BUDDY RICH BIG BAND

[stevebul]

Did you ever notice Buddy rarely looked at the drums when he soloed or played breaks. It seemed that he looked off to the left alot, great concentration and awareness of where everything was.

[geoffreydlang]

Man, that band is BLAZIN'..!!

In all seriousness...Buddy's greatest attribute were his ears.

Check out his comping in the piano choruses. Very heavy.

[bodgaard]

Buddy was a musical purist who truely loveed the music he and his band played. He brought the music up to new level whenever he played creating a whole different 'vibe' .

[stantomas]

This is one of my fav Buddy videos, Sure he can blast out super fast/precision solos...but he was smiling this entire tune. What a great other side of his playing displayed here...I was smiling the whole tune too...thx for posting!

[zildj1an]

So nice to hear Buddy Rich in a trio setting. Sure, he can "drive" a big band and has practically no equal in that realm; but he was also very subtle and tasteful in a small setting. He really was...the consummate drummer.

[woody3691]

Musicality of Rich is demonstrated easily on two albums with his sextet. Playtime and Caravan. They're great.

[uralmash07]

Thanks!

[uralmash07]

What is the name of this tune?

[nealbfinn]

@uralmash07

"If I Were a Bell" by Frank Leosser

[tonytgroup]

go to tony t group or tony t orchestra

[Youngmelo11]

Man, Im Only 23yrs Old but 2 have been able 2 see this would've sent me straight 2 heaven! There is no term for how great they sound man! Thanks Buddy for inspiring me 2 B the Greatest Drummer I can B! We Love U Buddy For eva we will!

[fvt1225]

check out tony t videos for left handed technique. only using the fulcrum (in the thumb)

[francescoo79]

@fvt1225 where may I find the video's of tony T?

thanks

[Tiahur76]

all that drives buddy is true emotion and honesty.

[DYNODRUM]

Thanks for this , in a nutshell ...and Balance ,intuition ,innate, etc.- all these comments really start to bore the process ,watching a true artist .pickin apart every ,note ,fill, trip; he played very few rudiments .paradiddles etc. He often said he believed in total improv/ feel in Jazz...at 12:00 tomorrrow if he was here ,he would chew you up/out, spit yu out ,break your jaw . before you can blink... all respect...

[swr112261]

This lays waste to those that say BR was not a "musical" drummer. The man was truly unbelievable.

[jamiequinlan]

if there was one thing buddy wasnt, it was honesty lol

[nealbfinn]

Bill Cunliffe now teaching at CSU Fullerton. Bassist Dave Carpenter just passed away a couple of months ago

[calism23]

Very tasteful drumming. I love what Buddy does right after 4:50.

[waqqasharon]

wow, buddy really went downhill from the 60s and 70s! oh well, he looks pretty old in this video.

[theangrytruckdriver]

I hope you meant his looks not his drumming.

[djjas79]

STUNNING !!!!!

[drummerfan277]

Is that Tom Warrington on bass and Barry Keiner on piano?

[MarkR1957]

It's Dave Carpenter on bass and Dana Carvey look-alike Bill Cunliffe on piano.

[dandiacal]

Had Keiner already died by then? (RIP) Tragic.

[tonilrogers]

No Cunliff had left and Barry came back I was able to see Barry live in October of 1985 and April of 1986 in Dayton. He had a overdose in May of 1986. Buddy's favorite pianist in his big band.

[dandiacal]

You were lucky to have heard Keiner live! Barry Keiner was always my favorite, but cunliff sounds great here. The true test of a pianist is hearing him play If I Were A Bell at this tempo. Buddy Rich always had the best players in his band. Cheers

[kornfedboy]

who was the rest of his rhythm section? Looks kinda like Bill Cunliffe on piano...?

[VibroplexMaster]

First met him in 1936 and knew him until the end. He could play anything. If he didn't it was because he either hadn't heard it yet or chose not to play it!

[drumminman49]

Sorry, the triplet fill is at 3:37.

[drumminman49]

He's simply playing eighth note triplets at 3:57 at the tunes tempo. He's also playing quarter notes on the bass drum which makes it quite obvious. FACT. Just count it. IF you don't believe it, play an alternating triplet from the start of the tune and you'll prove it to yourself. The fill at 3:57 using 16th notes starting on the N of 4 of the prior measure as he often did is more impressive in my opinion.

[richcapo]

I count the ride triplets as eighth notes and the one-hand roll notes are twice as fast as that. I've seen Buddy do this numerous times. There are slo-mo videos of him doing stuff like this that clearly show 16th notes, not eights.

[richcapo]

Technically, the ride figures aren't strict triplets, they're a quarter followed by an eighth (or an eighth followed by a 16th, depending on how you count). The OHR is still twice as fast.

[richcapo]

He does a similar, but faster, OHR between approximately 4:03 and 4:05. His figures definitely are not eighth notes, as far as I can tell -- they're above eighths. It's one of the amazing things he's known for.

[Thomlistentoslayer]

buddy rich if only you was still alive!!!

[MarkR1957]

The tune, by the way, is called "If I were a Bell".

[richcapo]

He exhibits amazing technical control and smoothness with that long one handed roll at 3:35 to 3:46.

[richcapo]

May ears may be deceiving me, but it sounds like he's hitting between 12 and 14 notes per second during that one handed roll passage. If you count the pulse as quarter notes, there are between 3 and 4 quarters per second; 6 and 7 eighths per second and, thus, 12 to 14 sixteenths per second. MarkR1957, with your sharp ear and knowledge can you confirm or correct me here?

[richcapo]

Should read "12 and 16 .... 6 and 8 ..."

[MarkR1957]

It's an 8 bar break. If you listen closely you can her B lightly tap the BD on most of the 1/4 notes. Sounds like triplets. 12 strokes per measure times 8 equal 96 SMOOTH strokes. Not too shabby, daddy-o.

[MarkR1957]

Corrections of typo's -- hear B, not her B.

So, what we see here is 96 strokes in about 10.5 seconds.

Well, that's Buddy for you! This clip shows his mosnter chops as well as his sensitive, inventive, and highly musical side.

[richcapo]

I count them as quads rather than triplets -- he hits the first note with the BD then follows it with three notes. So it's three notes between the quarters (which are somewhere around 3 to 3.5 per second), which would make it more like 12 to 14 per second. Either way, it's amazing. Especially since it's nowhere near his fastest, in my opinion.

[svanari]

This video proofed that he was greates drummer of alltime... No one else can handel that technique... Rip Buddy =)

[MarkR1957]

To anyone who ever said that Buddy was not a sensitive, dynamic player -- you have just been shown the error of your ways.

What a superb example of a great jazz trio, with three master musicians.