Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (with Jeff Berlin): Long Distance Runaround

Bill Bruford consistently shares great videos on his channel – and the stories behind the performances.

Here’s a recent one from the drum legend, of a 1989 performance of Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe performing “Long Distance Runaround” at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA.

Jeff Berlin filled in for Tony Levin for this concert.

The video includes an extended solo by Bruford. “It’s a big drum kit, largely electronic, with acoustic metals (cymbals and hi-hat) and snare drum. The heritage of the back-rack dates back to working with Jamie Muir in King Crimson in 1973. His was strung with small acoustic instruments, years before the idea of electronic percussion had made an appearance, but the idea stayed with me. When he left, I adopted back- and side-racks to cover some of his territory,” he shared. “My only plan in this ‘large-scale’ solo was to start by working from the back-rack, and move to the seated drum kit as the action heated up. Things started well enough with some random drum sounds inserted between the repeated full-band ‘Heart of the Sunrise’ figures.”

Check out “Heart Of The Sunrise” from the same show.