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Buddy Rich - Complete Buddy Rich: 1957-1962

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Format: CD
Rel. Date: 09/18/2015
UPC: 823564662220

Complete Buddy Rich: 1957-1962
Artist: Buddy Rich
Format: CD
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DISC: 1

1. Cathy 3:17
2. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 4:02
3. It's All Right with Me 2:25
4. Over the Rainbow 4:14
5. You Took Advantage of Me 3:38
6. Can't We Be Friends 3:24
7. It's Only a Paper Moon 2:46
8. Melancholy Baby 2:59
9. Cheek to Cheek 4:57 1
10. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 3:00 1
11. I Hadn't Anyone Till You 3:34 1
12. That Old Feeling 1:42 1
13. Four 9:06 1
14. If I Were a Bell (Horns Out) 7:50 1
15. In a Prescribed Manner 5:36 1
16. The Cinch 6:20 1
17. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed 6:25 1
18. Ev'ry Day 5:15 1
19. Our Delight 2:37 2
20. Lover, Come Back to Me 6:23 2
21. Topsy 8:13 2
22. Undecided 9:28 2
23. Broadway 8:12 2
24. Jumpin' at the Woodside 10:11 2
25. Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) 4:12 2
26. The Casbah 4:30 2
27. Sleep 3:21 2
28. Figure Eights 4:33 2
29. Yesterdays 5:44 3
30. Big Foot 5:03 3
31. Limehouse Blues 3:57 3
32. Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye 3:57 3
33. Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) 3:25 3
34. Richcraft 3:14 3
35. Sweets Tooth 4:10 3
36. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! 3:11 3
37. Yardbird Suite 3:07 3
38. Cherokee 4:18 3
39. I Want a Little Girl 4:21 4
40. From the Sticks 4:51 4
41. Song of the Islands 4:17 4
42. Astronaut 7:40 4
43. That's Rich Man 5:30 4
44. Down the Old Ox Road 2:24 4
45. Born to Be Blue 3:56 4
46. I've Heard That Blues Before 4
47. I Want a Little Girl 2:36 4
48. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 3:00 4
49. (Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young 5
50. It's Been a Long, Long Time 5
51. (Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young 4:01 5
52. Back in Your Own Back Yard 5
53. Brainwashed 5
54. A Swingin' Serenade 5
55. Big Leg Mary 5
56. A Swingin' Serenade 7:41 5
57. Big Leg Mary 5:32 5
58. Miss Bessie's Cookin' 5
59. Bloody Mary 5:05 6
60. Miss Bessie's Cookin' 6:20 6
61. Blowin' the Blues Away 6
62. B.R. Blues 6
63. Blowin the Blues Away 8:41 6
64. B.R. Blues 3:14 6
65. Late Date 5:12 6
66. Caravan 9:44 6
67. Lulu's Back in Town 6
68. I Remember Clifford 3:35 6
69. Lulu's Back in Town 5:49 7
70. Fascinating Rhythm 7
71. Makin' Whoopee 7
72. Fascinating Rhythm 4:34 7
73. Makin' Whoopee 4:23 7
74. Cheek to Cheek 7
75. Jumpin' at the Woodside 7
76. Cheek to Cheek 6:16 7
77. Duet 7
78. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 2:40 7
79. Duet 4:36 8
80. Night Train 3:28 8
81. Evolution 8
82. Hawaiian War Chant 8
83. Evolution 8:25 8
84. Hawaiian War Chant 5:33

More Info:

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 it's 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.
        
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