buddy always had a mean mug when he drummed. you see it in a lot of drummers. when they're really in the groove, their face contorts and it just looks like they're about to rip someone's head off. but they're just deep, deep in that groove, with nothing left over to control the face. imagine what you're face would look like while taking a math test and lifting weights and running a mile, and you'll get what i mean.
seriously? what's with all the talk about barker being better blah blah blah..they're two different generations of music, just shut the hell up and enjoy the video! -.-
@99fishacin did someone just say that travis barker is better than buddy rich? THEE buddy rich? the one that started playing when he was 18 months old? the one that was a band leader by age 11? the same one that taught mel brookes how to play the drums? i don't want to live on this planet anymore.
@bkaye Martin had Lewis, Johnny had Ed and Buddy had Steve (Marcus) he THE a most unrecognized player in jazz. Also seemed Buddy enjoyed Dave's playing. Was this the "Killer Force" group?
Quite an experience! Lots of long, long bus trips and crummy motels, but the music was always great. Buddy, who was about 30 years older than most of the band members, set a very high standard. No matter how you felt on any day, you had better give 100% in your performance, He always did. Set a good example for the rest of one's career.
do you know who is Buddy Rich for me? dont you? :@:@:@:@ he is my HERO !! i LOVE HIM MORE THEN ANY DRUMMER!!!!!!!! BUDDY IS THE BEST OF ALL TIMES. but i will be better . because i love him :@:@:@
it takes 9 hours of practice everyday to become buddy rich. to be better than him is a stupid thing to say unless your serious. so far, your not better than him. im not dissing you. im just trying to give you reality. buddy rich is versatile. if you cant play jazz, you cant be buddy rich.
@TheMASDrummer :D:D you made my day by your naive. just lol. go away man. "D"D:D:D cant stop laughing in my heart, and also dont want to tell bad things to you.
They all look like freaky professors or clerks (especially at 3:01 X-). If you turn down the sound and just watch them play you'd never believe how they groove and play like insane.
I saw this band at El Camino College a long long time ago. Funny thing...what I remember ...is that the soprano sax player stole the show throughout...standing ovations at every shredding solo. This kind of music is always better live, but it's nice to have the recordings to evoke the memories. The hair was whack, but the music was great!
You guys think BR is understated...well..... a 90 year old man named Marty Napoleon lives in my town. He was the recorded pianist on Armstrong's "what a wonderful world". He says that he played with BR and Buddy got mad that Marty was stealing the spotlight so he would speed up the tempo, and then slow it back down again, to try to mess Marty up. Not to mention the fact that he always wore a sourpuss lol.
I saw Buddy Rich play here in my hometown high school auditorium. will never forget it. He was an awsome act !! No one can replace his talent to carry an audience at a show. Great memories!
@thejebsernater not making fun - it's called an amusing observation.
it's the same as, for example, if you saw a really really old guy with grey hair and a flat cap, who got onto the floor and started break dancing, you'd laugh or be shocked. i imagine.
Loses all groove when the band picks up auxiliary percussion instruments. Again at 6:19, Buddy takes off on a tempo at least 10 clicks faster, and the bassist has trouble locking in
@Roddeo29 interesting... i think the aspects that you are hearing and interpreting as faults in the performance are some of the very same things that make this band (& this recording specifically) one of the most exciting & joyful things i can listen to :)
@Roddeo29 The tempo picks up very slightly but its mostly just an illusion as a result of Buddy sitting further up on the beat. That with a combination of him accenting the upbeats and feathering on the downbeats creates an illusion of rushing the tempo.
Personally i think buddy was the greatest because he fit in with so well with the genre of jazz that he was playing, really high energetic stuff. With this style of music he was really able to show both his chops and and the excellent phrasing that he naturally had. That's why I think Buddy is the best and I personally like high energy music like this compared to a song like "All the Things you Are". Don't get me wrong it's a good song but to me a song like this is more fun to listen to.
I like Buddy Rich, but I will not say he's the greatest drummer of all time. Buddy plays at one dynamic level throughout, and while that may be exciting to a person who doesn't listen to jazz often, it can get stale after a while for someone who listens more intently to details.
Bobby Shew, former lead trumpet in Buddy's band, and Sam Burtis, former trombonist, both said that Buddy sometimes rushed the tempo. You can hear the tempo pick up the last time through the "theme" which is repeated several times at the end. Nobody's perfect, huh?
Best big band ever? Nah. Listen to Bob Florence's Limited Edition. Every player in the band was terrific. All of them were/are first call LA studio musicians.
@smcrane1554 I believe the tempo change was intentional. He slowed it down for the solo / percussion section to give it more groove, then brought the speed back up for the final head section
@JoeJacari Not to bash Barker or anything, but the drumming Buddy does is completely different from anything Blink 182 did. Rock is a lot of playing big and sounding huge and fast and crazy. This isn't bad, its just that jazz requires much more musicianship to comp with others, and I wouldn't be surprised if Travis Barker has done some, but Buddy is the KING. So far as the future, well its great to look there but if you really want to move forward its best to know whats behind you also.
@sgtstrat24 no i would gladly put down anything that barker does. he sucks and everyone thinks that he is the greatest drummer in the world because he is popular and im sick of it.
@sgtstrat24 As a rock drummer, I would say you are right; one of the exceptions being RUSH's Neil Peart...there is just alot more money in big time rock :)
@JoeJacari Travis Barker is an amazing drummer yes, but to compare his to buddy rich, erm no... If you've ever played blink 182 stuff before, it's relatively easy and most people can play it with a few hours of practice if they are beginners... With jazz drums, it takes years of practice and even then you're still noway near the superior talents of buddy rich. Buddy never practiced out of live shows and warm ups, imagine if he ever did?.. And tbh i think we never saw the full potential of buddy.
Fantastic i saw him 4 times in the 80s the trouble was that most of the songs he chose to platy were aweful. This was always he highlight. His drumming was always spectacular but the tunes were lame
When I was a kid living in California I saw him perform live many times at Disneyland. He was the greatest inspiration. We still love you Buddy. Check out my tributes to him on here (a few short drum solos of mine). To all the rock drummers out there, don’t lose touch with the past. There are many things to learn from the rich heritage all those jazz drummers left us “back in the day”. Richard Gray
Hahaha I love how all the horn players that aren't soloing just all of a sudden bust out like 20 random percussion instruments. But seriously, this has to be one of the greatest big bands of all time.
@TheMrWitty ah, well, ahhhmmmm that drummer is Buddy Rich.... Look him up... legend, contentious source of arguments all over the interwebs... Yeah is is great. :-)
Squarepusher brought me here
ericryanmcgehee 2 hours ago
Hope they didn't throw away the Buddy mold.
intlprofs 17 hours ago
What year is that?
Horrorschocker5000 4 days ago
Dang, Soprano Sax.
jjtyler21 2 weeks ago
buddy always had a mean mug when he drummed. you see it in a lot of drummers. when they're really in the groove, their face contorts and it just looks like they're about to rip someone's head off. but they're just deep, deep in that groove, with nothing left over to control the face. imagine what you're face would look like while taking a math test and lifting weights and running a mile, and you'll get what i mean.
seamouse007 3 weeks ago
omg my daughter is playing dis in school 2012 rulez
pinkgirl82879 1 month ago
Wow, what a soprano sax solo! I have loved this song ever since I first sight read it in 6th grade. That bass player is amazing!
Slytheragon 2 months ago
i look at buddy rich and he looks real annoyed about the other band members
IndianaBoy84 2 months ago
dave carpenter bass, may rest in peace, too soon to die,,i miss him
darzil007 2 months ago
Marcus is playing a soprano sax. Buddy Rich was arguably the best jazz drummer EVER! IMHO, he was the best drummer in any genre, EVER!
MrSatch49 3 months ago
What is the instrument Steven Marcus plays?
nightraider24 3 months ago
@nightraider24 You mean the guy with the afro? That's a soprano saxophone.
CheetaraXYZ 2 months ago
Awesome
jazzjanne1 3 months ago
My reaction at 0:02
Holy crap when did Beaker learn to play drums?
thebonesaber 3 months ago
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thebonesaber 3 months ago
That one dislike is so sad and alone.
BillCarlson987654 3 months ago 3
@BillCarlson987654 I JUST HIT DISLIKE
TROLLOLOLOL
yodirtymudda 3 months ago
@BillCarlson987654 Now they are 2 alone people. They can be friends.
timjo13 3 months ago
The approach to the end is just amazing.
SGWHW 3 months ago
seriously? what's with all the talk about barker being better blah blah blah..they're two different generations of music, just shut the hell up and enjoy the video! -.-
99fishacin 3 months ago 14
@99fishacin did someone just say that travis barker is better than buddy rich? THEE buddy rich? the one that started playing when he was 18 months old? the one that was a band leader by age 11? the same one that taught mel brookes how to play the drums? i don't want to live on this planet anymore.
littldrummahboyy 3 weeks ago
Sure was great playing with the band.
Bob Kaye (pianist)
bkaye 3 months ago 50
@bkaye Martin had Lewis, Johnny had Ed and Buddy had Steve (Marcus) he THE a most unrecognized player in jazz. Also seemed Buddy enjoyed Dave's playing. Was this the "Killer Force" group?
DunziDrummer 2 months ago
@bkaye What year is this?
TheJimbarnes 1 month ago
@bkaye Hi Bob,I just wonder how it was to work for Buddy Rich when you toured with him in 1978?
Greetings from Marcus in sweden.
buddyrichgenekrupa19 2 weeks ago
@buddyrichgenekrupa19
Quite an experience! Lots of long, long bus trips and crummy motels, but the music was always great. Buddy, who was about 30 years older than most of the band members, set a very high standard. No matter how you felt on any day, you had better give 100% in your performance, He always did. Set a good example for the rest of one's career.
bkaye 2 weeks ago
@bkaye specially cuz he'd fire you if you didn't.
lmwlloyd 1 week ago
um i think i just got mind fucked by Stevie Marcus! :O
iGotNoBrains 3 months ago
Got this on DVD.
Watch it everyday.
The band is playing there best and Buddy, just simply amazing.
rmdrummer87 4 months ago
I love watching Buddy Rich man-handle his hi-hats.........
AfterlifeBlack 4 months ago 3
This is the one video on Youtube that I can truthfully say, considering 2:46, that it does NOT need more cowbell.
Joe1729 4 months ago
Videos like this make me wish I had a time machine.
TheArchiveOfWonder 4 months ago
god dayum he had the funk too.
SwampdogMusic 5 months ago
Makes me miss playing in middle school jazz band...
*sigh*
candiegirll 5 months ago 2
My all time fav!!
THEDRUMQUEEN 5 months ago
1:57 the bass O.o
jonixDBZ 5 months ago
Love how buddy rich uses his big band to solo over the whole time. Love how he makes everyone do percusion.
multiplatinumbriz 5 months ago
Weird...is it me or does the entire band drop like 10 cents at 2:20? Must be a playback thing or something.
mprimecoleman 5 months ago
@mprimecoleman
I heard it too, haha, so don't think you're going crazy.
RagtimeCactuar 5 months ago
@mprimecoleman I heard that
TheMrsrt8 5 months ago
man...looks like buddy's having the time of his life....
1998timcop 5 months ago 2
Last year i had the very rare opportunity to play on that very kit...
HSCTigers14 6 months ago 2
@HSCTigers14
how?
TheMASDrummer 6 months ago
@TheMASDrummer
He gave it to his then roadie. I played sax with his roadie a couple times and he let me play on the kit.
HSCTigers14 6 months ago
@HSCTigers14
your the luckiest man on earth
TheMASDrummer 5 months ago
do you know who is Buddy Rich for me? dont you? :@:@:@:@ he is my HERO !! i LOVE HIM MORE THEN ANY DRUMMER!!!!!!!! BUDDY IS THE BEST OF ALL TIMES. but i will be better . because i love him :@:@:@
202drummerboy 6 months ago
@202drummerboy
it takes 9 hours of practice everyday to become buddy rich. to be better than him is a stupid thing to say unless your serious. so far, your not better than him. im not dissing you. im just trying to give you reality. buddy rich is versatile. if you cant play jazz, you cant be buddy rich.
simple
TheMASDrummer 6 months ago
@TheMASDrummer :D:D you made my day by your naive. just lol. go away man. "D"D:D:D cant stop laughing in my heart, and also dont want to tell bad things to you.
202drummerboy 6 months ago
This has gotta be the "hottest" version of Birdland there is....
1995saber 6 months ago 2
They all look like freaky professors or clerks (especially at 3:01 X-). If you turn down the sound and just watch them play you'd never believe how they groove and play like insane.
janecroft 6 months ago
That solo's so hot that Lady Gaga's cunt is flowing out!
janecroft 6 months ago
Like this if you think this is a bad ass video and Buddy Rich is a bad ass drummer!!
triggerdigger213 6 months ago 2
what year did Buddy die?
zzzzzushi 6 months ago
my dad played with this band!
mikeymigs1 7 months ago
I think this band have just visited the local wig shop and cleared them out, they even sold the bald wig that day.
canturgan 7 months ago
Who plays lead trumpet?
henrikohl 7 months ago
4:06 Buddy's just like "these nerds can't play percussion worth shit"
imper246 7 months ago
I saw this band at El Camino College a long long time ago. Funny thing...what I remember ...is that the soprano sax player stole the show throughout...standing ovations at every shredding solo. This kind of music is always better live, but it's nice to have the recordings to evoke the memories. The hair was whack, but the music was great!
johnnymac711 7 months ago
great!
LaiguemarinAn 7 months ago
You guys think BR is understated...well..... a 90 year old man named Marty Napoleon lives in my town. He was the recorded pianist on Armstrong's "what a wonderful world". He says that he played with BR and Buddy got mad that Marty was stealing the spotlight so he would speed up the tempo, and then slow it back down again, to try to mess Marty up. Not to mention the fact that he always wore a sourpuss lol.
TheGrubification 8 months ago
@alex56video and the Birdland Big Band of course ;)
TheGrubification 8 months ago
An admirable big band, with an outstanding one-of-a-kind drummer
0eyvind 8 months ago
Is it just me? Or does most the video, Buddy looks like he wants to kill one of his trombone players they way his just staring over there XD
Morningstardrummer 8 months ago
That bassist... holy crap... Such crazy lines, all done with a pokerface.
scr4tch 8 months ago
The brilliance of Buddy Rich is that he is understated yet willing to kick ass.
monktrane325 8 months ago
that tromboneist is killin that block....... o yea n btw this is my favorite song of all time and they did it!!!!!
greycane 8 months ago
the tromboneist is killin that block!!! lol
greycane 8 months ago
"birdland" only 2 bands could perform it -- weather report (i bought album in 1976) -- and buddy rich with the band, here.
alex56video 9 months ago
Great soprano sax solo - cool!
psalmblues 9 months ago
The teacher of every drummers!!
m311078 9 months ago
tight as a virgin's pussy
magzdookie33 9 months ago
WOW ITS FANTACTIC
i love it
hollaarsch1 9 months ago
This is Unbelievable.
RichardMcSundy 9 months ago
Great performance, but why does the drummer constantly look like he's about to kick someone in his family jewels?
Paeddyful 9 months ago
@Paeddyful Because he was.
chewy1147 9 months ago
@Paeddyful THE DRUMMER?!?!?!!
seamouse007 9 months ago
@seamouse007 Well, he's sitting behind the drumset, so I'd say that this guy indeed is the drummer in this performance.
Paeddyful 9 months ago
I'm honestly not sure if it's the quality of the video, but i think the trumpets are out of tune slightly.
TheMegaOrrin 9 months ago
That funk was so strong it funked up my keyboard and I loved it
FrenchyDuckbill 9 months ago
Awesome!
de97531 9 months ago
Are you making fun of him? Just because of how he looks?
thejebsernater 10 months ago
I saw Buddy Rich play here in my hometown high school auditorium. will never forget it. He was an awsome act !! No one can replace his talent to carry an audience at a show. Great memories!
ariaproIIfreak 10 months ago
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TheTranslator100 10 months ago
OMG we watched this in music class :O
PushPop2772 10 months ago
HA! If you bumped into the bassist on the street, THE least likely thing you'd expect him to be was a sick bassist!!
DMBtomp 11 months ago 30
@DMBtomp Are you making fun of him? Because of how he looks?
thejebsernater 10 months ago
@thejebsernater not making fun - it's called an amusing observation.
it's the same as, for example, if you saw a really really old guy with grey hair and a flat cap, who got onto the floor and started break dancing, you'd laugh or be shocked. i imagine.
DMBtomp 9 months ago
@DMBtomp I know I was just joking
thejebsernater 9 months ago
@thejebsernater oh sorry! you can't tell people's tone on the internet...
DMBtomp 9 months ago
@DMBtomp yea that was my bad
thejebsernater 9 months ago
Travis Barker has disliked this!!!
Arrowhilt 11 months ago 12
@Arrowhilt he is crying
slazerlombardi 11 months ago
amazing!a m a z i n g!AMAZING!!A M A Z I N G!!
nosferatuist 11 months ago
1 person got shit on by a bird
bballhero2 11 months ago
Best drummer. Ever.
LauraBell1998 11 months ago
Super-white-afro-spectacularly-fantastic!
daveysan 11 months ago
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cssdythms97 1 year ago
@cssdythms97 The drummer.
kizofieva 1 year ago
@cssdythms97 you can't be serious! It's the drummer!
Feedback13 11 months ago
Looks like travis barker missed the like button O.o
arrowood13 1 year ago 28
I love Birdland, but it's so damn difficult to play on the clarinet :D
IWannaMakeYouCry 1 year ago
Loses all groove when the band picks up auxiliary percussion instruments. Again at 6:19, Buddy takes off on a tempo at least 10 clicks faster, and the bassist has trouble locking in
Roddeo29 1 year ago
@Roddeo29 hahaha man i didnt even notice that but thats true
still.... fucking good song but :D
Fr0zenProducti0ns 1 year ago
@Roddeo29 interesting... i think the aspects that you are hearing and interpreting as faults in the performance are some of the very same things that make this band (& this recording specifically) one of the most exciting & joyful things i can listen to :)
FuzzTony 1 year ago 2
@Roddeo29 The tempo picks up very slightly but its mostly just an illusion as a result of Buddy sitting further up on the beat. That with a combination of him accenting the upbeats and feathering on the downbeats creates an illusion of rushing the tempo.
yourlocalmusic 6 months ago
the bassist cracks me up :D
Jeffodious 1 year ago
@Jeffodious The bassline is just insane :p. You know who the bassist is?
lulsmurf 1 year ago
rofl I love how the entire band turns into a percussion section during the sax solo
TURBOSTUD9000 1 year ago 3
I love how Buddy Rich looks so cranky the whole time.
philconey11 1 year ago 2
Awesome arrangement!
barztool 1 year ago
now this is a bangin tune! :D
TubasherTim 1 year ago
2:46
Needs more cowbell!
toxto 1 year ago
Personally i think buddy was the greatest because he fit in with so well with the genre of jazz that he was playing, really high energetic stuff. With this style of music he was really able to show both his chops and and the excellent phrasing that he naturally had. That's why I think Buddy is the best and I personally like high energy music like this compared to a song like "All the Things you Are". Don't get me wrong it's a good song but to me a song like this is more fun to listen to.
fluffyfro101 1 year ago
I like Buddy Rich, but I will not say he's the greatest drummer of all time. Buddy plays at one dynamic level throughout, and while that may be exciting to a person who doesn't listen to jazz often, it can get stale after a while for someone who listens more intently to details.
Awesome arrangement though.
Quirxilonious 1 year ago
what is the name of the soprano sax player? damn that's blistering!
NERDFREAKINGPOWER 1 year ago
Buddy in my opinion was the best drummer of all time no matter what an asshole he was. No one was as clean an dynamic as Buddy.
fluffyfro101 1 year ago 2
I was lucky enough to see Buddy and the band perform this tune at Disneyland back in the late 70's... Awesome!
GT3RD 1 year ago
holy shit. everything about that was just incredible. how did the drummer's arms not fall off?
dannyb21892 1 year ago
@dannyb21892 because its buddy rich my man
ThePrez92 1 year ago
Bobby Shew, former lead trumpet in Buddy's band, and Sam Burtis, former trombonist, both said that Buddy sometimes rushed the tempo. You can hear the tempo pick up the last time through the "theme" which is repeated several times at the end. Nobody's perfect, huh?
Best big band ever? Nah. Listen to Bob Florence's Limited Edition. Every player in the band was terrific. All of them were/are first call LA studio musicians.
smcrane1554 1 year ago
@smcrane1554 I believe the tempo change was intentional. He slowed it down for the solo / percussion section to give it more groove, then brought the speed back up for the final head section
SoupErman01 10 months ago
Buddy plays Wheater Report..
alfalanciagamma 1 year ago
@alfalanciagamma weather report plays buddy
hobes9 1 year ago
Buddy is the best drummer in the world EVER...full stop...no-one like him. He was amazing in 1947!!
truro007 1 year ago
does anyone know where to get a playback of this fantasic song? so i mean playback the song without drums...?
ThisBenJams 1 year ago
Listened to this hundreds of times and it never gets old. Amazing drumming and an amazing soprano solo.
Parsons4sax 1 year ago
Awesome, imagine how good it would be a Jaco and Buddy as a rhythm section?
ExcessiveInTension 1 year ago
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the drummer is horrible.
YunGenda 1 year ago
@YunGenda you are an idiot
DNewhouseN 1 year ago
all this percussion stuff during the solo is really annoying... the rest is awesome
herbiehancock87 1 year ago
@herbiehancock87 Your an idiot right? That puts the whole solo into an awesome part of the song. It gives the birdland a meaning
MrFanaticism 1 year ago
@herbiehancock87 wow really this is the worlds best drummer bar none.
Bluesrock2009 1 year ago
Well, OK. Rich has some zazzy hi hats and some speedy hands so I guess he's OK after all.
You know.
Whatever.
JoeJacari 1 year ago
I love music it has no color these cats are grooving smh.
poppinthangs 1 year ago
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Why does he look so p*ssed off all the time?
Travis Barker is a lot happier about his life and drums and whatnot.
Let's get some modern drummers like Travis into the picture and start moving drums into the future of progression and evolution.
Science has taken mankind in leaps and bound into a glorious future led by Travis Barker on drums even the snare drum and percussion.
See Travis whipping out double stroke rolls the marching style way in a rock concert. Who does that? Hendrix? OK?
JoeJacari 1 year ago
@JoeJacari Not to bash Barker or anything, but the drumming Buddy does is completely different from anything Blink 182 did. Rock is a lot of playing big and sounding huge and fast and crazy. This isn't bad, its just that jazz requires much more musicianship to comp with others, and I wouldn't be surprised if Travis Barker has done some, but Buddy is the KING. So far as the future, well its great to look there but if you really want to move forward its best to know whats behind you also.
sgtstrat24 1 year ago 14
@sgtstrat24 the drumming buddy does is way "huge faster and crazier" than anything travis could dream of doing. best drummer ever.
omfgbobsaget 10 months ago 2
@sgtstrat24 no i would gladly put down anything that barker does. he sucks and everyone thinks that he is the greatest drummer in the world because he is popular and im sick of it.
hobes9 10 months ago 3
@sgtstrat24 As a rock drummer, I would say you are right; one of the exceptions being RUSH's Neil Peart...there is just alot more money in big time rock :)
sherkhan17 10 months ago
@JoeJacari Travis Barker is an amazing drummer yes, but to compare his to buddy rich, erm no... If you've ever played blink 182 stuff before, it's relatively easy and most people can play it with a few hours of practice if they are beginners... With jazz drums, it takes years of practice and even then you're still noway near the superior talents of buddy rich. Buddy never practiced out of live shows and warm ups, imagine if he ever did?.. And tbh i think we never saw the full potential of buddy.
MikeyyBoy94 1 year ago
I've been looking for this exact performance for a couple of years. I saw part of it during a Squarepusher interview.
DNBJerk 1 year ago
what dvd is this from?
6Cully 1 year ago
@6Cully Its from the Jazz Icons DVD Series. I highly recommend any of them. They are all truely awesome concerts.
sgtstrat24 1 year ago 6
Fantastic i saw him 4 times in the 80s the trouble was that most of the songs he chose to platy were aweful. This was always he highlight. His drumming was always spectacular but the tunes were lame
UNCIEAL 11 months ago
When I was a kid living in California I saw him perform live many times at Disneyland. He was the greatest inspiration. We still love you Buddy. Check out my tributes to him on here (a few short drum solos of mine). To all the rock drummers out there, don’t lose touch with the past. There are many things to learn from the rich heritage all those jazz drummers left us “back in the day”. Richard Gray
Drumminman4U 1 year ago
more cowbell
Godsmack0Believe 1 year ago 2
I gotta fever...
BUDDY IS MY IDOL
MaDrUmMeR1000 1 year ago
good god
Doppelgamer 1 year ago
i bet that soprano sax guy feels well special with the whole band supporting him as the rhythm section :')
TheJazz2002 1 year ago
There will never be another Buddy Rich.......priceless
pmishke 1 year ago
Heard this band about the same time--they were as awesome as people are saying. One of the last phenomenal big bands.
kingorthy 1 year ago
these dudes are tiiiight!!!
madtrinidadian 1 year ago
Jaco Pastorius, Buddy Rich, I Salute you. RIP
jokerjun1 1 year ago
Am I the only one who doesn't like the phrasing of the horns.
GassyMaskz 1 year ago
@GassyMaskz No.
Svettjodd 1 year ago
That´s means when it´s called perfect timing...
WANNAROCKNROLL 1 year ago
Hahaha I love how all the horn players that aren't soloing just all of a sudden bust out like 20 random percussion instruments. But seriously, this has to be one of the greatest big bands of all time.
musicis101 1 year ago
damn the soprano sax soloist is nice, wow
phillysoulja 1 year ago
that drummer has insane skill and i love the bass intro
TheMrWitty 1 year ago
@TheMrWitty ah, well, ahhhmmmm that drummer is Buddy Rich.... Look him up... legend, contentious source of arguments all over the interwebs... Yeah is is great. :-)
geoPhaze 1 year ago
@TheMrWitty well , why do you think it's called the " Buddy Rich Big Band " ? (:
ianidinuse 1 year ago
a m a z i n g
I really digg it when the band picks up the percussion. WOW
Giaigia 1 year ago
unbelievable solo!!!!! and great bass player buut wtf....what crazy sound did he use???
thego17 1 year ago
@thego17 ampeg my friend. my friend has an ampeg amp newer than the one he used and he messed with the settings and he got the same tone.
pastryhat 1 year ago
@pastryhat allright.... so ampeg amps are very typical for such a sound??
thego17 1 year ago
@thego17 i wouldnt say typical, but possible. like i said he had to mess with the settings, it wasn't a natural tone.
pastryhat 1 year ago
wow buddy is so tight with his band
walrusandkoh 1 year ago
unFUCKINGbelievable ..... The man and his band , in their prime .
sweetfly66 1 year ago
He's still alive.
drums258 1 year ago
@drums258
Hey there no he's not alive anymore he died in 1987.
Musicaman12 1 year ago
That man can play the fuck right out of those drums.
FreeWater9 1 year ago
Anyody got any idea who the bass player in this video is? He plays like a beast.
LorrdMatt 1 year ago