TIME CHECK Army Blues Tribute to Buddy Rich w/ Steve Fidyk

[mellilore]

If they shoot like they play, USA will continue to dominate this world

[pinball1970]

I liked this - a slightly mellow version of the one I know

COOL!

[Jacditte]

Cool !!!!!!!!!! :)

[Arthalionaraman]

Is quite more slow than the original?

I cannot hear one-hand roll of Buddy... quite disappointing...

[electricpizzafly]

@Arthalionaraman Disappointing you say? I think their pretty good.

[johanisu]

Are there odd times in this? The name would suggest as much, but much of it seems to be in 4.

[pgdrums12]

drummer was good, but in a song like this you really need to push the beat and command the jazz band.

[CRRochaGuitar]

Buddy Rich não morrerá nunca__e esta banda é maravilhosa e muito nervosa_

great job

[DDSDSuperdrummer]

Fantastic

[DDSDSuperdrummer]

FANTASTIC

[plancolt]

come on, at least 7 bpm slower than the recording

[cadillacdude1975]

this is more identical to what Buddy recorded. i know its the same arrangement, but the tempo is damn near spot on. great job guys!

[Gretschdrums75]

the face the drummer makes at 1:05 is funny.

[Blink182DudeRanch]

all the faces he makes are funny

[Reinocerous25]

what is the guitar doing at :51? I know Buddy usually didn't have a guitarist, but does anyone know if this was the correct part? It sounds like hes just jamming along...

[cadillacdude1975]

@Reinocerous25 probably an adlib of sorts. but however, Buddy did have a guitar in the band every once in a while. check out the video of Buddy on Parkinson's in 1973 that is on here. it is towards the end of my Buddy playlist, there is 4 parts. great stuff!!

[grooviant]

sax player living the dream more than the drummer, I think

[pearltamadrums]

i no Steve Fidyk's son Tony

[randypurdue]

solid performance. steve in the pocket.....tempo a little slow.still great job. i was in 'the"1st army band" in 71'-72'.. i was lucky got out of nam. ended up at "ft.meade" md. played gigs rest of my time in.....drums of course. we had a 57 piece band, played sym, small group ensemble,16 piece jazz band. played college gigs strange time for military band to play college's, they called us "baby killer band" anyway.great experience.especially considering the alternative.. i was one lucky dude.

[jazzernauts]

Exactly the tempo of Roar of 74

[Kinglevel]

sounds great with no mistakes. buts its a little to stiff? i mean, this song should be a energy bomb with blazing solos and chops

[jamarchand]

I salute the use of acoustic bass in that tune. It brings the wood sound that swing era and tradicional Jazz requires. I always hated and never understood why Buddy Rich insisted with the electric bass in his big band. One argue is about the precision. Maybe?

[jazzernauts]

Well, most of the Menza charts call for electric, so , in part, a Menza desicion - he told us this in clinics. in 1974 electric wasn't the "thing" in big band? I doubt that. Listen to Maynard, or Kenton, or even Woody Herman especially - Live, Woody loved to "mix it up" with tunes on the stand with elec or aco bass.

[jamarchand]

Electric bass don't brings the sonority required for the swing. It's a really very bad choice whe then matter is mainstream. Maynard Ferguson is a great musician but his bands was always a miscellaneous of jazz, pop and a sort of hollywoodian soundtracks.

[kenkiser800]

I was in an Adult Community Jazz Band for 8 years (1981-1989) and had the same players throughout. We always played this at a "Buddy tempo" (fast) and never had problems with the soli. Our lead alto was 72 yrs old and our bari was 76. They killed the soli and we always wowed youngsters from high school and college who came to our concerts thinking we'd be playing tempos at "Senior Citizen Speeds" I was the young one (29 yrs old). Ninety per cent of the band were former music educators.

[modmusik]

Too slow. We always played it as fast as Buddy's band. Oh, did I mention we screwed up the soli because we went too fast. I, like Steve Marcus, had memorized the soli from playing it way too many times (bought the chart in '78), but the lead alto and bari always screwed it up. So we resigned ourselves to sometimes play this chart at a more sedate tempo. Ha-Ha! Five Stars for a great performance. GO ARMY! ( Was in 25th Inf Div TROPIC LIGHTNING).

[jazzernauts]

Buddy's band played this chart and most of the Roar album at many different tempi - I have seen him in concert over the years enough to know that much.

[saxmac]

Outstanding band! Great tenor solo. Saxes played the soli beautifully, and the tempo was just right for this. (BR usually called this tune when he was pissed about something and played it too fast. It was not usually a pleasant experience playing this chart most of the time.)

Look forward to hearing more of this band!

[jeffwj]

Great playing! Steve is a drummer who has a mastery of the essentials of big band drumming such as hi-hat playing, kicking the ensemble, inspiring soloists, and (of course) soloing. Please post a few more.

[jazzernauts]

I agree - this Fidyk guy is really good at this - right up there with Houghton.

[tonyfreejazz20]

Wow great stuff. Thanks for posting this.  More please.

[jckturchin]

Very good rendition. Great playing soldier!