I was at this concert i was 11 years old and only got special permission to go into Ronnies through Kenny Clare having a word with Ronnie .

This is one of those performances that puts Buddy in a class by himself.

How could anyone dislike this? Not his longest solo. Not his most psychotic solo. But his playing here, through the tune, as well as solo, is so smooth any mind-blowingly great to listen to........

RIP buddy greatest drummer ever

Ronnie Scott's was one of his favourite places. I witnessed Buddy and orchestra at Bristol Colston Hall UK every year from 1967 to and including 1974 , the late sixties i believe was his greatest years for speed and stamina. Never forget it.

The greatest thing I have heard in that time signature. BR every phrase and accent memorised. wow.

What a terrific arrangement! Love how BR always 'drove' the band with his accents and fills betweeen the accents of the chart. And his left-hand roll near the end of his solo is flat-out amazing. Thanks for sharing this!

Man, in a world where there's so much trouble and problems in which all of these fine musicians were born, I take so much comfort from being able to sit, watch and be captivated by the excellent music they made for people then now and hopefully forever.

What I love about Buddy's playing is that when the soloist is doing his thing Buddy lays back and just keeps time with the backbeat. But when it comes time to shine, BANG💥, he lets the audience have it!!!! Just a genius player and the greatest drummer that has ever lived, ever!!!

This is my favorite era of Buddy......smokin' hot band and he's at the absolute top of his game.....thanks for sharing!

My Number One Big Band Drummer of All Time

''When it came to speed, technique,power,that, was Buddy Rich."

The way Buddy closes out his solo from the 4:18 mark still gives me goosebumps.

Buddy is the only drummer for me that can bring me almost to tears. Not because I'll never be able to play like him, but because I can truly appreciate his talent and his artistry. The way he plays with the band bringing so much to the music without taking away from it is just beautiful. Enough has been said about his soloing abilities, but I'll say it again, his solos are the benchmark for both technique and musicality.

great clip of the master. He talked the talk but could back it up. Miss having guys like that around. Sad to see we lost Bucky Pizzarelli yesterday, another legend.

Don Piestrup. A god-damn master! Respect the arranger!!!!

Always get vicarious carpal tunnel and calluses watching Buddy 😉

Classic BR. The band is super tight, and Buddy's backing of the band and his solo demonstrate his masterful virtuosity. Whenever people claim that this or that drummer could match or surpass BR, they need to just watch this for 5 minutes. If we didn't have these videos, probably people wouldn't believe anyone could play drums like this. And keep in mind that Buddy memorized all the music in the band's book. In that sense he was a very old school musician, like the Romani traveling musicians in Europe. Every phrase, every section of each composition, no matter how complicated with time changes and mood shifts, he knew like he wrote it himself, and you can see that clearly in this video. He always played with his mind about 2 bars or more ahead of everyone else, which is what made him not just a great drummer but a great conductor. He played like a composer. "Greensleeves" is one of the best of all his charts, and it represents the new level of sophistication in big band jazz that BR's band explored for about 20 years. So great to see "Greensleeves" as a clear video. Thanks for posting this piece of jazz history - and hopefully of jazz future.

Even King Henry himself stirred and smiled when he heard this rendition, RIP Buddy till the next solo for us all in Gloryland...

That snare drum roll at the end of the song.smooth powerfull creative precise and for oh so long

RIP Rick Laird. You were a spectacular bassist and showed great skill. 😭

Buddy makes it look so easy!

I got to see buddy in early 70 s just amazing. The strange thing for me as a drummer. I liked when he put lots of stops crosssticks hi hat touch just his in front of the beat feel. Of course he had the famous jackhammer left hand but I just like loved the snap of his sort of old school jazz swing even when he was playing more contemporary songs. Bird land, nor wood come to mind. I've watched every video I can find but I just saw the west side story black and white one with his first band. He definitely surrounded himself with great musicians if he could. I think as it got harder and harder financially to haul a big band all over he gave younger "cheaper" players a shot. He gave them absolute hell to try to play to his standards but it definitely made them better players. I have lots of drummers that amaze me but ask any drummer of any genre that are more than 40 years old who was greatest ever and there's just no question who it is. His personality was bigger than life as well. An Icon for sure.

This is amazing

Great bone solo by Rick Stepton.

Nothing compares to Buddy's technique .Nothing. Period.

Placement of the snare drum- high and leaning away. Crazy.

Sick, just sick in the best possible way. Thanks!

Great playing!

Tragic that this whole concert is not available in this quality!

I just love the 4x14" w/stick chopper hoops! But then again Buddy can make a fedex box sound great!

I love this performance at Ronnie’s Club. Buddy is really excellent and magical here!!👏👏

Un-freaking-belevable. Total and complete mastery musical and technique. There will NEVER be another like him.

It just gives the solo that much more meaning! When you see how he drove the ensemble up to the start of his solo, and how he counted them back in during a flurry of single strokes all while maintaining perfect time and then giving it a powerful ending. Thanks so much for posting this entire video!

Thank you so much for this clip!! I've been wanting to see the complete tune from this concert for YEARS!!Thank you again!!!

Lets face it, this man was the master of all masters. There are phenomenal drummers out there today. Many have there own fingerprint and there own sound, and many do things that is considered impossible. But everyone of them learned and studied Buddy, no matter which drummer it is. Because the sheer technique, power,speed,intensity, musicality, perfection,and wrists of a master are all in this one incredible musician. As much as I love Buddy with his big bands, the smaller groups that he played with were some of the most incredible work that i've seen of him. Dizzy used to say, when you play with Buddy you better bring 110 % to the table, because he will not accept anything else.

Another great Don Piestrup chart!

Amazing solo.....unbelievably neat.

Rick Stepton on lead AND solo trombone. You can see how much Buddy loved the guy.. of course he moved him up to the lead chair but made him take most of the solos too. No pressure on Rick at all…… ;o)

it still looks good after all these years..

When Buddy appeared on National Television, the noise of other drummers breaking their sticks must have been frightening!

Henry the viii would never have thought that his song could sound like this

Great call. I have a great memory from '69 associated with New Blues. Good times, indeed!

As was the norm, a seamless transition from solo back to full band mode.

The video quality is unbelievable!

My Favorite Drum Solo Hands Down!

Buddy going nuts in 6/8..

You could always see drummers like Buddy and Gene Krupa behind their drums. So many of today's feature drummers are hidden behind a massive mountain of drums and cymbals. And they don't sound as good !! Give me the great jazz drummers, anytime.

Stepton sounds great!

Love this Jazz Music

Love his face at the end..As if to say "Well that was fun!".

Holyshit that guy is a God

Great !

Incredible performance. Kudos to the camera men and tech/sound people on this. One of the best ever live "catches" of Buddy and the band. Also notice Buddy smiling at about 1:22 during Rick Stepton's solo. Stepton was one of Buddy's favorite sidemen.

floored. awesome. :-)

I LOVED THIS 4X14 SNARE HE GETS SO MANY DIFFERENT TONES OUT OF THAT THING JEESUS

The best ever!!!!

As usual, cloudview747 comes through again. Nice. Thanks. The expression on Buddy's face is priceless at times. He looks like he was just awakened from a nap at the beginning.

Never gets old !!

The way Buddy looked at the Band,especially the trombone soloist, I think he thought they were " cookin' ".

RIP Richie Cole

Holy cow… sorry holly effin cow! What a great driving arrangement! Buddy says it all and the end with that big Breathe and release.

The best drummer the band is great too!

I love replaying from the 4:19 mark on just to hear and see what he's doing as well as the sight of the admiration on both the men's and women's faces in the audience to his left.

I was an 80's kid, but I love that 'Big Band' power and swing!

Bluddy hell!!!!!!

Just. Wow.

This excellent clip is from Jazz Scene at Ronnie Scott's and was part of the Jazz Expo 69 that featured : The Clarke-Boland Big Band 'Pentonville' Guitar Workshop featuring Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green 'Blue Mist' The Miles Davis Quintet 'Free Choice' The Stephane Grappelly-Teddy Wilson Quartet 'Tangerine' Sarah Vaughan and her Trio 'Passing Strangers' The Charlie Shavers Quartet 'Nature Boy' The Oscar Peterson Trio 'Blues Etude' The Gary Burton Quartet 'Portsmouth Figurations' The Stars of Faith 'We shall be changed' Buddy Rich and his Orchestra 'Greensleeves' (Colour)

INSANE

😱😱😱 insane level

Good lord - astounding.

Mind bending jazz from another dimension. I think this is now my favorite rendition of Greensleeves. Well, the traditional one IS very pretty, but, this is all virtuoso level musicianship, here, an interesting jazz interpretation, and it really rips. Just my opinion, of course. Rich is the icing on the cake.

There was only one true drum genius and you’re watching him!

How do you do an unbelievable single stroke roll, take one hand away to begin hitting the cymbals, yet the roll continues uninterrupted? How is that possible? And why was Buddy the only one who could really do that? It just defies any sort of logic. It just can't be. .....Yet it is.....

Buddy’s staring at them during the solo like he’s daring them to look away!

unbelievable I actually own the negatives to this particular evening at Ronnie Scotts as it was photographed by my late uncle Freddy Warren and looking on the walls in the back ground are some of his other photographs

This Buddy's solo is one of the best I've heard over the years, and I've been listened to it repeatedly, since it was the only thing from this concert. Now, you've uploaded the whole track and I don't believe it. Like I have the whole concert. I was stunned, and I still am, by the sound of the drums and band here, that golden glow of the picture...and overall, it's an immense pleasure to watch. Well, it's obvious that the whole performance was filmed, because, you can find here on KZfaq 'channel one' and 'mercy, mercy' from the same gig, although in a very bad condition. Do you have the whole thing maybe?

Wow!!!

my late Uncle Freddy Warren photographed Buddy on this evening and if you look at the walls you will see many of my uncles photos

El mejor de todos los tiempos

One person doesn't have an idea what music/drums are evidently. If you know true genius, this would have 10,521 thumbs up!!!!!

I think that was a young Richie Cole on the alto saxophone solo

If you're looking for a weakness there isn't any

The guy's amazing! He plays in a 'suit' and doesn't break a sweat! OK maybe a little on the brow.

The right hand sticking is distinctly other worldly, whilst the left hand sticking is completely improbable. Buddy drummed like he had several more limbs than the rest of us, he made what was a pretty basic kit sound like a juggernaut riding on a tsunami and boy could he swing. There is no world championship of drumming but Buddy’s gift was supernatural, few get close to him at his peak, he was a prodigious talent.

❤

Still the Best!

That was a pretty badass trombone solo.

what a beatiful sound , beautiful melody he's able to pull out from the instrument... It seems to me Buddy is the only drummer in the jazz history who played better and better as the years went by ... he plays better in the last decade of his life than in the fifties ot the seventies ... smooth sound, great class and stunning elegance ... he has everything a jazz drummer needs to have

PURE CLASS TO THE MAX, Mr Buddy Rich, king of all drummers. The positioning and precision to perfection to his specifications. I like the tiny cymbal, front and center, I gotta get one. I feel so sloppy in his presence, shameful, yes he puts us all to shame.

SAXES(l-r): Pat LaBarbera, Richie Cole, Quin Davis, Don Englert, Joe Calo(b) TPTs(l-r): George Zonce, Mike Price(L), Ken Faulk, John Deflon BONEs(l-r): Malcolm Griffiths, Rick Stepton, Don Switzer(b) P: Joe Azarello B: Rick Laird Buddy Rich Nov.1969 UK TOUR (Ronnie Scotts, Palladium, “Talk of Town”, etc)

New chart title: "Badass Green Mutha F'n Sleeves!!"

His drums sing!!!!!

Finest solo construction!!!!!!!!!

I get the impression, based on his facial expression at the end, that he thought he would get a much louder ovation for his and the band's performance.

Wow.. how on Earth when they're comparing the best drummers in the world that they would not put Buddy Rich first . He obviously was the best drummer that ever lived nobody had to awareness to comprehend that shame on them

I have noticed the "in thing " now on some drum channels is to de value Buddy and his music these guys talk about "true jazz" and "fusion" drummers Buddy is "old hat" well I say this to these jazz rock fusion boys, take them all to Ronnie Scots and FRONT the band feature themselves as much as Buddy did, (not hiding behind the curtain or bass player ) right up in the chair, video the gig and let us take a look.

Hi Cloudview. Excellent chart. Can you please tell me what your favorite Buddy album is? Most all of them are so good that it's hard for me to choose just one!

Arr. by Don Piestrup, who contributed a lot of the band's music for about the first five years. Then John LaBarbara (among others) came in. I always appreciated how BR was constantly updating the book, adding new arrangements. Noteworthy that of all the tracks on the "Buddy and Soul" album (circa 1969), this chart is the only one that survived and was still in the regular rotation to the very end. The others were around for awhile but were soon phased out in favor of newer ones.