Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: EN5CD9053
- Format: CD
- UPC: 823564662220
- Street Date: 09/18/15
- PreBook Date: 08/14/15
- Label: Enlightenment »
- Genre: Jazz
- Run Time: 396 mins
- Number of Discs: 5
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2015
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: US,CA
- Language: English
Product Assets
Buddy Rich - Complete Buddy Rich: 1957-1962
Over six hours of listening time of Buddy Rich's later classics all across five discs
- List Price: $19.99
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Buddy Rich began 1957 with a more unusual recording by his own standards; Buddy Rich Just Sings. The album was one of the to witness Rich step away from the drums to take on his less familiar but still notably skilled roll as vocalist, with The Voice Is Rich (1959) going even further into unmarked territory, with drums now completely abandoned and orchestral backing replacing his more typical jazz group. In 1966, Rich formed The Buddy Rich Big Band, achieving great success in an era where groups of said format were suffering a sharp decline in popularity. Their first album, Swingin' New Big Band (1966), contained a superb interpretation of the music from the 1957 musical West Side Story, which quickly became one of their signature pieces. In addition, some of their finest achievements included supporting legendary singer and performer Sammy Davis, Jr. on The Sounds Of '66 and the 1969 album Mercy, Mercy, recorded at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, that would later be considered as one of the group's greatest live recordings. Although officially disbanding in 1974, The Buddy Rich Big Band would continue to reunite and perform irregularly for the rest of Rich's career. Despite his age, Rich's drumming ability astonishingly did not lose any of its pace or power towards the end of his career. The 1980s also saw the emergence of a series of infamous bootleg recordings known as The Bus Tapes, a collection of rants and tantrums secretly documented by pianist Lee Musiker. Rich's short temper was almost as famous as his musical ability, and had resulted in him reportedly being slapped by Dusty Springfield and his threatening to fire trombonist Dave Panichi for wearing a beard. Despite this, composer, singer, producer and lifelong friend David Lucas insisted that "Rich had a soft heart underneath it all. His favourite song was 'It's Not Easy Being Green'." Sadly, Buddy Rich passed away due to complications from surgery to remove a brain tumour on 2nd April, 1987, aged 69.
Track Listing
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