The great Tom Warrington on bass! I was lucky to play with him at a band camp back in 1979 when I was 14! Tom was just off Buddys band. What an inspiration!
Anybody know what else Mike McGovern has done...everything I have by him is really good. Really underrated musician. Another great swingin' solo from Steve "The Count" Marcus.
this version of Willowcrest is over the top. Buddy is so confident, he plays w/ 100 %heart ! after 2 years on YouTube, i think this has got be one of the buddys most agressive video's ever !
fusion? jazz? big band? who cares what label it falls under! the thing we should be focusing on is the fact that we will never hear this done quite this way ever again.
This doesn't mix bop with acid rock a la Miles Davis' Bitches Brew or anything by Mahavishnu Orchestra, etc., but to call this anything but "fusion" is ridiculous, I think. This is a meld of big band and hard edged pop rock, in my opinion. And whoever wrote and/or arranged this chart should be commended for pioneering this (alas, forgotten) type of fusion.
Yea Group Shot rocks,One of my Fav.3/4-6/8 whatever tracks is Goodbye Yesterday.again by Piestrup,the way rich sets up phrases as the band builds towords the climax of the tune is well you know!
Some more great Buddy charts in 3, or 6 or 12: "The Meaning of the Blues" (arranged by Don Piestrup,) one of my all-time favorite pieces of music; and "Group Shot," composed by Don Piestrup. Don Piestrup is what it's all about in modern big band composing.
Interesting comment, that Buddy's best playing was in 3/4. I can think of a couple of my favorite pieces of his in 3: "Greensleeves" and Don Piestrup's "Goodbye Yesterday". This performance of Willowcrest is particularly tight. Thanks for the video.
Funny. Buddy never read music. What did he care if it was 6 or 3. Sometimes we get too carried away with technicalities, and the music suffers, as anyone who listens to university jazz ensembles can tell. Well, almost anyone.
DON'T need to read music to know what 3 or 6 or 13 is
but you can't play 4 in a tune that's in 3 so it's hardly overkill to bring it up. he knew time signatures in any event, you don't grow up playing without getting all of this through osmosis, in fact you gain a certain reading ability just surrounding yourself with guys who read...happened to me is how I know
You can play 4 over 3. Bands like Mahavishnu and King Crimson do stuff like that all the time -- done right, it makes for some compelling polyrhythms -- they'll have one portion of the band play in one signature, the other in a different signature. If you're a talented enough drummer, you can actually do it yourself. Heck, really avante garde composers or improvisation groups sometimes play in not only different signatures, but at different tempos and in different keys.
The tempo here is quicker than the live version on the Mercy, Mercy, Mercy recording.
Easleytee 2 months ago
i would like to dedicate this buddy rich vid to my dad who dies a month ago,he lived and loved budd rich and stan kenton.
he also played trumpet in big bands as well,sleep well dad.
Brian0324 7 months ago
Hey, make Him an Offer He can't Refuse:Either Play those Drums or we take, YOUR GUN'S- THE GROOVE FATHA,B.R....
DYNODRUM 8 months ago
I wish Tom Warrington had stayed with the band like Steve Marcus. :) He's so badass!
ArtofRi0t 9 months ago
I love that Bari Sax line
ShOcKwAvEzZ121 10 months ago
The great BR ahhhhhhh
Hey isn't that Ned Flanders@ 3:52?! hahaha :P
kinzeUK 1 year ago
if youre a drummer and dont respect or see the abilities that buddy rich has, then i cannot see that person as a drummer
drummerbrown20 1 year ago
his trumpet player looks like a wanna be dizzy!
MrTech171 1 year ago
The great Tom Warrington on bass! I was lucky to play with him at a band camp back in 1979 when I was 14! Tom was just off Buddys band. What an inspiration!
MrDrumsdrumsdrums 1 year ago
Chuck Schmidt was one of Buddy's best lead trumpet players.
Very under rated player.
He and Al Porcino were my two favorite lead trumpets with Buddy.
Exceptional players, both ~
MarkR1957 2 years ago
Great post mikebuddy1
Anybody know what else Mike McGovern has done...everything I have by him is really good. Really underrated musician. Another great swingin' solo from Steve "The Count" Marcus.
tenorsaxmaster5 2 years ago
The Middle passage He pulls off w/ dexterity to spare ,is in a Class he owns and is his ,.....
DYNODRUM 2 years ago 4
check out the finesse of buddys left hand cymbal crash@ 1:14-1:15 !
MrZol 2 years ago
Just sitting there watching his tools work like bizarre ancient pyramid-building-easter-island-statue-erecting-abominations.. A titan.
Beauxdeauxfinglok 2 years ago 2
One of My all-time favorite Buddy Rich charts!!!
zackhb708 2 years ago 2
the master at work - how relaxed did he look? A little sweaty maybe!
pinball1970 2 years ago
sweaty ?? he's swamped !! this man is giving alot here !
MrZol 2 years ago
this version of Willowcrest is over the top. Buddy is so confident, he plays w/ 100 %heart ! after 2 years on YouTube, i think this has got be one of the buddys most agressive video's ever !
MrZol 3 years ago
God himself couldn't drive a big band the way Mr. Rich did!
ssminopoopy 3 years ago 4
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strange, the band looks cool but Buddy looks dazed & confused and dripping with sweat. amphetamines (?) barbiturates (?) or, maybe he's just plain tired. ...strange.
speedoflite1 3 years ago
You're delusional....
acedrumminman 3 years ago 2
watch the vid again & have a nice day.
speedoflite1 3 years ago
it's a well documented fact that Buddy liked to smoke boo! I read in Traps that he wasn't much of a drinker though, too bad, imagine a loaded Buddy!
shetalkscrazytalk84 3 years ago
speedoflite1, he may look dazed, but, you know... just... kinda, listen to his playing and you'll know he's not dazed but incredibly relaxed...
Windbreaker777 3 years ago
Effortless. Even at that breakneck tempo. Fantastic!
hckydad 3 years ago 2
buddy owning that piece like no one else, he is just so confident on himself, gotta love it.
mcufre 3 years ago
fusion? jazz? big band? who cares what label it falls under! the thing we should be focusing on is the fact that we will never hear this done quite this way ever again.
ishredu 3 years ago 3
This doesn't mix bop with acid rock a la Miles Davis' Bitches Brew or anything by Mahavishnu Orchestra, etc., but to call this anything but "fusion" is ridiculous, I think. This is a meld of big band and hard edged pop rock, in my opinion. And whoever wrote and/or arranged this chart should be commended for pioneering this (alas, forgotten) type of fusion.
richcapo 3 years ago
no too confusing, it fuses big band w/ jazz
ishredu 3 years ago
This is called "Willowcrest", by Bob Florence.
This was in Buddy's book since 1966.
This is a modern Big Band Jazz chart.
This is no where close to fusion.
It's just a straight ahead swinging chart in 3/4.
MarkR1957 3 years ago
check out 'SIMON PHILLIPS WITH THE BUDDY RICH BIG BAND' playing goodbye yesterday on the making of the b.r.tribute album on you tube
mikebuddy1 4 years ago
@mikebuddy1 I thought that simon version was GOD AWFUL over plays too loud drags
just a mess
ishredu 1 year ago 2
Yea Group Shot rocks,One of my Fav.3/4-6/8 whatever tracks is Goodbye Yesterday.again by Piestrup,the way rich sets up phrases as the band builds towords the climax of the tune is well you know!
mikebuddy1 4 years ago
Some more great Buddy charts in 3, or 6 or 12: "The Meaning of the Blues" (arranged by Don Piestrup,) one of my all-time favorite pieces of music; and "Group Shot," composed by Don Piestrup. Don Piestrup is what it's all about in modern big band composing.
bkrider9 4 years ago
Group Shot is superb. I wish B would have kept it in the book.
Piestrup is my favorite big band comp/arr.
Buddy's recording of "New Blues" on the "The New One" album is my favorite piece of music, and is as close to perfection as anything human can be.
"The Meaning of the Blues" is one of B's best ever. He played in 3 like no other drummer.
His solo on "Ode to Billy Joe" from the "Mercy Mercy" record is total drum set dominance ~
MarkR1957 4 years ago
yea,two great charts,not forgeting west side 7 ode to billy joe which is bang on 64 bar solo if memory serves.
mikebuddy1 4 years ago
Interesting comment, that Buddy's best playing was in 3/4. I can think of a couple of my favorite pieces of his in 3: "Greensleeves" and Don Piestrup's "Goodbye Yesterday". This performance of Willowcrest is particularly tight. Thanks for the video.
bkrider9 4 years ago
those are all in 6 mate
ishredu 4 years ago
6 or 3 you know im mean!
mikebuddy1 4 years ago
I knew what you meant just trying to very clear for the "kids"
ishredu 4 years ago
Funny. Buddy never read music. What did he care if it was 6 or 3. Sometimes we get too carried away with technicalities, and the music suffers, as anyone who listens to university jazz ensembles can tell. Well, almost anyone.
bkrider9 4 years ago
DON'T need to read music to know what 3 or 6 or 13 is
but you can't play 4 in a tune that's in 3 so it's hardly overkill to bring it up. he knew time signatures in any event, you don't grow up playing without getting all of this through osmosis, in fact you gain a certain reading ability just surrounding yourself with guys who read...happened to me is how I know
ishredu 4 years ago
You can play 4 over 3. Bands like Mahavishnu and King Crimson do stuff like that all the time -- done right, it makes for some compelling polyrhythms -- they'll have one portion of the band play in one signature, the other in a different signature. If you're a talented enough drummer, you can actually do it yourself. Heck, really avante garde composers or improvisation groups sometimes play in not only different signatures, but at different tempos and in different keys.
richcapo 3 years ago
but that stuff usually sounds like digestion and of course you can play 4 over 3 but only if you know how to play 3 or 6 to begin with,
ishredu 3 years ago
well put bkrider9
mikebuddy1 4 years ago