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Rich was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish parents Bess Skolnik and Robert Rich, both American vaudevillians. [5]: 6 At 18 months old, he became part of his parents' vaudeville act, dressed in a sailor suit playing an arrangement of The Stars and Stripes Forever behind a large bass and snare drum - an act which concluded with him emerging from behind the drums tap-dancing ...
Class of '78 is a big band jazz album recorded by Buddy Rich in 1977. Originally released by Century Records as a "direct-to-disc" LP album Limited Edition, it was widely released in 1978, and re-issued on Compact Disc as The Greatest Drummer That Ever Lived with "The Best Band I Ever Had".
Big Swing Face is a 1967 live album by the Buddy Rich Big Band. Its "The Beat Goes On" is a feature for Buddy Rich's daughter Cathy, whose vocal performance was overdubbed at United Recording in Hollywood. [2] A reissue in 1996 doubles the listing with nine unreleased performances from the same engagement at the Chez Club in Hollywood. [2]
Buddy Rich Plays and Plays and Plays is a big band jazz album recorded by Buddy Rich and released by RCA Records in 1977. The album also marked his last for the label. Plays and Plays and Plays was nominated for the Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band at the 20th Annual Grammy Awards in 1978, but lost to Prime Time by Count Basie.
Big Band Machine is a jazz album recorded by Buddy Rich and his big band, released on the Groove Merchant Record label in 1975. Track listing. LP side A:
Rich versus Roach is a 1959 studio album by drummers Buddy Rich and Max Roach with their respective bands of the time. [3] The album is mixed with each of the two bands in a different stereo channel. Track listing
Mercy, Mercy is a 1968 live album by the Buddy Rich Big Band, recorded at Caesars Palace. [1] Track listing. LP side A "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:34
The video recordings of the Frank Sinatra and Buddy Rich set and Heart's performance were later released commercially. The Sinatra set was broadcast twice on A&E, with a different extended number by Buddy Rich and his orchestra in each showing, his "West Side Story" piece and an unannounced one. Only the former is included in the CD and video ...