably lends itself to new musical ideas to radically change the arrangement of toms - and didn’t this arise from dealing with a back injury or some such ‘mother of invention’? Or is that way off the mark?

Still my favorite drummer!

He did a video with Neil peart and bunch other greats doing buddy rich tributes, so you got to see a bunch of guys that you've never seen do jazz do jazz... Suffice it to say Neil part was admittedly way further behind in the jazz channel then all of them, Steve Smith was the sleeper for me I had no idea when I first saw that video how amazing he was, bill bruford I always liked, but he did a great impression as a jazz drummer ;), no it's stood out to me was how well he uses his left hand in match grip in spots where historically the traditional grip would take precedence even for the most stubborn drummer like I've seen a lot of even pro drummers really but you could only call pretend to know how to play traditional grip but what I like about Bill Buford is he doesn't pretend and Matt Garstka too, those two probably are the for anyone that wants a reason not to have to be able to play traditional Matt Garcia not only could probably do anything a drumline percussionist could do with traditional grip he could do as fast or as clean with Bill bruford too but he's not as as much of a freak of nature, and they both make excellent arguments for their decision both intelligent musicians and well-rounded drummers and to hear guys like that make very good arguments for why they don't feel the need to be able to play traditional grip it's at least comforting I mean I've dabbled here and there with traditional grip but most people don't even sit there right when they do slanted down away from them and a little to the to the right I mean slanted to the right, for those hybrid left handers don't set their snare any different and according to Buddy Rich well let's just say he'd probably yell at you,.. but back to this man and some of the best in studio tracks of all time on close to the edge and fragile with no real tech like Master tracks with click to make him sound pretty.. that's the thing I dig the most about the pre digital age like thinking about Harvey Mason on headhunters do those four songs all the way through in the studio, I don't know if he did as in one take, but I know they did it pretty raw back then and you just ended up with gorgeous sounding drum tracks where is today everything is so mechanical and quantized and grid oriented a guy like Jack de Jeanette would have been fired from every band he's in because he plays pretty loose let's say but he happens to be my favorite drummer if not top three, I'd say right now today you looking at Matt Garstka Benny greb,And Morgan agren, if you had to squeeze me into a corner to name my top three from today and I don't know if I've heard too much more of Harvey Mason other than headhunters but I don't think you need to those are foUr the best drum tracks ever recorded, and everything Jack dejanette did to me is gold and Keith Emerson I'm sorry Carl Palmer who surprisingly played traditional grip quite well probably the best rock drummer to play traditional grip other than Steve Smith but Steve Smith was more a jazz drummer who happened to also being a big rock band like Max Weinberg, where is Carl Palmer was a rock drummer through and through and could probably bang out jazz tunes no problem and could probably sIght read np, Bill Buford was definitely my top 5 or 10 of all time but definitely of years past, and along with Carter Buford you got some guys who played match grip so ambidextrously that it wasn't necessary to spend time relearning muscle memory to appease the smug drum crowd when it's not how you look when you play it's what comes out of the speakers and out of the drums... I actually met a guy when I first started playing we played together like an Allman Brothers thing and he would look at himself in the mirror while he played and that instinctively felt wrong and to this day I don't see anything right about it because it's not your eyes that makes you play the drums well or even improves your technique, if you watch Morgan agren, you'll notice that a lot of today's drum teachers would condemn his technique or the way he holds the sticks but you can't argue with results

Bruford has the best tuned snares. I always tried to get that sound outta my snare drum. A shame that he is retired.

I love acoustic drums and B20 alloy cymbals

The sweet sounds of Tama Star classic maple.

Greatest fusion drum master

Monster!!!

Tama star classic maple with Tom's totally open no damping, really good drums sing when tuned properly, with no damping

I want a kit that sound,s that good..

As a longtime fan of Yes, I always thought the hardest job in the music business would be to be their drummer.

Hey, Bill! What's that china on the right side of the kit? It sounds gorgeous 🤩

The two drummers that have my deepest respect are: number two Stewart Copeland and, the number ONE, Mr. Bill Bruford.