Buddy Rich Disneyland 1985 "Bugle Call Rag"
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2016
- What can I say? It's Buddy Rich and it's Bugle Call Rag! Are there already plenty of videos of B playing this chart on YT? Undoubtedly. But one can never get enough of Buddy Rich playing Bugle Call Rag! More is better!! (Especially when you have this uninterrupted, perfect view of those magical hands.)
- Hudba
Hi Cloudview, Barry Bangemout® here... As with all your BR posts I've been watching since you first posted, this one is truly amazing and one of my favorites, along with the 60's version solos. However, with this one, I enjoyed getting the opportunity to specifically concentrate on watching his hands, especially the all famous left! Like some of the other posts have alluded to, he's not moving around the drums as much, as he gets older, it's understood, but his snare drum technique is still unparalleled by no other, and there are many great , great ones out there! The angle that it was shot was perfect to watch and learn and no less marvel on the way Buddy performed. This was/is a real treat for us drummers no doubt! If there is one thing I have in common with Buddy, is that I too am a snare drum fanatic, which will become apparent when you see my videos. I owe everything about drumming to that mortal man. For he was the one that propelled me that next level more than any other drummer in my career. Thanks Cloudview! P.S. Was that you screaming in the background LOL!
I too owe everything about my drumming to this incredible mortal man. When I was a teenager and only into rock music, my father kept insisting I should check out his Buddy Rich jazz records. When I finally did, I was totally blown away! I could not believe the perfection and beauty of what I was hearing. Changed my drumming life. From that moment on I studied carefully Buddy's records and later his videos. If you want you can see and hear me drumming back in the 90s on CZcams. Just do a CZcams search for: "Buddy Rich technique & style by Cloudview" and also "Cloudview747 on the drum kit."
P.S. That isn't me screaming in the background on this video - but if I had been there, I might be yelling in excitement too! Buddy could have that effect on you, of total excitement and exhilaration.
Hey Cloudview! Bangemout® here... Made my way over to check out your solos. BRAVO! way to go man! Keeping the tradition alive! Nice to see! Post more! I saw all 5 so far. Great lessons! Really enjoyed it! I'm posting the same thing for all five! They're all great!
The idea that Buddy didn't move around the drums as much as he got older is preposterous. Depending on the tune or solo, Buddy was all over the kit. Sometimes he stayed on the snare. The "older" thing is way out of hand. Buddy actually got better as he got older!
I agree, as he got older he got "Smarter" and didn't have to play as HARD as he did, he stated that publicly. I think that's what we're alluding too. No disrespect to the king was ever intended. Believe me, I met Buddy, spoke with him at length, and have been humbled and honored to have met him. All the best. Barry.
Barry Bangemout Great 👍 comment. Respect ????? ✊
A perfect example of how an audience can get worked up if you do it right.
Most drum solo's tend to send the public to the bar.
When power passion and talent come together drum solo's will always ignite a spark in the audience.
I love this guy in the background. We all couldn't have expressed it any better !!! Once again , unbelievable !!!
Lmao that guy's reaction is priceless when buddy picks up the pace. Superb video.
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That has to be the guy that owns the tapes, hahaha. "We got it. Yeah!!!!
I can NOT blame the guy (I guess the guy filming) for cussin' like mad and getting super excited when Buddy unleashes that unbelievable miracle toward the end of his solo...after all these years, and Buddy still makes me shake my head in disbelief....
I do the same thing myself! Shake my head in disbelief. I've been doing it when it comes to Buddy Rich since I was just a teenager. And here I am, still doing the same thing after all these years, 33 years after Buddy died!
Words can’t describe the amazing level of genius of Buddy Rich. I’ve been a drummer my whole life and as I got better it just gave me a glimpse of the next level of Buddy. Being able to understand the significance of what he was playing. All I can say is there are a lot of great drummers. Buddy, to me, is #1 there is a huge, huge space to # 2
What Bobby Ruggiero said!
every flick of Buddy's hands/wrists is sublimely dexterous, dexterously sublime.
He was The Man!
Buddy’s moves were as great as ever!
What the hell! Maybe he was just “ tired” that night, but you sure as hell couldn’t prove it here!
Even though he wasn't moving around the kit as quickly as he once did, his hands were still as fast and smooth as ever. His pressed rolls were so perfect. Greatest hands of all time.
Agreed!
Buddy never slowed down in moving around the kit. Check out some other clips from this time or later and find Buddy flying around the kit just as fast or faster than he ever did.
The only thing that changed is towards the end, Buddy sweat far more profusely than normal and long solos were obviously very hard on him physically - but he didn't slow down one bit.
tolvarr - - - No one is immune from the effects of getting older, not even Buddy.
To Big Swing Face: Some people have "age" problems as far as the number is concerned.
And THAT is why so many consider him the best.
Oh yeah!
Buddy was 67 or 68 here? Incredible! That speed! God bless u buddy! Buddy on drums, Hendrix on guitar,Entwisle on bass, Joplin on vocals. God producing!
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Come on! U don’t get any better than this. That snare roll towards the end is unbelievable. Buddy rules!
I agree!
The ONE the ONLY the VERY VERY SPECIAL !!! Mr. Buddy Rich.
Yes, yes yes! I LOVE it when Mel Torme introduces him like that!
3:03 Mother Father Yeah!!!
And now..... A love song.
Oh bless you for posting this video! I've been looking for it for months! Aside from Buddy Rich killing the tune with extraordinary chops and flawless power and technique, the guy we hear screaming with excitement is basically speaking for all of us!!! I miss you Buddy...RIP.
Happy to be of service!
As I used to tell my students over all my many years of teaching drums: "Now, THAT is how to play a snare drum"! :)
I'm sorry, but there will never be another drummer EVER that can/will do what this man did in this video. EVER !!!!
I am glad you like this as much as I do!
Buddy looked very relaxed at this concert....it must have been Disneyland.
Yes!
Excellent camera placement, thanks for posting!
You are welcome.
This is the best!!!!!!
I find myself coming back to this video and watching it again and again.
Cloudview, everything you post is great. Thanks for sharing these videos !!!
Another great clip THANK YOU ! Who gave this the thumbs down ??????
These guys havin fun, oh yeah!
His left hand when he comps is unbelievable.
That left hand just never stops 😁
In perpetual, musical motion.
Yes yes always keep your eyes on the left hand
I wonder why Buddy was happy using his 1940s Slingerland Radio King snare, the last 3 years of his life, but often used Fibes during his 1968-78 Slingerland years.
A very “ vocal “ fan in the background. 🙂
Endorsement deals. He was the best at it. He enjoyed those old drums
What can I say ! You gave us an be if the beat clips of the man. Thank you!
You are welcome. Buddy deserves to be very well represented on YT.
This is my favorite version of this tune. Until I saw this, my favorite was Buddy's original version off of Big Swing Face. Pretty incredible arrangement compared to THE original that Benny Goodman and others played in the 1930's. It was written and 1st recorded in 1922. The tune was popularized as a standard in renditions by Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller. Duke Ellington, The Chocolate Dandies with Coleman Hawkins on the Saxophone, Ted Lewis, Cab Calloway, The Mills Brothers, Peanuts Hucko, Eddie Lang, Merle Travis, Bill Monroe, Nat Gonella, Syd Lawrence, Abe Lyman, Ray Noble, Earl Bostic, The Washingtonians, The Victor Military Band, Glen Gray, Meade Lux Lewis, Teddy Wilson, Johnny Dankworth, Muggsy Spanier, Harry Roy, Billy Butterfield, Doc Severinsen, Pete Fountain, Red Nichols, and Al Caiola.[3]
Thank you Andy for the remarkable detailed history about this tune.
✨🇺🇸What drummer out there today , can compare with the late and great, Buddy Rich 🤔🇺🇸✨#RSVP !!!
Frank Conti , nobody can!!
Frank Conti : No drummer out there today can compare! ( with Buddy)...... NO DRUMMER..... And there’s some “ monsters out there to be sure!
奇跡の左手！
3-05 comment from the guy in the audience 😳
Roy Beckerman Haha!
Excellent
Indeed it is.
I saw him so many times at "Carnation Plaza Gardens" right off DIsneyland's Main Street. A year or two before he died, after he'd had a quadruple bypass surgery, he was taking it a little bit easier, but still kicking ass. At one point about 45min into the set, he hadn't soloed yet. So I yelled out 'open solo! Louis (bellson) would do it!'. I thought it was pretty funny as a 15 year-old kid. Buddy did not, he just glared at me for a few seconds. Good times. RIP master
I am very glad you got to see him all those many times. And oh yes, Buddy could glare BIG TIME if he didn't like something said.
thecccstl: thanks for recording these i love the close side view. The right side is the best place to watch the hands, especially the incredible left. Buddy plays the entire solo on the snare gradually increasing the speed and intensity to mind blowing levels. Is that you having your head explode off to the side, great stuff, thanks to cloudview747 and you.
Yes, that was me. Sorry for the profanity but it seemed appropriate at the time ;D. The fact that Buddy played that entire solo on the snare drum is just another indication of how truly incomparable he was because you kind of expect to hear him play his solos around the whole kit and to have him do it just on the snare drum and yet create that level of excitement is uncanny. No one else can do that and I'm not apologetic when I say that. The solo just builds and builds in technical complexity and intensity and when you think he's reached the maximum he can do, he takes it up another step. Its tough to describe it in words. As I mentioned on the other videos that I recorded that night, I did it specifically as a drum lesson so to speak. I didn't care to show the whole band, I wanted something I could watch at home and learn from because it was an unobstructed view of his hands. You never got to see that on things like The Tonight Show or Mike Douglas Show, especially the Mike Douglas show with the director using all those psychedelic effects in the old days. It was very distracting. As a drummer I wanted to see his hands and what they were doing. In retrospect, though, I wish I had widened out my shot a little bit so that you could see what he was doing on the bass drum as that is a very integral part of his playing.
Thanks for your comments Steve and TheCCCSTL describing B's soloing just on the snare. 1) I absolutely LOVE when he did that. 2) I agree that no one else can do it like Buddy. 3) Thanks to TheCCCSTL this time we can see every move clearly. Wonderful!
I've watched this over 100 or 300 X now I've honestly lost count I think I need to have my eyes checked it's soooo unbelievable ! It's like Johnny Carson said it appears to be an optical illusion or some kind of optical trick but we all know it's not ! My new favorite clip and I'll add this which may not be obvious to most people - I've played along with this clip and after the solo, the time/tempo is so perfect I actually rush it not being that great a pro musician but Buddy and the band plays it in perfect time. I'll work on that. It's just another walk down the street for Buddy ! SMH
I am SO glad you like this as much as I do! And we are all VERY indebted to TheCCCSTL for videotaping this performance. I think it is quite possible that many years from now there will be young drummers (the ones smart enough and perceptive enough to recognize the genius), who will study this important video, because TheCCCSTL wisely filmed it stationary on a tripod, allowing the viewer to clearly see what B is doing.
He could still move all around the kit at this point as I saw him many times but this is how he used to play when he was young, the tap dancing style solo without all the extra stuff and he swing his ass off on this one...much like Quiet Please recorded when he was in his 20's
From the beginning to the end he was indeed The Drum Wonder!
Don't you wish someone decent who knew what they were doing, would acquire Slingerland from Gibson and bring these great Slingerlands back..
Yea & right on!
somebody brought back the rogers brand drums buddy was fond of in the 60's when he was with harry james
he wasnt on slingerlands than he was playing on lugwigs during the 80s
5x55
That’s what I thought, but look at the lugs. Clearly Slingerland, not Ludwig.
@@6x14ludwig1992 check out the 1982 version of this song covered by him they have the same finish and on the bass drum it says Ludwig
there was one guy on there enjoying it so much I doubt he heard half of it..
I know!
Actually, I heard every note. That's why I was so excited.
TheCCCSTL I feel you man I would have been screaming verbatim
3:04 - Couldn't have said it better myself!
Matt Garre
If Gibson has no interest in making Slingerland kits anymore, at least make these great Radio King snares.
With those hands of his all he needed was a good snare drum.
And even when he was provided with a bad snare drum & drum set (as a guest on some TV shows), with those hands he still sounded incredible!
Hey cccstl were you the drummer from Vegas who came every year to film Buddy?
Up until 2:56 it's just super human then it become Galactic as he just moves into another gear. What words are there?
No words, other than to say "Buddy Rich, the one and only Drum Wonder!"
If I was straded on a desert island for the rest of my life and had 1 selection this would be it !!
The 3-05 min mark 😳
The screaming clown...
Magic left hand
Big time!
The crowd sounds like they're having the best sex in their life! :D
whos the truck driver next to the mic hee hawing like he's at a Mickey Gilly concert?
Slingerland Radio King snares had been around for decades...so Buddy used a Fibes snare previously ...why.!
Endorsement deals. He was the best at it. In this vid., he is just playing was pleased him. Gene was gone, so no conflicts. It's all in his autobiography. Cheers!
3:04 time traveler from 2019
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Lol
dancing sticks
Indeed. And from a man who was also an excellent tap dancer.
This man is a fucking legend, no no he's a G O D
I love the bugle called rag from this concert as well. The drum recording is so good here:
czcams.com/video/4ZzkCtCqCc4/video.html
That's exactly the kind response i will get the next time i play a drum solo, not kidding.
Spewing genius
MF ‘
When I see a drummer playing really well, the last thing I want to do is yell out Mother F**ker! People are nutty...
I wouldn't do that either, but "to each his own" I guess. (I certainly understand however about getting very excited when Buddy solos.) But here's the thing: If you read down on the Comments you will see that the man who filmed this says he is the one who yelled out. So I just focus on: I am very grateful he filmed this!!