Being a drummer myself i watch lots of drummers in all sorts of styles and have watched some incredible drummers. I think wow, he is fast, clinical or very rhythmic. Then i watch or listen to Mr Rich and no matter how many times i have watched videos or was lucky to see him live from 78 onwards, i never cease to be amazed at both the band and of course Buddy. He never ever sat on his laurels and was always getting new material charted for the band. This concert is a great listen and very well recorded. Thank you for posting.
This live album sounds fantastic. But, you know, NOTHING beats sitting in front of that band and having them 'hit you live'. The power!!!! The sound!!! Never in the history of recording could technology really catch that effect of sitting in front of that band. This may sound strange, but when they would hit the last note...Then silence.. That split second of silence leaves you with: "What the hell fell on me?" WOW!
Every year year at Disneyland standing by the rail behind the piano where I got a view of his hands and feet to try and see what he was doing. Much of it was a blur but all of the young drummers would try and analyze what he just laid down, “I think it was…” some just shook their heads in disbelief. Wonderful times with many celebrities showing up at times to view Buddy play. When B died it was an end of an era.
Buddy you are definitely the greatest of all times on the drums. I am 53, and my name is Danny Sanders. The first time I saw you was either on the Johnny Carson Show or Buddy Rich-VS-Animal on the Muppets Show. I love you Buddy...
Fun fact: The chart titled Shawnee was originally a Mike Barone chart arrangement written for the Tonight Show band and Buddy liked the chart so he asked if he could get a copy of the arrangement for his big band to perform. I’m not 100% sure of this just something that I remember hearing
Wow, this is pure sparky stuff! Keep em coming! My father loved all this big band Buddy Rich, now its rubbed off on me. I'm 56, first time listener! Loving 20s 30s and so on.
You know what's funny, I'm like 99% sure that "Harco Shuffle" is based on the Thad Jones arrangement of "Groove Merchant" by Jerome Richardson. It sounds so similar, and they are both great songs.
I saw Buddy and his band play just a few months prior to this, in May of 1986 in Provo, Utah at Brigham Young University. Barry Kiener was on piano then, and would die very shortly thereafter on the band's tour bus of an accidental heroin overdose. At that concert the band and Buddy were simply outstanding. This is a great recording of a great artist and his group.
Great to hear these recordings done so well from Ronnies. I was at all four sets on the fri. & sat. I made a bootleg of what would be buddies last appearance at Ronnies, but great to listen to this. buddy was in great form on those nights and really loved playing at the club.Thanks for the upload.
Sounds fantastic? Are you deaf too? SOUNDS LIKE DOG SHIT!!!!! All you can hear of his drums is Boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,...No snare popping, no ride cymbal, no toms, no floor toms, no hi-hat. Just trombones, trumpets and a little bit of the saxaphones. Whoever mixed this album shoot have been shot and fired. It is the worst mixing job I have ever heard of any album. No wonder. It was released on December 6, 2020... If Buddy was alive and heard this shit, he would have fired the recording company that day. That mix would have never even been heard by anyone in the studio.
Sounds fantastic? Are you deaf too? SOUNDS LIKE DOG SHIT!!!!! All you can hear of his drums is Boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,...No snare popping, no ride cymbal, no toms, no floor toms, no hi-hat. Just trombones, trumpets and a little bit of the saxaphones. Whoever mixed this album shoot have been shot and fired. It is the worst mixing job I have ever heard of any album. No wonder. It was released on December 6, 2020... If Buddy was alive and heard this shit, he would have fired the recording company that day. That mix would have never even been heard by anyone in the studio.
1917. Poor. Worked his ass off. Became a millionare. Best ever at his craft. Mel Torme's book tells all. God bless this wonderful man and the Slingerland and Ludwig families. Ka-bahm.
The VERY! BEST! OF THE! BEST! I was lucky enough to see Mr Buddy Rich! A few times, i wish i had been convident enough to ask him fo the dayr his autograph! SHEER! GENIUS! Never to be repeated! Subtle, power! Taste! And instantaneous! Reactions! And the sound of the drums! And cymbals! Thank God! For " Buddy Rich! " Thanks for allowing me to say i witnessed! A once in a lifetime! Experience! Paul Budd.
Great recording. Great band. Great Buddy. In the 70’s and early 80’s Buddy had to play some funk charts in order to be with the times. I wonder how much he really wanted to play them. But times change and by the mid 80’s it was mostly straight ahead and swinging and Buddy seemed very happy and relatively content (for Buddy, that is).
Sounds fantastic? Are you deaf too? SOUNDS LIKE DOG SHIT!!!!! All you can hear of his drums is Boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,...No snare popping, no ride cymbal, no toms, no floor toms, no hi-hat. Just trombones, trumpets and a little bit of the saxaphones. Whoever mixed this album shoot have been shot and fired. It is the worst mixing job I have ever heard of any album. No wonder. It was released on December 6, 2020... If Buddy was alive and heard this shit, he would have fired the recording company that day. That mix would have never even been heard by anyone in the studio.
@@josephmonaco4503 First thing I noticed was the extremely loud bass drum, which never had been the case in any recording of him. I think that's why they did not produce the album for so long. I think they knew this recording could not be done at the right level of quality. However, that being said, I loved the sound of the bass drum. And, despite the misgivings in audio, I felt it was his best album, strangely enough. I keep playing it non-stop and never get enough. Because it's perfection. I remind myself that he did not play from a chart. He invented it all, which one can miss when listening. Listen as if you were the drummer and see if it deepens your appreciation of what Buddy created. I found his fills and solos to be impeccable and so musical. Trolley stands out and of course Porgy and Bess. Yeah, it sounds like the mike was placed in front of the bass drum, but it's still a fantastic album. I think that Cathy never sand better and that this version is the best ever recorded of that classic. And, Buddy's final touch, the mounted tom at the end, so perfect. One stroke.
Up jump spring is a great upbeat song of Buddys along with his version of Gershwins Porky and Bess with that fill and solo which is a great Buddy kick so versatile as usual one minute a blues then that Rich jump to up tempo. Thats why Buddy was and in my book will always be the very best. The last album so memorable.
Buddy Rich's daughter sounded nervous when she was talking, but she killed it when she was singing. Really great (and I love this tune and lyrics). I wonder if Buddy made her nervous because he was quite demanding. This is the final recording? 😭 Buddy killing it! He left the world way too soon.
Thanks for posting! It's always great to hear Buddy speak for himself, rather than hear what others say about him. His love for the music is very clear. In word and deed.
No Harco Shuffle is the proper title; it was composed by Matt Harris. I have seen it listed online somewhere I think on the app Audiomack as Harco Blues though
"see you again next year......ihope he knew or was feeling something wrong i cant listen to this its bringing back too much 1986 for me it wasnt a good 2 years 86/87..for very obvious reasons..
Hi, can someone clarify the relationship between the Live at Ronnie Scott's album and this? Were these songs that were not included on that album but were done at the same time as the album we all know?
@@jazzsnare OK, understood :) I think the album you're referring to was recorded in '71. Our album, Just In Time, was recorded in '86, with a quite a different line-up. He was a Ronnie's regular it seems! Hope that helps and happy listening.
@@GearboxRecordsLdn Yes, I see. I can't believe he was still THAT good as late as '86. He played with such love you can hear it. Among all the talk about how angry he tended to be, very few remember he said, music is love. That could not come from a man without great love, covered by hostility often. He was a sweet man at heart. He didn't appreciate people who didn't appreciate him. So what? I say.
@@jazzsnare i exchanged emails with one of Buddy’s lead solo trumpet players, Mike McGovern, a few years before he died. We conversed about Buddy and his persona. Mike said that Buddy became what the audience wanted. He used the word cathartic. He also said that buried in all that anger was a deeply passionate and caring person that really never knew what he truly wanted. I got the impression from chatting with Mike that Buddy was the penultimate on stage personality who was a perfectionist who accepted nothing less from those he employed. That perfection is what drove his anger. His anger was misconstrued as cruel punishment when in fact it was nothing but pure love for the music.
buddy is sadly just not feeling this show i can hear him hes playing somewhat safe very unusual for him ive him in "safe mode only a few times it makes me sad because i'm sure we ALL know why he's in that mode here...that tumer was def screwing w him
I saw Buddy a few times and he never berated people on stage, when I saw him. It would have been very unprofessional to insult musicians on the stand, which he rarely, if ever, did. He reserved that unfortunate behavior for the rehearsal room and on the bus. I worked for a very demanding director who was a tyrant in rehearsal, because he loved the music, and us, so much. He would not accept anything but the best from us, and he got it. We played our asses off for him and we all treasure our memories of what we accomplished under his baton.
Only one buddy rich he will always be the worlds greatest no and ifs or buts
Being a drummer myself i watch lots of drummers in all sorts of styles and have watched some incredible drummers. I think wow, he is fast, clinical or very rhythmic. Then i watch or listen to Mr Rich and no matter how many times i have watched videos or was lucky to see him live from 78 onwards, i never cease to be amazed at both the band and of course Buddy.
He never ever sat on his laurels and was always getting new material charted for the band.
This concert is a great listen and very well recorded.
Thank you for posting.
This is a terrific album. Buddy had excellent taste in music and he had some of the best charts in the big band jazz genre, bar none.
This live album sounds fantastic. But, you know, NOTHING beats sitting in front of that band and having them 'hit you live'. The power!!!! The sound!!! Never in the history of recording could technology really catch that effect of sitting in front of that band. This may sound strange, but when they would hit the last note...Then silence.. That split second of silence leaves you with: "What the hell fell on me?" WOW!
It was even better playing in the band. ;-)
@@stephenpate7505 Interesting. I have never heard or read anyone who played in the band talk about the experience.
Buddy just ggreatt
@@aarondyer.pianistDon Menza talked about the band “levitating” when everyone clicked…
Every year year at Disneyland standing by the rail behind the piano where I got a view of his hands and feet to try and see what he was doing. Much of it was a blur but all of the young drummers would try and analyze what he just laid down, “I think it was…” some just shook their heads in disbelief. Wonderful times with many celebrities showing up at times to view Buddy play. When B died it was an end of an era.
The best of the best never will there be another Buddy.
So TIGHT SO RIGHT 100% “THE BEST BAR NONE”
Great performance and one of the best-sounding live recordings he ever made. Great send-off for the king.
Well recorded and produced; Wow! The more I listen - the clarity and the tight band with Rich - it was tight!
Sometimes it’s better just to listen and not see. Thanks for posting.
Mister Killer Force! Forever!!! 🤩 He plays and I am happy
Buddy you are definitely the greatest of all times on the drums. I am 53, and my name is Danny Sanders. The first time I saw you was either on the Johnny Carson Show or Buddy Rich-VS-Animal on the Muppets Show. I love you Buddy...
Particularly in this recording, I could hear fast and complex syncopations of the bass drum here and there, which take my breath away.
Agree!!
That pulse he "perked out" (his words) on the bass drum.....such drive & great control. Nothin' like it!
Fun fact: The chart titled Shawnee was originally a Mike Barone chart arrangement written for the Tonight Show band and Buddy liked the chart so he asked if he could get a copy of the arrangement for his big band to perform. I’m not 100% sure of this just something that I remember hearing
2 WORDS “THE BEST”
Wow, this is pure sparky stuff! Keep em coming! My father loved all this big band Buddy Rich, now its rubbed off on me. I'm 56, first time listener! Loving 20s 30s and so on.
You know what's funny, I'm like 99% sure that "Harco Shuffle" is based on the Thad Jones arrangement of "Groove Merchant" by Jerome Richardson. It sounds so similar, and they are both great songs.
I saw Buddy and his band play just a few months prior to this, in May of 1986 in Provo, Utah at Brigham Young University. Barry Kiener was on piano then, and would die very shortly thereafter on the band's tour bus of an accidental heroin overdose. At that concert the band and Buddy were simply outstanding. This is a great recording of a great artist and his group.
..i believe it was not heroine but a hairy o in his drink unfortunately
@@asmrbynature3057 Black tar OD.
There's nothing accidental about taking Heroin
Great to hear these recordings done so well from Ronnies. I was at all four sets on the fri. & sat.
I made a bootleg of what would be buddies last appearance at Ronnies, but great to listen to this.
buddy was in great form on those nights and really loved playing at the club.Thanks for the upload.
Sounds fantastic? Are you deaf too? SOUNDS LIKE DOG SHIT!!!!! All you can hear of his drums is Boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,...No snare popping, no ride cymbal, no toms, no floor toms, no hi-hat. Just trombones, trumpets and a little bit of the saxaphones. Whoever mixed this album shoot have been shot and fired. It is the worst mixing
job I have ever heard of any album. No wonder. It was released on December 6, 2020... If Buddy was alive and heard this shit, he would have fired the recording company
that day. That mix would have never even been heard by anyone in the studio.
@@josephmonaco4503 See an ear doctor
@@josephmonaco4503
Say, Joe, are you also upset that the Beatles sacked Pete Best?
Wwwwoooooooowwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great Jazzz...always by Masters !...
Sounds fantastic? Are you deaf too? SOUNDS LIKE DOG SHIT!!!!! All you can hear of his drums is Boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,...No snare popping, no ride cymbal, no toms, no floor toms, no hi-hat. Just trombones, trumpets and a little bit of the saxaphones. Whoever mixed this album shoot have been shot and fired. It is the worst mixing
job I have ever heard of any album. No wonder. It was released on December 6, 2020... If Buddy was alive and heard this shit, he would have fired the recording company
that day. That mix would have never even been heard by anyone in the studio.
@@josephmonaco4503 Tell that to the Company that recorded it not to me,I'm not the recording engineer !...
August 2020 , PERFECT !
1917. Poor. Worked his ass off. Became a millionare. Best ever at his craft. Mel Torme's book tells all. God bless this wonderful man and the Slingerland and Ludwig families. Ka-bahm.
The VERY! BEST! OF THE! BEST! I was lucky enough to see Mr Buddy Rich! A few times, i wish i had been convident enough to ask him fo the dayr his autograph! SHEER! GENIUS! Never to be repeated! Subtle, power! Taste! And instantaneous! Reactions! And the sound of the drums! And cymbals! Thank God! For " Buddy Rich! " Thanks for allowing me to say i witnessed! A once in a lifetime! Experience! Paul Budd.
Great album.
Great recording. Great band. Great Buddy. In the 70’s and early 80’s Buddy had to play some funk charts in order to be with the times. I wonder how much he really wanted to play them. But times change and by the mid 80’s it was mostly straight ahead and swinging and Buddy seemed very happy and relatively content (for Buddy, that is).
Sounds fantastic? Are you deaf too? SOUNDS LIKE DOG SHIT!!!!! All you can hear of his drums is Boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,...No snare popping, no ride cymbal, no toms, no floor toms, no hi-hat. Just trombones, trumpets and a little bit of the saxaphones. Whoever mixed this album shoot have been shot and fired. It is the worst mixing
job I have ever heard of any album. No wonder. It was released on December 6, 2020... If Buddy was alive and heard this shit, he would have fired the recording company
that day. That mix would have never even been heard by anyone in the studio.
@@josephmonaco4503 First thing I noticed was the extremely loud bass drum, which never had been the case in any recording of him. I think that's why they did not produce the album for so long. I think they knew this recording could not be done at the right level of quality. However, that being said, I loved the sound of the bass drum. And, despite the misgivings in audio, I felt it was his best album, strangely enough. I keep playing it non-stop and never get enough. Because it's perfection. I remind myself that he did not play from a chart. He invented it all, which one can miss when listening. Listen as if you were the drummer and see if it deepens your appreciation of what Buddy created. I found his fills and solos to be impeccable and so musical. Trolley stands out and of course Porgy and Bess. Yeah, it sounds like the mike was placed in front of the bass drum, but it's still a fantastic album. I think that Cathy never sand better and that this version is the best ever recorded of that classic. And, Buddy's final touch, the mounted tom at the end, so perfect. One stroke.
To Buddy’s credit , he kept this group together for all of 1986, perhaps with the exception of bass.
Up jump spring is a great upbeat song of Buddys along with his version of Gershwins Porky and Bess with that fill and solo which is a great Buddy kick so versatile as usual one minute a blues then that Rich jump to up tempo. Thats why Buddy was and in my book will always be the very best. The last album so memorable.
Good stuff
GREAT ALBUM, thank you !
Buddy❤😊❤
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did Rob Amster really play double bass and not Fender? Sounds like it
Buddy Rich's daughter sounded nervous when she was talking, but she killed it when she was singing. Really great (and I love this tune and lyrics). I wonder if Buddy made her nervous because he was quite demanding.
This is the final recording? 😭 Buddy killing it! He left the world way too soon.
Bill McNeil interview with Buddy Rich from 1970: soundcloud.com/russell-mcneil-1/buddy-rich-voice-of-the-pioneer-bill-mcneil-1970-interview
Thanks for posting! It's always great to hear Buddy speak for himself, rather than hear what others say about him. His love for the music is very clear. In word and deed.
BR was here
That break at 41:35 as fast as ever!
Is there a video of this performance? Thanks.
Hello, not as far as we know!
Rich had a chart called Hardcore Blues. Could Harco Shuffle be mistitled here?
No Harco Shuffle is the proper title; it was composed by Matt Harris. I have seen it listed online somewhere I think on the app Audiomack as Harco Blues though
"see you again next year......ihope he knew or was feeling something wrong i cant listen to this its bringing back too much 1986 for me it wasnt a good 2 years 86/87..for very obvious reasons..
Hi, can someone clarify the relationship between the Live at Ronnie Scott's album and this? Were these songs that were not included on that album but were done at the same time as the album we all know?
Hi Jazzsnare, could you clarify? This album was recorded live at Ronnie Scott's in November 1986.
@@GearboxRecordsLdn I think the album was called Rich in London?
@@jazzsnare OK, understood :) I think the album you're referring to was recorded in '71. Our album, Just In Time, was recorded in '86, with a quite a different line-up. He was a Ronnie's regular it seems! Hope that helps and happy listening.
@@GearboxRecordsLdn Yes, I see. I can't believe he was still THAT good as late as '86. He played with such love you can hear it. Among all the talk about how angry he tended to be, very few remember he said, music is love. That could not come from a man without great love, covered by hostility often. He was a sweet man at heart. He didn't appreciate people who didn't appreciate him. So what? I say.
@@jazzsnare i exchanged emails with one of Buddy’s lead solo trumpet players, Mike McGovern, a few years before he died. We conversed about Buddy and his persona. Mike said that Buddy became what the audience wanted. He used the word cathartic. He also said that buried in all that anger was a deeply passionate and caring person that really never knew what he truly wanted. I got the impression from chatting with Mike that Buddy was the penultimate on stage personality who was a perfectionist who accepted nothing less from those he employed. That perfection is what drove his anger. His anger was misconstrued as cruel punishment when in fact it was nothing but pure love for the music.
buddy is sadly just not feeling this show i can hear him hes playing somewhat safe very unusual for him ive him in "safe mode only a few times it makes me sad because i'm sure we ALL know why he's in that mode here...that tumer was def screwing w him
Also watch Buddy Rich Big Band in Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen 1986 juli the 8th: czcams.com/video/GTkMghTOsEY/video.html
Watched that in the week. Not seen it before. Superb gig and really well filmed.
@@adrianlang6550 Danmarks Radio = Danish national radio and TV filmed the concert. Actually I was there when it happend :D
Its strange he didn't insult the musicians. Ah, maybe later
Have you considered stand up? I really feel you've got something..
I was on B's band. You can go f yourself. You don't know one millionth of what you think you know.
I saw Buddy a few times and he never berated people on stage, when I saw him. It would have been very unprofessional to insult musicians on the stand, which he rarely, if ever, did. He reserved that unfortunate behavior for the rehearsal room and on the bus. I worked for a very demanding director who was a tyrant in rehearsal, because he loved the music, and us, so much. He would not accept anything but the best from us, and he got it. We played our asses off for him and we all treasure our memories of what we accomplished under his baton.