Drums - Bernard "Buddy" Rich Trumpet - Harry "Sweets" Edison Piano - Nat Pierce Bass - Ike Issacs The song is "Blues in the Closet", from an album that Buddy and Sweets had out at that time.
@@maziu27 I don't. Like wearing shoes. I play heel up and the extra weight always helped. Might switch to slippers just so my damn sexy chrome iron cobras don't get dirty tho
My Grandma would take me to see him at Disneyland and Marineland when a was about eight , saw him probably seven times . also saw Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald , none of my friends can say that. Thanks Grandma Helen !!
when I first started playing in 73 everybody told me I had to see Buddy. The first time I saw him on Carson, he sang a Muppets song. The second time he just talked. But oh that third time, and every time after that... wow!. What a phenomenon
That was me, scanning TV Guide hoping Rich would be on some night during the week. I remember seeing the drum battle between Rich and Ed Shaughnessy when it first was broadcasted. They put on a wonderful show and they seemed to enjoy the friendly rivalry. Rich nothing but good things to say about Shaughnessy and Shaughnessy later commented on the techniques Rich had taught him. I remember being more than a little amazed how much faster Rich was than Shaughnessy. Shaughnessy was superb that night. Rich was great.
Rich had a great exchange with Louie Bellson on the Tonight Show also. Bellson was a truly great guy. He did a clinic at our local high school while touring as the guest artist with the Northern Illinois University Jazz band.
Same! Born the same year as this and never missed him on Carson. Parents took me to see him twice in the 70's when he had his best bands - he was incredible to watch!
He had a different style, but Joe Morello could give Buddy a run for his money . I've always said that I'd give my right arm for Joe Morello's left hand.
I never cease to be amazed by the power and speed Buddy generates from his left hand. I saw him in the late 1960's playing in London with Tony Bennett and his band. Simply amazing and I feel blessed to have had that opportunity as well as at Ronnie Scotts some years later.
I'm glad you mentioned power. I got to see Buddy up close in the mid-70s and besides his superhuman speed and dexterity. he played with power. I never saw anyone play so fast and so forcefully, not even Elvin Jones
That is the thing about playing a drum solo. Just like the other members of the band you still have to play the changes even though your instrument has limited melodic ability. If you were familiar with 10 different songs and listened only to Buddy's solos on them you should be able to match up each one to the tune it was from. Lots of young drummers don't realize this and think that a solo means just showing off your chops. But never forget to play the song while you do it.
Very musical drumming. I could "hear" the melody all the way through the drum solo. As if he was playing sax on the drums. The cadence was perfect and his inflections fit the bars great. Damn. So talented. Even adjusting the position of his hi-hat with his left foot while soloing. Yeesh.
I saw him seven times in both large and small venues. I clapped so hard and for so long I was exhausted physically and emotionally. There’s has been and is today drummers with similar or perhaps dare I say even slightly superior technical skill but few can come close to his solo abilities and nobody but nobody can drive a band the way Buddy could.
@@kennichols336 I did see some early videos of him using his second floor, but later on he never used it. Similar to me, I have a 16,18,20" floors and the 20 almost always holds my fan, drinks, towel, and extra sticks on top!!
Incredible. The rare cross stick done with power like no other. Holy shit. You can clearly see every hot drum riff ever done after this was just a derivative at what we just watched. Except here it was done super fast. Finest drummer in the world no doubt.
Buddy looked 65 in his 20's, lol. The Master. This cat made the drums a melodic instrument, you can hear intervals and melodies when he plays. I read that his biggest thing was how his drums were tuned...they had to be musical just not "thud". Dude was insane...just in another Galaxy.
Rick Davenport I think it was a Modern Drummer interview, but he said things like that in on camera interviews as well. There’s a video with him on Carson talking about different drum brands, i.e. going from Ludwig to Slingerland, where he talks about tuning as well. Be cool...
You're right that why I get a laugh out of those guys with 40 piece drum kits. You see what Buddy just did with 4 piece set? 6 or 8 pieces is plenty. If you can't rock with that trying singing.
I’ll never understand people comparing what he did on a “little kit” vs “big kit”. It’s not just about what you can do on a kit, it’s also about musicality - sonic options and composition. Drummers like Peart and Portnoy simply like(d) having a huge range of percussive sounds to choose from for any given composition.
All of these musicians are GREAT, but Buddy Rich is the standout for sure!!! Love the way he played his solo still in time as if the musicians were still playing. I could almost hear them in my mind. Kept the rythm and tempo even with the noodling and fills. Fantastic! NOTHING in music compares today.
I didn’t know a great deal about buddy rich ,until I saw a video of his last big band ,then I realized what the fuss was all about ,this guy wasn’t just a drummer he was a force of nature ,he carried that band on his shoulders ,he was an animal
Buddy's style of playing is classic . His hand movement is so fast accurate his right handed but his left this is dominant hand. Love the way he does his single and double and triple rolls all in the middle of all the drums he plays . Buddy is truly the greatest drummer To play drums !!
Joe Morello probably had the best left hand in history. Different style, but blindingly fast to the point of being a one handed press roll. Buddy attacked the drums, Morello has been described as "elegant, economical, and apparently effortless"
+ytubepuppy. Joe Morello is a legend on drums but Buddy Rich was a one off. No one had one hand control like him. I have seen a lot of JM one handed and yes its fast but some of is a bit messy too, he pushed it, tried stuff was innovative. Buddy did what he wanted plenty of examples I can link in so you can compare.
@@pinball1970 : Well if you think about it logically, BUDDY only had 2 hands and 2 feet like anyone else so if you look at it that way and you Are able to slow down his stuff enough so that you can figure out what his stickings are you know; his sticking patterns and his rhythmic patterns you can you know start real slow and condition your muscles you could probably And by “you” I mean anyone who has any kind of talent could probably speed This up to Buddy’s tempo(s)! Now what you won’t be able to do In all probability, Is to duplicate BUDDY‘S FEEL!maybe his attitude but not his feel and that’s what truly set BUDDY RICH apart from every other human on the planet! So if you come at it from This approach you Can begin to realize that you could at least begin to simulate what BUDDY could do for what it’s worth at least that part is not impossible!
Buddy absolutely in the driving seat😊first time I’ve seen this particular Rich clip, drum solo is one of those great examples of still being able to hear the song via the drums, wonderful stuff. Thanks for finding and posting this🥁🥁🥁😊
Back in the early 70's while in the USAF stationed at March AFB in Riverside, CA I learned that Buddy and the band were gonna play Disneyland's Carnation Plaza. I bought a general admission ticket, cheap as I recall. About an hour before the first set, got a great table and planted myself there for night. Saw three great sets and Buddy and the band played their a***s off all night. What a fantastic experience.
@@farshimelt The negative reactions to him seem to be a more recent thing. Since I'm older when I first heard the Bus Tapes I thought "So he's a tough boss, so what?" just like most of my other contemporaries. He had a right and an obligation to be and the results showed it. It's different these days, unfortunately. To which I can only throw up my hands and say "CLAMS!!".
Where would we be as artistically driven human beings, had we not invented audio and video recordings, and the internet, allowing us to visit these incredible performances?
Capitalism allows for man more and more leisure time to pursue art, and other interests instead of worrying where his next meal will come from. It brought him from an agrarian society to undustrial and now information age.
The sheer power and dexterity he had in his left hand is stunning. Watching him is like the finest choreography. He was in a class all by himself. What he had, you can't teach.
Buddy is playing with the power and force that he played with in big bands… This is a quartet!!!!!!! If any other drummer did this your mouths would be wide open!!!!
I met Buddy in 1979 at the first Guitar Center drum off. My friend Andy Florio was his friend so we hung for a minute and i stood a foot behind him when he played. He was afraid of the crowd and said we're all going to jump under the risers if a bunch of them rush the stage and try to steal the equipment, i have that same snare drum in that clip a 1960 or so ludwig 400.... great drum i got it in 1978!!
that man in the background gets a bigger grin as buddy makes his sticks talk. … it must have been awesome to be there. even now I feel humbled by the way he makes drums sound.
A BRILLIANT MASTERPIECE HIS EVERY MOVE WHEN HE COMES IN AND OUT FOR EACH SPECIFIC PLAYER JUST BRILLIANT, HE AND THE TRUMPETER, PURE MAGIC!!!!!!!! HE WAS INCREDIBLE, UNIQUE AND A ONE OF A KIND!
I played with Buddy 84-85.....two famous trumpters were on either side of me, one was a roommate....I was glued to his left hand.....I guess when you did this since you were 4, you have no memory of not doing it...BTW he was a very cool guy one on one. He was the Bobby Knight of bandleaders though.
Buddy had it all: swing, phrasing, chops and TIME. That boy knew his rudiments, too! "It ain't braggin' if you can back it up." Man, could Buddy back it up. The best of all time.
As close to technical perfection as any human can get. More than 30 years after his death and we still marvel at the technical prowess. No one has yet to prove themselves his better. I suspect no one ever will.
Yes, respectfully disagree. Neil Peart and Dave Lombardo always blew me away when they played live. Not saying they are better, just scary good in diff genres.
Carl Palmer is probably one of the most technically proficient drummers of his era. His solos are more traditional jazz-like solos rather than the structured solos from the late Neil Peart. Watch Carl play a solo snare drum (I'm sure you can find a video here on YT). Incredible! Of course, watch him play on a kit too. I'd say the solo from Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends is one of his most structured. His later stuff as well as other solos with ELP seem more spontaneous in many ways.
He’s insane. He is in every sense of the word a shredder. He could easily play any genre. Id like to see him play punk rock but he’d get bored. His style is not less is more at all. His kit has that approach but not his playing. What he does on the snare drum I don’t even know how to comment on it. It’s insane is all I can think of.
I doubt think there is any question that Rich had the greatest snare technique of all time. The things he did were not of this planet. Extra terrestrial.
I saw Buddy live in London in 1980 early on in my own drumming career; completely blew me away just insane, and the way he drives a band is second to none
Where can or who else could possibly do this without lots of practice....I mean, I'm beside myself with amazement....I miss Buddy everyday and every time I see his videos...I thank the Heavens above he was here on earth for us to study and appreciate and marvel ourselves with his talents.....
The Man said he never " practiced." He was just in tune with each composition and other player. I learned a lot from Buddy Rich: Like I'm NEVER going to be THAT GOOD! GODSPEED!
Worked at U of Wisc at Shell Lake in summer of 70. He was a legend by then and an absolute rock. Learned tons of jazz musicality from him, and, over a few six-packs, he has great stories to tell.
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See, this is why Keith Moon and Buddy Rich were just the 2 best drummers to ever live... Not just skill, but they always put on a performance and not just on the drums. What they did on the drums was obviously amazing, but they were the type of drummers you just couldnt ever take your eyes off of. I dont let this turn into who is better than who. Its not about that. And Im not here to argue technical stuff. Just for me, as an old man, who had the privilege of living through seeing both play live, they were just the 2 drummers that always stood out the most to me.
I must say, I really like Buddy's small band presence. He knows when to solo, but when to lay back a bit better, use percussion to accentuate, and utilize his kit to elevate the other instruments musical breaks. He was super-underrated as a 4 or 5 piece player.
@@arnoldfernbladst3875 I just meant that he is 99% known for his big band drumming. He IS the best drummer ever, just known as big band by all but other drummers and jazz afficionado's.
@@kearneydillon4803 Here is MY favorite recording of Buddy Rich. What a super-group line-up! Buddy Rich, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Curly Russell. czcams.com/video/fzzE73QK_Kk/video.html
His playing changed and developed over the years. This might upset those who like to claim he was a natural player who never practiced - obviously that is just ‘fancruft’ nonsense. I think he dedicated himself to big band playing to such an extent that he left behind some of the small combo subtlety he showed here. In some of the small band stuff he did on TV in his later years he tended to totally dominate everything - maybe because he had to wear the ‘World’s greatest’ mantle, it became all about him and not the music. Just my humble observation.
Buddy's musical ear is as cool as his chops. His syncopations during his (exactly six- choruses-long) extended solo can easily throw off many listeners (including myself 😁). Thank Goodness we have this recording so we can practice listening to him, to fully appreciate his phrasing.😊
@@kevinwilkins3248 Billy and Virgil Donati are my favorites, but there are so many greats it's hard to make a "list. Every time I try it only gets longer LOL
so fast and always in the pocket. and if you didn't keep up he'd scream at you... buddy was strung pretty tight, all that energy right on the surface ready to come out. great band.
Just my personnel view his solo on West Side Story was in the best ever performance category. As there really is no such thing as best ever Buddy was just that & with so many greats in his day like Louie Bellson , Jo Jones, Gene K. Chick Webb & well most of the cats that made swing jazz so cool that's a tough call but Buddy was all that & more . Great clip...
Why is there always someone like you who cant help taking a cheap shot at this great musician...Don't you get it ? He comes out of swing..when the drumset was still being invented....before bebop..post bop...rock. funk...the guys you're no doubt comparing him to, were in diapers, or not born yet when this was shot..Creative? With his talent..if one of the new guys today,..he'd still be at the top of the heap..... A
@@johnnyreo9681 He has a right to it. Let it go. It tells more about you, honestly. Any drummer of any era knows what Buddy is and does on and for the drum world. Also, is able to compare to today's drummers with perspective and marked divisions of what is being evaluated. And with that.. SELMER can make a point,.. and could be right from his perspective. who cares...? ALL drumming is great. That is all there is to it. ALL music is great.. even that which someone doesn't like. No worries. just play or enjoy.
@@SELMER1947 ....."CREATIVE" ?????? He HAD to be creative considering the minimalist kit he had to use ....in this one video. Perhaps you should close your eyes and LISTEN. Of course, you are entitled to your own minimalist opinion......very minimalist opinion. Not so sure anyone cares much about who is "fastest". It's the QUALITY of performance that is far more important. .
@@johnnyreo9681JOHNNY U NAILED IT Drum Brothers BUDDY, LOUIE, GINO were and still R not only KINGS of SWING AND DRUMMING Technical talent nuanced Mastery, PURE TALENTED Polyrhythmic Double stroked mastery beyond pale, and paradiddling-KING MASTERS w/speed variables sound dynamic multi-nuanced stick-flairing WIZARDS Wicked Skin-CHOPS esp feathering Hi-Hats"MAGIC"
You just know when you see it.. and hear it at the same time.. I sit behind a kit.. but this man really plays the drums. I have to give it up to Neil Pert for playing early on in Buddy Rich’s band. .. Neil was the best Rock n roll drummer ever to me just because he could come this close to Buddy, I hope they’re playing their asses off in Heaven.. together.
Neil couldn't swing to save his life. There's a Buddy Rich Memorial concert where Neil plays and so stiff the band is in band. He's followed by Tommy Igoe, who can really swing a band, and the band is smiling.
@@sickdrummer3831 Buddy Rich is an exhibition drummer, a show-off. Compare with Art Blakey, Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, Art Taylor, Dannie Richmond, etc.
When a genius is aligned to be born, that is it ,,, the man destined to be the greatest drummer of the world , I doubt it that there a drummer who hasn’t been influence one way or other from buddy
Lenny Bruce introducing Buddy Rich. Hard to imagine TV was ever this hip.
They were like turn that noise down!!!! They didn't even know what they were looking at.
Nothing "hip" about a junkie!
@@andyleibrook6012 If you're implying that Lenny Bruce was a junkie, none of us are old enough to know who he even was.
For about a week!
@@jefcam814 Yes just that week.
Drums - Bernard "Buddy" Rich
Trumpet - Harry "Sweets" Edison
Piano - Nat Pierce
Bass - Ike Issacs
The song is "Blues in the Closet", from an album that Buddy and Sweets had out at that time.
DeanMk1 -Even as a metalhead(StoneSour,Slipknot,etc)BR has ALWAYS been my favorite BEAST on the trapkit!!
This is important thanks for this update.
@@chilirich You're welcome.
What year was this?
@@marciefree According to the video, 1959.
3:03 No head bands, no sweat bands, no sweat pants or sneakers like today. This guy ripped it in a suit and dress shoes.
That's because he was 'professional' not some idiot counting BPM on MoM's couch...
i play barefoot lol
Back than if you saw performing artist you knew it was an artist. Now, they look like bums.
@@maziu27 I don't. Like wearing shoes. I play heel up and the extra weight always helped. Might switch to slippers just so my damn sexy chrome iron cobras don't get dirty tho
Yes the whole band was well dressed. A bygone era.
My Grandma would take me to see him at Disneyland and Marineland when a was about eight , saw him probably
seven times . also saw Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald , none of my friends can say that. Thanks Grandma
Helen !!
Amazing!!! Thx grandma!!
Nice! I remember Marineland, LA native here too
Lol ur so old
I saw him at Disneyland when I was nine, 1965 with the Harry James Orchestra. Even got his autograph!
As a kid I'd get excited when the TV Guide listed him as a guest on Carson. Best ever.
when I first started playing in 73 everybody told me I had to see Buddy. The first time I saw him on Carson, he sang a Muppets song. The second time he just talked. But oh that third time, and every time after that... wow!. What a phenomenon
That was me, scanning TV Guide hoping Rich would be on some night during the week.
I remember seeing the drum battle between Rich and Ed Shaughnessy when it first was broadcasted. They put on a wonderful show and they seemed to enjoy the friendly rivalry. Rich nothing but good things to say about Shaughnessy and Shaughnessy later commented on the techniques Rich had taught him. I remember being more than a little amazed how much faster Rich was than Shaughnessy. Shaughnessy was superb that night. Rich was great.
Rich had a great exchange with Louie Bellson on the Tonight Show also.
Bellson was a truly great guy. He did a clinic at our local high school while touring as the guest artist with the Northern Illinois University Jazz band.
11 people are idiot's buddy was the best ever
Same! Born the same year as this and never missed him on Carson. Parents took me to see him twice in the 70's when he had his best bands - he was incredible to watch!
His left hand is a goddam machine gun.
Mark Bozz you sayin his right ain't?
He's holding two 50-cal's packed with bunker-busting, armor-piercing, anti-Nazi rounds in each hand here....
He had a different style, but Joe Morello could give Buddy a run for his money . I've always said that I'd give my right arm for Joe Morello's left hand.
@@scrambledegg81 "The ex-wife" ;-)
Agreed! All kinds of great players, but it was the left hand of buddy i feel was unmatched.
I never cease to be amazed by the power and speed Buddy generates from his left hand. I saw him in the late 1960's playing in London with Tony Bennett and his band. Simply amazing and I feel blessed to have had that opportunity as well as at Ronnie Scotts some years later.
I'm glad you mentioned power. I got to see Buddy up close in the mid-70s and besides his superhuman speed and dexterity. he played with power. I never saw anyone play so fast and so forcefully, not even Elvin Jones
What you didn’t mention was ‘ease’.
That left hand!
He had the most incredible hands with absolute control in whatever he played and a joy to watch
😮 And on CALF HEADS
AND an incredible right foot.
Buddy Rich was not of this world when it came to his drum playing. GOAT
I like how you can still feel the groove of the song when he solos
Yeah, that's the swing big band style.
That is the thing about playing a drum solo. Just like the other members of the band you still have to play the changes even though your instrument has limited melodic ability. If you were familiar with 10 different songs and listened only to Buddy's solos on them you should be able to match up each one to the tune it was from. Lots of young drummers don't realize this and think that a solo means just showing off your chops. But never forget to play the song while you do it.
Very musical drumming. I could "hear" the melody all the way through the drum solo. As if he was playing sax on the drums. The cadence was perfect and his inflections fit the bars great. Damn. So talented. Even adjusting the position of his hi-hat with his left foot while soloing. Yeesh.
God behind a kit
I saw him seven times in both large and small venues. I clapped so hard and for so long I was exhausted physically and emotionally. There’s has been and is today drummers with similar or perhaps dare I say even slightly superior technical skill but few can come close to his solo abilities and nobody but nobody can drive a band the way Buddy could.
You ever notice he never uses his second floor tom? He freely admitted that he only used it to hold his towel (through out his career)
@@kennichols336 I did see some early videos of him using his second floor, but later on he never used it. Similar to me, I have a 16,18,20" floors and the 20 almost always holds my fan, drinks, towel, and extra sticks on top!!
YES answering Sweets when trading and phrasing during his solo Right on!!
Incredible. The rare cross stick done with power like no other. Holy shit. You can clearly see every hot drum riff ever done after this was just a derivative at what we just watched. Except here it was done super fast. Finest drummer in the world no doubt.
I thought his greatest performance was THE BUS TAPES!!!!
I caught him in the late ‘70’s. He was phenomenal.
His left hand is so quick & precise……overall just terrific
Buddy looked 65 in his 20's, lol. The Master. This cat made the drums a melodic instrument, you can hear intervals and melodies when he plays. I read that his biggest thing was how his drums were tuned...they had to be musical just not "thud". Dude was insane...just in another Galaxy.
Where did u read this?
Rick Davenport I think it was a Modern Drummer interview, but he said things like that in on camera interviews as well. There’s a video with him on Carson talking about different drum brands, i.e. going from Ludwig to Slingerland, where he talks about tuning as well. Be cool...
@@whatspadethinks did buddy tune his own drums?
Omg those cross stick bits in the middle of rolls.... also, the whole band is absolutely killin it!
Yeah, fucking sick how he was somehow able to fit those in!
Looks easy. Ridiculous.
Buddy Rich with a modest drum set blows most drummers with giant kits out of the water
The sultan of skins
@ Terry Bozzio has entered the chat....
You're right that why I get a laugh out of those guys with 40 piece drum kits. You see what Buddy just did with 4 piece set? 6 or 8 pieces is plenty. If you can't rock with that trying singing.
Yeah ! Because there's no class today !! It's all smoke and mirrors and little real musical talent !!! Lady Gaga and rap crap say's it all !!!
I’ll never understand people comparing what he did on a “little kit” vs “big kit”. It’s not just about what you can do on a kit, it’s also about musicality - sonic options and composition. Drummers like Peart and Portnoy simply like(d) having a huge range of percussive sounds to choose from for any given composition.
Simply the best .
This is my absolute favorite recorded performance with buddy rich! What a treat! I wish the quartet did so much more together!
All of these musicians are GREAT, but Buddy Rich is the standout for sure!!!
Love the way he played his solo still in time as if the musicians were still playing. I could almost hear them in my mind. Kept the rythm and tempo even with the noodling and fills. Fantastic! NOTHING in music compares today.
I’m the same. I could hear the music throughout his solo also. He never ever lost the bar. Not even once.
@@Bricameron Great minds think alike.😁
All good Jazz drummers do that.
WOW! I just got HYPNOTISED. Buddy Rich has magic hands 🙌❤️
Buddy Rich on Lenny Bruce's show. That in itself is amazing. Buddy was always amazing. Lenny was a genius.
Just imagine living in that era and be watching this on the tv...
I did
@Penumbra I think you're missing the point
I didn’t know a great deal about buddy rich ,until I saw a video of his last big band ,then I realized what the fuss was all about ,this guy wasn’t just a drummer he was a force of nature ,he carried that band on his shoulders ,he was an animal
How could you not love the spirit buddy plays with!!!!
Buddy's style of playing is classic .
His hand movement is so fast accurate his right handed but his left this is dominant hand. Love the way he does his single and double and triple rolls all in the middle of all the drums he plays .
Buddy is truly the greatest drummer
To play drums !!
the one handed stuff here is just amazing not forced or contrived just brilliant and natural
Joe Morello probably had the best left hand in history. Different style, but blindingly fast to the point of being a one handed press roll. Buddy attacked the drums, Morello has been described as "elegant, economical, and apparently effortless"
+ytubepuppy. Joe Morello is a legend on drums but Buddy Rich was a one off. No one had one hand control like him. I have seen a lot of JM one handed and yes its fast but some of is a bit messy too, he pushed it, tried stuff was innovative. Buddy did what he wanted plenty of examples I can link in so you can compare.
@@pinball1970 ;JoeMorello was Definitely one of the great ones but he was no Buddy Rich!
@@nealsausen4651 Buddy wrote the rule book on a lot of techniques. Very hard to copy! Most of it impossible for me.
@@pinball1970 : Well if you think about it logically, BUDDY only had 2 hands and 2 feet like anyone else so if you look at it that way and you Are able to slow down his stuff enough so that you can figure out what his stickings are you know; his sticking patterns and his rhythmic patterns you can you know start real slow and condition your muscles you could probably And by “you” I mean anyone who has any kind of talent could probably speed This up to Buddy’s tempo(s)!
Now what you won’t be able to do In all probability, Is to duplicate BUDDY‘S FEEL!maybe his attitude but not his feel and that’s what truly set BUDDY RICH apart from every other human on the planet!
So if you come at it from This approach you Can begin to realize that you could at least begin to simulate what BUDDY could do for what it’s worth at least that part is not impossible!
Saw him in Anaheim 41 yrs ago-RIP! He is dearly missed1 He gave his all!
Buddy Rich was the GOAT of Jazz drummers!
Buddy absolutely in the driving seat😊first time I’ve seen this particular Rich clip, drum solo is one of those great examples of still being able to hear the song via the drums, wonderful stuff. Thanks for finding and posting this🥁🥁🥁😊
Back in the early 70's while in the USAF stationed at March AFB in Riverside, CA I learned that Buddy and the band were gonna play Disneyland's Carnation Plaza. I bought a general admission ticket, cheap as I recall. About an hour before the first set, got a great table and planted myself there for night. Saw three great sets and Buddy and the band played their a***s off all night. What a fantastic experience.
Watching a Buddy clip, you think you have seen some of the best drumming you have ever seen, that is till you watch the next Buddy clip.
Gene Krupa also
When I'm walking i strut my stuff and I'm so strung out , let me go on , like a blister in the sun.
Buddy was an ABSOLUTE SAVAGE!!
Semper Fidelis BROTHER!!
I saw him in 1986 at Edmonds community college. I was taking jazz class at the time and our instructor *insisted* we all go.
A very talented drummer with a big attitude and temper.
Who could also be kind and giving. If you did your job, he didn't hassle you.
@@farshimelt The negative reactions to him seem to be a more recent thing. Since I'm older when I first heard the Bus Tapes I thought "So he's a tough boss, so what?" just like most of my other contemporaries. He had a right and an obligation to be and the results showed it. It's different these days, unfortunately. To which I can only throw up my hands and say "CLAMS!!".
Where would we be as artistically driven human beings, had we not invented audio and video recordings, and the internet, allowing us to visit these incredible performances?
Capitalism allows for man more and more leisure time to pursue art, and other interests instead of worrying where his next meal will come from. It brought him from an agrarian society to undustrial and now information age.
Better off. Recording killed a certain aspec of music. Many composers agree.
@@morbidmanmusic I can't disagree.
Yes, we'd have to figure it out for ourselves.
I saw this cut years ago on video tape and loved it! One of my favorite clips of Buddy!
The sheer power and dexterity he had in his left hand is stunning. Watching him is like the finest choreography. He was in a class all by himself. What he had, you can't teach.
My God this is good. I wish there were more small group videos of buddy. he shows he can really listen and react to a soloist in this clip.
Here's one for you with his sextet:
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Buddy is playing with the power and force that he played with in big bands… This is a quartet!!!!!!! If any other drummer did this your mouths would be wide open!!!!
I met Buddy in 1979 at the first Guitar Center drum off. My friend Andy Florio was his friend so we hung for a minute and i stood a foot behind him when he played. He was afraid of the crowd and said we're all going to jump under the risers if a bunch of them rush the stage and try to steal the equipment, i have that same snare drum in that clip a 1960 or so ludwig 400.... great drum i got it in 1978!!
I too was excited when Buddy Rich was a guest on Johnny Carson's show ♡
God, he was such a great drumming talent! Got to see him once in his later years; my ears were sure ringing loudly that night!
Anything Buddy and Harry played together was magical. Barney's Bugle is a testament to their sympatico!
Far from his greatest performance, but Buddy always makes it great.
Yes. It's a bit raw and sloppy, and he's pushing the pace a little, but the energy and skill are off the charts.
> *Far from his greatest performance*
Good luck proving that.
I would have to say this is my favourite buddy Rich performance!!!
that man in the background gets a bigger grin as buddy makes his sticks talk. … it must have been awesome to be there. even now I feel humbled by the way he makes drums sound.
I agree this clip sums his brilliance up- the fill at 2:38 is majestic classic Buddy.
Indeed! I had to replay that one a couple of times just to soak it in. Especially loved the up/down strokes on the splash.
Classic Buddy? It sounds more like a fill that he messed up a bit.
Back in the days when a bass solo meant everybody stops playing while the bass carries on doing what he was already doing.
Oscar Groucho thats hilarious but true
Well, back in those days there were also Chrales Mingus, Ray Brown, Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers..., so..
Milt Hinton & Gene Wright too.
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you mean people who could actually PLAY BASS?? ;-) Aaaaaah for the days of talent...
I love the Bass!! He was incredible that bass player. John Entwistle and John Paul Jones are my favorite. But there are many great ones
the best ever
Love how he continuously drags his sliding hi hat back into place. Drum hardware has come a long way.
My idol, but certainly not his greatest. He had so many epic moments but IMHO he was the GREATEST in any drum or percussion form of musical genre!
Only Buddy does that, insane!
A BRILLIANT MASTERPIECE HIS EVERY MOVE WHEN HE COMES IN AND OUT FOR EACH SPECIFIC PLAYER JUST BRILLIANT, HE AND THE TRUMPETER, PURE MAGIC!!!!!!!!
HE WAS INCREDIBLE, UNIQUE AND A ONE OF A KIND!
This song was brilliant and the whole ensemble was brilliant. The whole better than the sum of their parts.
I played with Buddy 84-85.....two famous trumpters were on either side of me, one was a roommate....I was glued to his left hand.....I guess when you did this since you were 4, you have no memory of not doing it...BTW he was a very cool guy one on one. He was the Bobby Knight of bandleaders though.
These programmes are works of art in themselves. And this is the first time I've heard BR with a small jazz combo.
Buddy had it all: swing, phrasing, chops and TIME. That boy knew his rudiments, too! "It ain't braggin' if you can back it up." Man, could Buddy back it up. The best of all time.
As close to technical perfection as any human can get. More than 30 years after his death and we still marvel at the technical prowess. No one has yet to prove themselves his better. I suspect no one ever will.
Elvin Jones Tony Williams et al
I respectfully disagree john. That was many, many years ago. Drumming has progressed enormously since then.
Yes, respectfully disagree. Neil Peart and Dave Lombardo always blew me away when they played live. Not saying they are better, just scary good in diff genres.
Thomas lang always stuns me with his playing, although totally different to buddy's it is still mind boggling in it's own right
Carl Palmer is probably one of the most technically proficient drummers of his era. His solos are more traditional jazz-like solos rather than the structured solos from the late Neil Peart. Watch Carl play a solo snare drum (I'm sure you can find a video here on YT). Incredible! Of course, watch him play on a kit too. I'd say the solo from Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends is one of his most structured. His later stuff as well as other solos with ELP seem more spontaneous in many ways.
He’s insane. He is in every sense of the word a shredder. He could easily play any genre. Id like to see him play punk rock but he’d get bored. His style is not less is more at all. His kit has that approach but not his playing. What he does on the snare drum I don’t even know how to comment on it. It’s insane is all I can think of.
I doubt think there is any question that Rich had the greatest snare technique of all time. The things he did were not of this planet. Extra terrestrial.
I saw Buddy live in London in 1980 early on in my own drumming career; completely blew me away just insane, and the way he drives a band is second to none
@@vgr112261also his left hand as well was something else
I never viewed him as being human. He's from a planet where everyone plays the drums from birth. 😀
Best drummer I've seen on you tube is Cuban Enilda Rasua. His independence is phenomenal.
Where can or who else could possibly do this without lots of practice....I mean, I'm beside myself with amazement....I miss Buddy everyday and every time I see his videos...I thank the Heavens above he was here on earth for us to study and appreciate and marvel ourselves with his talents.....
this is so amazingly beautiful how Buddy used a perfect complement to each musician's solo .
Yes, that's the part that many overlook.
Seen buddy 3 times. You must get there early to find a seat where you can see his left hand.
That cat is smokin' on those drums baby.I'm in my sixties and my soundtrack of life is from my generation's music.
If I had to pick a favourite Buddy Rich performance, it would be this one..
The tune is Oscar Pettiford's "Blues In The Closet."
The Man said he never " practiced." He was just in tune with each composition and other player. I learned a lot from Buddy Rich: Like I'm NEVER going to be THAT GOOD! GODSPEED!
Simply the best, or nowadays the GOAT!
Worked at U of Wisc at Shell Lake in summer of 70. He was a legend by then and an absolute rock. Learned tons of jazz musicality from him, and, over a few six-packs, he has great stories to tell.
See, this is why Keith Moon and Buddy Rich were just the 2 best drummers to ever live... Not just skill, but they always put on a performance and not just on the drums. What they did on the drums was obviously amazing, but they were the type of drummers you just couldnt ever take your eyes off of. I dont let this turn into who is better than who. Its not about that. And Im not here to argue technical stuff. Just for me, as an old man, who had the privilege of living through seeing both play live, they were just the 2 drummers that always stood out the most to me.
Agreed, but with Buddy there wouldn't be one 128th beat out of place ,thats why technically no drummer has ever or will ever get close to this man.
@@maxkiely2636 he was the drumming version of a miracle on a kit,Above All
comparing a flea with an Elephant....please!
Lol dammmmmm....someone side his left hand is a machine....wow
Like all great artists, made something so difficult look so easy.
Sweets killing’ it !
0:19 I don't know how he didn't just chop his right hand off with that rimshot lol
I must say, I really like Buddy's small band presence. He knows when to solo, but when to lay back a bit better, use percussion to accentuate, and utilize his kit to elevate the other instruments musical breaks. He was super-underrated as a 4 or 5 piece player.
Good call. Buddy definitely brings the engine room with him when working with small groups.
Super underrated? He was always touted as the best drummer ever. Not sure how that can be considered underrated.
@@arnoldfernbladst3875 I just meant that he is 99% known for his big band drumming. He IS the best drummer ever, just known as big band by all but other drummers and jazz afficionado's.
@@kearneydillon4803 Here is MY favorite recording of Buddy Rich. What a super-group line-up! Buddy Rich, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Curly Russell. czcams.com/video/fzzE73QK_Kk/video.html
His playing changed and developed over the years. This might upset those who like to claim he was a natural player who never practiced - obviously that is just ‘fancruft’ nonsense. I think he dedicated himself to big band playing to such an extent that he left behind some of the small combo subtlety he showed here. In some of the small band stuff he did on TV in his later years he tended to totally dominate everything - maybe because he had to wear the ‘World’s greatest’ mantle, it became all about him and not the music. Just my humble observation.
Absolutely phenomenal! ❤️🥁
i always have a chuckle when i see Buddy kick it like that with a suit on. What a.player
had the pleasure of seeing Buddy, Ella Fitzgerald and Benny Goodman, live in Dusseldorf in 1958.
Buddy, Ella and Benny...on the same bill...at the same time. Can you imagine that sound?
Buddy's musical ear is as cool as his chops. His syncopations during his (exactly six- choruses-long) extended solo can easily throw off many listeners (including myself 😁). Thank Goodness we have this recording so we can practice listening to him, to fully appreciate his phrasing.😊
The look the bassist and trumpeter give to one another at 3:47. Almost as if they can’t believe what they’re seeing.
Buddy really was the greatest
Has there ever been a fiercer drummer......ever?
Kearney Dillon Perhaps Tony Williams. He had the fire and was a big fan of buddy.
Kearney Dillon NOPE.NOT THAT NATURAL😂😂😂
Ginger Baker, on the tom tom mixed with blazing double bass of course.
Billy Cobham is probably the closest for fearsome power and skills.
@@kevinwilkins3248 Billy and Virgil Donati are my favorites, but there are so many greats it's hard to make a "list. Every time I try it only gets longer LOL
The 1st "holy shi#!" drummer because the 1st time people saw and heard him they said "holy shi#!
Wow. He was smokin'. Very talented group.
so fast and always in the pocket. and if you didn't keep up he'd scream at you... buddy was strung pretty tight, all that energy right on the surface ready to come out. great band.
Just my personnel view his solo on West Side Story was in the best ever performance category. As there really is no such thing as best ever Buddy was just that & with so many greats in his day like Louie Bellson , Jo Jones, Gene K. Chick Webb & well most of the cats that made swing jazz so cool that's a tough call but Buddy was all that & more . Great clip...
The best drummer to have ever lived.
Why is there always someone like you who cant help taking a cheap shot at this great musician...Don't you get it ? He comes out of swing..when the drumset was still being invented....before bebop..post bop...rock. funk...the guys you're no doubt comparing him to, were in diapers, or not born yet when this was shot..Creative? With his talent..if one of the new guys today,..he'd still be at the top of the heap.....
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@@johnnyreo9681 He has a right to it. Let it go. It tells more about you, honestly. Any drummer of any era knows what Buddy is and does on and for the drum world. Also, is able to compare to today's drummers with perspective and marked divisions of what is being evaluated. And with that.. SELMER can make a point,.. and could be right from his perspective. who cares...? ALL drumming is great. That is all there is to it. ALL music is great.. even that which someone doesn't like. No worries. just play or enjoy.
You won't get an argument out of me on that one.
@@SELMER1947 ....."CREATIVE" ?????? He HAD to be creative considering the minimalist kit he had to use ....in this one video. Perhaps you should close your eyes and LISTEN.
Of course, you are entitled to your own minimalist opinion......very minimalist opinion. Not so sure anyone cares much about who is "fastest". It's the QUALITY of performance that is far more important.
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@@johnnyreo9681JOHNNY U NAILED IT Drum Brothers BUDDY, LOUIE, GINO were and still R not only KINGS of SWING AND DRUMMING Technical talent nuanced Mastery, PURE TALENTED Polyrhythmic Double stroked mastery beyond pale, and paradiddling-KING MASTERS w/speed variables sound dynamic multi-nuanced stick-flairing WIZARDS Wicked Skin-CHOPS esp feathering Hi-Hats"MAGIC"
Classic, what a sound. Thank you.
So glad I got to see him live!
Yeahhhh amazing,thanks.
You know "Sweets" wasn't a smoker except for that horn! Dang dude! Good combo of horn and drums! Rich bout to set them drums aflame!
he's a madman
You just know when you see it.. and hear it at the same time.. I sit behind a kit.. but this man really plays the drums. I have to give it up to Neil Pert for playing early on in Buddy Rich’s band. .. Neil was the best Rock n roll drummer ever to me just because he could come this close to Buddy, I hope they’re playing their asses off in Heaven.. together.
Neil couldn't swing to save his life. There's a Buddy Rich Memorial concert where Neil plays and so stiff the band is in band. He's followed by Tommy Igoe, who can really swing a band, and the band is smiling.
Buddy Rich could do a drum roll with one hand faster then most drummers could do with two hands.
the worlds greatest DRUMMER!!!🥁🤙
@@sickdrummer3831 You are ignorant or stupid!
GeoCoppens lol ok
@@sickdrummer3831 Buddy Rich is an exhibition drummer, a show-off. Compare with Art Blakey, Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, Art Taylor, Dannie Richmond, etc.
GeoCoppens 👍
Buddy Rich and Oscar Peterson are generally regarded as the two most complete and talented artists of their respective instruments in history.
true and I tend to add Freddie Hubbard on his trumpet
In history? That's thousands of years of music. Oscar bowed before Art Tatum and Buddy knew that Papa Jo Jones was the man.
@@RoryVanucchi You have to go back to Hubbard's roots; Dizzy Gillespie.
@@farshimelt saw Dizzy in the 70s. Legend. Too young for Satchmo. Roy Eldridge another legend.
Love it! I had some of his albums.
And what a band.
When a genius is aligned to be born, that is it ,,, the man destined to be the greatest drummer of the world , I doubt it that there a drummer who hasn’t been influence one way or other from buddy