I am so glad you pointed out that fill at 9:47! Only Buddy Rich!! One of a Kind.

my pleasure always ......any idea if the powers that be have arranged anything to celebrate him .

Here's the link to what they did at Ronnie Scott's recently: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jcxzfdyLz7zMl2Q.html

Reminding me what songs I had on his LPs!! Great tune!

oh man! soooo good

Great story about how B treated musicians he respected and loved. Thanks AJ.

The lead alto sax playing is Richie Cole! The Prince of the alto, Mr. Alto Madness himself.

Yeah, I've seen the score of that lead bone solo---it has a lot of leger lines, lol.

Me too, very glad this was videotaped.

Glad you like as much as I do.

+Shadow Shapiro Very glad you like it as much as I do!

VERY cool!!

Having spent some time in France, I'm pretty sure the lazy stage manager forgot to get a piano or went on strike right before the gig.

+MarkR1957 Glad you are enjoying them! The late 60s and early 70s hold a special place for me too because that was the timeframe when my father first turned me on to Buddy Rich.

+cloudview747 I dig that. I feel B's best recording were the ones he made for Pacific Jazz right after he left Harry for the last time. Although I am a HUGE BR fan, I think a lot of people may get angry over this, BUT, BR was not the same drummer in the '80's as he was here. He was still Buddy Rich of course, but something happened to his playing shortly after he added that 22" swish knocker cymbal to his set. I know that health issues, age, aches and pains, etc, take their toll on us all. Just saying that at this time period, '66 - '71, he was an absolute superhuman, unstoppable Jazz machine. When I go back and listen to the Pacific Jazz records, which is pretty much every day, it's shocking to see how great he really was. Thanks again!

+MarkR1957 Yes i agree with your statement about aging...even though he was still faster and had more dexterity even at 69 than all drummers.....but yes i do agree that he used his speed a bit less...though i do think he got even more musical with his solos...which some people would look at as a plus.

mrbuddyi Actually, if you listen to the "Keep The Customer Satisfied" album, I feel that was the absolute height of B's creativity. In the 80's he seemed tired to me, still great of course, but just not the same overall. I think in the 80's many of his solos were more of a routine than anything, and this is also stated in the Traps book by Mel Torme. And the way he drove the band was certainly different in 1970 than it was in the 80's. I really think that later on, B was just getting tired. Who could blame him? He had been King almost his entire adult life. His talent, Legacy and contribution to drumming have not been equaled.

+MarkR1957 Getting tired....more like...he had a quadruple bypass at the beginning of 1983...so i get his slowing down a bit...but i disagree on the routine solos, every solo i see from his later years are very tasty and full of great ideas!

Absolutely beautiful John.

Thank you mate ...yesterday was as it always is very tearful for me , 6ft 3 tall 16.5 stone .....but sobbing at OUR loss , i remember speaking to Buddys wife in the 70s and her saying , he was a wonderful husband and Father .....so warm and compassionate which we know anyway . What annoys me is knobheads who come on here , bad mouthing the human being they never had the privelidge of meeting or knowing . Anyway hope your day is going well , He was my God , my mentor and role model in life ....and i am what i am today because of him .

@@Lewy3958 I agree, it is annoying about the people who CHOOSE to only look at one thing, like the bus tapes, and go on and on about that, when they have absolutely no clue, and don't care to take the time to find out THE TRUTH, about his PRIMARY characteristics of being sensitive and thoughtful and giving.

Correct mate ....what people should be doing is realise how blessed we were to witness the most incredible happening in the history of music . Even now with fantastic footage mostly provided by yourself ....they should relise how lucky they are to see this god given talent on display . @@cloudview747

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My pleasure about the video. Sorry to hear about Richie. But it is wonderful you have the great memories.

My pleasure. Thanks for your Comment!

Johnny Madrid was one fantastic player who left us way too soon.

In case you haven't run across this piece about Johnny: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rciAnJuqmN20dJs.html

+graham sheridan The Slingerland BRich Model 14x4''... ;) Love it too!! (and have a model, exactly the same!!)

Wonder how many snare wires Buddy uses ?

I wondered the same thing myself and if you watch Talk of the Town show 1969 which cloudview has posted immediately following the Bolero type snare drum solo at 15:45 he has Pat LaBarbera pick up and carry his snare drum back to his kit for a moment you can stop the video and see that it appears to be regular standard issued snare wires and I zoomed in and it appears he has the original bottom slingerland logo head as well but you have to look really close for that it took me awhile to play with the caption to see it but there's nothing better than seeing what he was actually using as evidence it definitely was not a 42 strand or anything like that it just looks like the regular set of wires that were issued originally and also this is of course the 3-ply version in 1969 that's all they had just in case you were wondering about that as well there is a lot of confusion about this stuff and it took me awhile to figure it out I'm still a little gray about certain things but I hope that helps... For your convenience I posted Cloudview's video here so you can look at it straight away at 15:45: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMthjdKSmdOnYGw.html

@@peglegnoid6139 This was unusual for Buddy to be playing that Slingerland snare at this point in time because he was not so discreetly playing a Fibes snare. It was a not so well kept secret that they used to disguise it by using other (Slingerland or Rogers ) hardware.

It really picks up all the clean light strokes.

Indeed!! Here I am all these many years later still totally amazed.

The baby had to come from another planet. He is just too perfect on the drums

How unfortunate there's no recording. I have no doubt it was completely astonishing as you say, and I'm so glad you witnessed it!

Rich didn't make his overseas debut - with his band - until 1967.

@@geoffnelson4777 Sorry my mistake 3rd April 1967 not 66 , i have all the programmes which are not dated.

all we can do is HOPE a tape exists of it..ya never knowwhats kicks my ass is the drummers who check these priceless gem recordings out then bitch and cry bc it isnt in ultra high audiophile quality..are they stupid? it was mostly hand held recorders either one of a band members or an audience meber (I've recorded a few myself) but they never fail at LEAST one person says they were bummed by the quality of said recording wtf? if this where recorded on only the left side id still love it i dunno frankly? i prefer these tapes to studio stuff most of the time esp w big bands..

Finally, after all these years, the mystery is solved. It was a Magic Towel! :-)

Ritchie Cole is a beast. A monster. Beastly beast.

Ya, Riitche Cole was an astounding player back then, still can play well.

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Yes, you are correct

My pleasure, sincerely. I miss Buddy Rich and am happy to be a part of keeping his video legacy available to all.

+rick rinner Glad you are enjoying!

Agree completely.

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My pleasure!

Yeah John, it's called unison strokes-both hands doing the same thing!!!

You are welcome!

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+Pat Rick That would be absolutely fabulous, I agree!

Seen many B.R. vids but none with a Hammond. It sounds phenomenal in the band . Why didn't B.R. keep it in the setup longer?

I agree about the cymbals....I just love the sound of "crashness" throughout West Side Story. One of a kind..

I believe the band played the Midnight Cowboy medley during this performance I wish I could see it.

Slingerland 4 x 14 Buddy Rich model, wood shell.

Thanks for your comment. Tape machines running at the wrong speed was definitely a problem back in the day, especially audio cassette tape players more so than videotape players. I just compared the opening notes of WSS on this video with the very high quality 1980 WSS video posted by Bruno Kassel. Based on that comparison I think this Paris 1970 video is okay. Compare yourself and let me know what you think. Here's the link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/atVkrc1-ldbLh58.html

I still think there's a problem with the tape, if even very slight, but, again, it could be only my impression and I could be wrong. Not the end of the world :)

Very glad to hear. This is a favorite of mine.

At the end of his solo HE MOVED THE FLOOR TOM OVER. WTF

+graham sheridan How about the rendition of Preach and Teach on this video?!!

Me too, more than I can say. He was so very special.

Yes!

I like this video every bit as much as you!

The drums and cymbals are recorded quite well.

Are you related to the wonderful Jim Trimble?

I was married to him, God rest his soul. Our son, Jon followed in both his father and grandfathers shoes

@@cloudview747 We married June 7th 1967 in Vegas

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Yes, I too think that is what happened.

Yep, Buddy messed that one up. He fired himself after the gig, but re-hired himself that same night.

I wish I could have seen a close-up at that point of his face - and the face he was making at the band! Yet, somehow wasn't that sudden cymbal crash just perfectly placed?

john lewis the record has this "long version" but Buddy used to cut that section off and apparently forgot which ending to play😎

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What Jeremy Gray said!! 🙂

+graham sheridan To those of us around the world who "get" Buddy Rich, yes indeed. It's not Newport 1965, which would be THE Holy Grail, but videos such as this one and a handful of others from the late 60s/early 70s are pretty close!

I agree 100%.

+Kirk Schmidt always loved hearing Danny Hayes with Buddy's band - so incredibly talented. This is about the time I started to hear Buddy and the band live. Actually, Jimmy Mosher was on lead alto first time I heard the band and young Richie Cole was there, too!....Don Englert, Joe Calo and Pat LaBarbera also in the saxophone section.

+Kirk Schmidt Pedant alert: The jazz chair was 3rd tpt in Buddy's band.

+Simon Finch Not when Chuck Findley was there as I recall.

+Kirk Schmidt Hi! I' m just going by what my friend John Thirkell told me. He held down the jazz chair in Buddy's band in '84.

The normal layout from L to R is 2nd, lead, 3rd, 4th. But this isn't that set up, lead (Joe Giorgianni) is where the 3rd would usually stand. Since there are no trumpet solos in the video, we don't know which is the jazz chair.

Oh yeah! That fill at 9:45 is incredible! (And the one at 10:17 isn't too shabby either.) Just the other day I was re-reading the August 1987 BR tribute issue of Modern Drummer magazine. This is what drummer Sonny Igoe said: "Buddy was the only drummer who would amaze you every time you heard him play."

@@cloudview747 So true! Buddy caused more head-shaking disbelief at what your eyes were seeing and ears hearing than any other drummer, and maybe any other musician.

Man, who gave them the program info. "Preach and Teach" is comp. by Don Sebesky

Yes sir, it is indeed Richie Cole. I still remember hearing that band in 19 69 in Chicago at the kinetic playground, the show was Joe Cocker, the Buddy Rich Orchestra, followed by the Who.

Not sure why occasionally Buddy would have organ instead of piano. But I do know it wasn't just this show.

made me laugh........yeah..........

Very interesting. Now that I take a closer look at those overhead cam shots, it does appear to be larger. But like you say, B used 2 16s. ?? So I actually took a metric ruler and measured the diameter on my computer screen of the two drumheads. They measure exactly the same. So it's an illusion. Weird.

No kidding! Good point.

Slingerland 4 x 14 Buddy Rich model, wood shell.

Joe Giorgianni, John Madrid, Ernie Jones, John DeFlon

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@@cloudview747 i'm a piano jazz player and a trumpet jazz player,my fahter Roberto"Rosolino"Ferrarese,was a Master of trombone and directory of orchestra,in Bologna.He playded with a Lucio Dalla,Chet Baker,Buddy Rich and many others(died in 2018).He was a good men but Is caracters Is a "Jazzmen".see you.

Miles Davis sayd:Peaplo think a Jazzmen fyhigt With yours brother in the morning.Thats rights.

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Trumpet players according to the BR Discography by Doug Meriwether: Joe Giorgianni, John Madrid, Ernie Jones John DeFlon

@@cloudview747 Thanks!!

OK, they listed his name on a West Side Story solo: Pat LaBarbera; what a fabulous tenor sax player!!

Pat LaBarbera