His touch, sensitivity, Feel and Groove are just Amazing.

Nice to see Andy Fusco and Steve Marcus. Both gone now. Gadd is amongst the top few session drummers of all time and my personal favorite. But no one can play like Buddy. No matter how good a drummer is, it sounds wrong replacing Buddy Rich. I’ve seen all of the analysis of his playing, particularly left land. Give it up everyone. It can’t be done.

Steve Gadd is drumming perfection. Love his style.

Sooo tight. Gadd is great but so is everyone else on this recording. This is what music for people who appreciate professionalism is all about. BRAVO

Steve Gadd is so good that he just need to play a simple groove and the song sounds amazing.

Steve Gadd needs no defense, but I will add my two cents to this discussion, having had the amazing opportunity to be at the Power Station the day they recorded this track (I was working as a video assistant for DCI.) When Steve arrived at the studio, someone said "How are you feeling, Steve?" and he said "Scared to death!" Everyone laughed, and of course he was sort of kidding, but a lot of the famous drummers who were asked to play a chart out of Buddy's book had a similar feeling about it. When you compare any of the Burnin' for Buddy tracks to the original recordings by Buddy Rich, you know immediately why - Buddy was and still is incomparable, and all those charts were written specifically for him and his unique style of playing. From a technical standpoint, there was a "sweet spot" for drums at the Power Station, where all the drummers set up to record their tracks, and the band was on the other side of the room, which wasn't ideal - there were some time problems with a lot of the drummers due to the distance between the drums and the band. During the practice take there were some time issues, but Gadd was so solid he pulled the whole band together and locked it in. He played Love For Sale like Steve Gadd, rather than trying to imitate Buddy. It was awesome to behold, and few drummers can drive a big band as well as Gadd.

Horn section is killin and the soloists are absolutely tearin it up!

The fact that he's checking the chart as much as he does shows "hey I kinda know this arrangement of a standard". And he's just shredding it. One of my favorite albums growing up and its fun seeing the recordings up here now

I haven't listened to this record in a decade, but I still know it by heart...

No could do Buddy better and no one could do Gadd better themselves. Gadd doing what he does beat sitting in the pocket, very unique time feel. Would love to have seen Tony Williams have a go at some of these tunes, that would have been amazing!

This man seems to have just limitless technique and imagination. I love the "Bonham triplet" fills he throws in here and there just (seemingly) for the hell of it! Love it and love Gadd!

Buddy was asked if there were any young drummers he was digging. The only name that came up was Steve Gadd that he said. Steve said would had want to play this live with the band on fire after a couple gigs, that is what Buddy sounded to him. Steve like Buddy’s brush grooves too. They are very different players but their mutual admiration is beautiful, they would had a great hang though, both amazing players in their own way.

Every drummer should see this video... Gadd is the best for playing simple and musically... I love Dennis Chambers but Steve Gadd is an expert of music... No need to be fast, technical, just groove is enough and Steve is the best for that!

No stellar comments. I just loved it!

Sometimes I read what some of the comments are , and Dang , there are some heavy critics on Steve's interpretation of this Song and arrangement . I just notice THIS about his take on that Tune . he has the Big picture in his heart and mind about it . The way he plays behind the 1st soloist , the alto. opens it up and let it pop while being a unit with the piano . same for the trumpet solo , for my ears just slightly different ,as it should be ! driving the bus while paying attention to all of it. then behind the Tenor barely accents just driving that baby safely home with backbeat on 4 in the second half of tenor solo and tight 4's on the Ride ,pushing and pushing the band . Brilliant . while adjusting headphone mix .

Gadd is a master. Nailed it.

I'm scoring for a drum because that is the very version that got me started listening to jazz drumming. This the best version

Interesting -- more "in the pocket" than Buddy, who drove it more on top of the beat. Nice job, but honestly, Buddy's take on this on Big Swing Face is so killer, it can't be topped.

Have never seen a guest drummer at these Buddy concerts, playing Slingerland...Buddy’s favourite.

Absolutamente genial Steve!!!!! No me gusta comparar!!! Cada quien tiene lo suyo!!!

Damn! That 3/4 pattern comping fill in the beginning of this tune is absolutely ridiculous, the way he fuses with the piano blows me away.

Burnin' for Buddy is obviously highlighting drummers, but it's interesting to note the drummers that played best "with" the band. Gadd is easily top 3. My fave are Ed Shaughnessy, Steve Gadd, & Joe Morello simply because they didn't overplay & had that swing feel.

He's playing awesomely lightly!

wish I could play as bad as Gadd??? everyone's a critic, Gadd has done it and delivered, just enjoy it people and remember that when you are playing your next gig to 10-15 people

Gadd: Hey kid, I got some love for sale, you wanna buy? Buddy: Listen here, I got some love for sale, you're gonna buy it, otherwise we're gonna go outside and I'm gonna show you what it's like

Just perfect

absolutely fantastic

Gadd is phenomenal. But the horn section is ridiculously tight.

Exactly!!!! No competition!!!! I don't like to compare between great musician!!!!!? In all Instruments the same way!

Damn! What a brass section!

For those criticizing this performance, you all should be as stiff or be as off as Gadd is in this performance. In my view, this is a brilliant performance.

Buddy Rich band arrangement. Steve Marcus on tenor solo

Great ! I love the sax player ! ( sorry! Forgot his name!my bad!).Love Steve Gadd!

In addition to Gadd's interesting take on this classic Buddy chart, I thought the trumpets sounded pretty sharp. No wonder- I think that's Dave Stahl and Ross Konikoff on the left. I don't recognize the two on the right.

at 1:08 Doesn't like something in the phones plays with a few knobs and comes right in with the Hits. He's Unbelievable.

Listen to all those Berklee School of Music musicians....they cook!

Tone of Gadd's drums are great. Not the usual dead sound he seems to like.

A different &;more modern approach than Buddy who would have I'm sure dug it; Rich didn't like copy cats.

Great!!

Love it!!

Almost there...

Drummers are better than the original musically. Buddy’s band had a unique sound and style with buddy.

Nice 💥💢💫

Anyone criticizing Gadd is just a hater!

Ah Steve Gadd

I love how someone sitting at a computer can criticize STEVE GADD's ability to swing.... smh

画を見ずに聴くと…すごい!!!!!☆

Perfectttttttttttttt

Some top drummers today...but they know they can’t match Buddy...no one can.

Does anyone know if Steve ever had a chance to play with the Tonight Show band? Or did he and Ed Shawnesy ever get to play along side each other like Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson did on occasion?

「クロスオーバーな『ラブ・フォー・セール』」というガッド印！☆

I've said it before and I'll say it again..........stop reading and start PLAYING!!!!!!!!

I would like to have seen Steve go for that powerful superfast single stroke roll at 3.46 but nevertheless I think he did a great job

By the time this compilation was cut, Gadd had a 30yr studio experience knowing what fits or not, but at the end of the day it all comes to ones musical taste... As far as I'm concerned, the straight 4 works just fine coz he seems to play ahead of the time through the whole piece, hence the tightness youre experiencing.. Regarding the speeding at the end, perhaps he was asked to? It was written on the LS? Bad headphone mix? Who knows... Either way, quite a token of Gadds unique approach..

god

No bigger Gadd fan than me! But I'm not really fond of the straight eighth notes on the ride in this. I think it would swing just a bit more with a standard ride pattern.

all these fucking adds are fucking everything up.

Alto improv is great -- all those fffffs... fffrafa-fftftahhh

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WHICH SNARE IS HE PLAYING????

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Buddy would eat gadds lunch. And did

Steve Gadd is a monster. There's no denying that. But, let's face it, NOBODY could drive a big band like Buddy. Compare this "Love For Sale" with Rich playing. Buddy always melted into the ensemble with an unsurpassed harmony of rhythm and swing. Never over-emphasizing anything like Gadd or dozens of others who try this kind of style. They all, consciously or unconsciously, overplay every time. When will they ever learn. Just sit back and swing man. Knock off the overplay!

Хватит играть пионерские сбивки. Отвыкни раз и навсегда)

They're playing Love for Sale, he's playing 50 Ways....

vamos Steve, no te juntes con esta chusma

Not Steve's best effort. You could say WEAK !! If Buddy was alive he'd probably say, "Steve, take the chains off and LET LOOSE !! "

You are entitled to your opinion my friend, as am I, this is called democracy you know? There is no need to be offensive in what you write, and name calling is for children, then again judging by your poor grammar and punctuation maybe you are a child just trying to play at being "grown up"!

Gadd is a verry good drummer - no doubt! BUT this is not his music...And thats OK. it does not mean any classification..right?

Buddy Rich he ain't.

I would be terrified to play this in public because I know it would be pathetic, just like this, and I'd be sorry I'd done it. I skipped to the break because I KNEW he'd do the same stupid double bass drum thing that he does everywhere, every time, and sure enough... Bih Dih Buh Buh, Bih Dih Buh Buh,... Deliver me!

The band is swinging, Steve Gadd is not.

Gadd is just too tight here, only in the last 30 seconds or so does he begin to loosen up, also the straight four cymbal method does not work here, it just stops it from swinging and makes the whole piece feel forced. Also, is it just me or does Gadd start to speed up during and after Steve Marcus's solo? All in all a bit disappointing really.

Total crap - what an insult to the great Buddy Rich.