~ BUDDY RICH

 

 

When he was 18 months old, Buddy Rich was introduced to
vaudeville audiences by his parents, who had him play the drums
for “Stars and Stripes Forever”. When he reached the ripe old age
of three, he became a permanent part of the act. By the time he
was seven, he was an artist in his own right, touring with Keith,
Pantages and the Balaban and Katz Vaudeville circuits in the
United States and theatres in” Australia. Billed as “Traps”, the
Drum Wonder, Buddy was the secand highest paid child star in
the world, topping Jackie Coogan.

After World War II, Buddy rejoined the Tommy Dorsey orches-
tra as the highest paid side man, and they made swing era history.
The recordings of “I'll Take Tallullah”, “Not So Quiet Please”,
and “Hawaiian War Chant” became classics, and it was in this,
period that Buddy earned the title “the world’s greatest drummer™.
While with the Dorsey band, Buddy roomed with Frank Smatra
and although their feuds sometimes made front page news, it was
Frank who backed Buddy’s first band after they both left Tommy
Dorsey. In 1966, after working with Harry James, Buddy orga-
nized a new band, and again there was the explosion of music
that became the Buddy Rich trademark.

Buddy is a showman, a consummate and dedicated artist, a
young man of music whose music is for the young. Buddy does not
compromise, and he has come into this age of youth domination
with a free swinging spirit. He plays a music of today that is-dis-
tinctively Rich with no bending in any direction, whether toward
a complete youth audience or to the keepers of the past. Buddy
Rich is a contemporary music-maker, original, with no label.

 

 

 

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Personnel
Alto Sax Alan Gauvin Trombone Rick Stepton* :
Alto Sax Dean Palazo Trombone Clint Sharman
Tenor Sax Steve Marcus* Bass Trombone Dave Boile
Tenor Sax Bobby Mintzer Piano Barry Kiner
Bari Sax Turk Mauro Bass Tom Warrington
Trumpet Dave Stahl Drums Buddy Rich

Trumpet John Marshall
Trumpet Ross Konikoff*
Trumpet Dean Pratt *Berklee Alumnus