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The Buddy Rich Big Band: Wham!
by Jack Bowers
When a friend whose opinion I respect said Wham! contains the finest live performances by the Buddy Rich Big Band he’s ever heard, I had no choice but to acquire a copy and listen for myself. The good news — my friend was not mistaken; in spite of its unavoidable sonic shortcomings this is beyond a ...
Buddy Rich: Keep The Customer Satisfied
by John Sharpe
In the late sixties drum virtuoso Buddy Rich recorded a series of albums for Liberty/Pacific Jazz that most critics agree were the best of his career. Keep The Customer Satisfied captures Rich, an admitted showoff, performing live before an enthusiastic audience at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. Of the original seven tracks, only one (the ...
Art Pepper
by Robert Spencer
It's all in his remarkable autobiography, Straight Life. Art Pepper was a junkie. First and foremost. He spent long stretches in prison, had innumerable wild adventures, and used drugs to the end of his life. He spent years devoted entirely to scoring the next dose. But in and through it all, he somehow managed to become ...
Buddy Rich: Stick It
by John Sharpe
One of a kind drum virtuoso Buddy Rich recorded a number of albums for RCA during the 70s. Their quality ranged from the very good (Rich In London), to average (A Different Drummer and Plays And Plays And Plays), to the truly dreadful (Speak No Evil). I would add Stick It, recorded in 1972, to the ...
Buddy Rich: Stick It
by Jack Bowers
There have been many outstanding big bands in the relatively brief history of Jazz as we know it — but only one Buddy Rich. He wasn’t called “Mr. Drums” for nothing. You take any band, I don’t care whose, and place Buddy in the drum chair, and it’ll sound better. Not slightly better, mind you; I’m ...
Charlie Parker With Strings
Label: Verve Records
Released: 1995
Track listing: JuJust Friends;
Everything Happens To Me;
April In Paris;
Summertime;
I Didn't Know What Time It Was;
If I Should Lose You;
You Came Along From Out Of Nowhere;
East Of The Sun;
They Can't Take That Away From Me;
Easy To Love;
I'm In The Mood For Love;
I'll Remember April.
Lionel Hampton Presents Buddy Rich
By Buddy Rich
Label: Bizarre Planet Entertainment
Released: 1994
