Buddy Rich - "In A Mellow Tone" on "Parkinson" - '82 - (pt.2 of 7) - HQ

[DUdashen]

What is the "quintessential version of this song?

[2ndAsstJizzMopper]

nothing like not scrimping on mics. never seen each trumpet in a big band with his own neumann.

[MrDocPennington]

that trumpet solo's pretty killer

[rishibawa]

buddy bitch! o man haha

[technobeat]

Listen to last section and then go straight back to the top, and it is a bit faster at the start ... not much though! Even Buddy Rich gets the tempo out .... WOW ha!

[kned007]

Hell Yeh, Appice on the Sax :P

[lawrencelam2000]

OMG! I believe Buddy allowed the tempo to drag toward the end! The piece started out pretty darn fast, but during the trumpet solo it slows down unbelievably! I'm a longtime Buddy Rich fan, and I've never noticed this happen before!!!

[Zappatero]

@lawrencelam2000

I don't think it really slowed down........he was actually listening to the soloist who I'm pretty sure is Walt Fowler.

[ollithehorn]

@Zappatero well interestingly i had to listen to that one two or three times until i realised that the band really doesn´t slow down at all. and the soloist is walt fowler, you´re right.

[bigbreadeaterellis]

@lawrencelam2000 i agree

buddy's sense of time was near enough flawless throughout his long career...but the man was near to death..in fact 5 years away to be exact so i think its understandable if he overlooked the tempo slowing down...its still good .

[rjvsmb]

Drummers - Doesn't the sax player next to Steve Marcus look like Carmen Appice?

[eocarcharia]

Fabulous!

Chat shows really were a different animal back then, weren't they.