This clip is the closest thing to the apex of big band music that I have ever seen. Even more than any of the other Buddy clips I have seen, this one is just EPIC. The blazing horn section, the tonal shifts, the interplay, the incredible overall dynamics, the improvisation within the context of a big band arrangement, - truly amazing stuff. Thanks for posting this separately of the longer source. The while show is great, but this clip is the gem.
This is just so epic. And as amazingly great as Buddy Rich was, the late Steve Marcus was an elite sax player and is among the all time greats. He deserves more recognition than he gets.
Has there ever been anything more explosive ? technically impossibly then and now , mindblowingly rhythmic in this world or any othr that exists . .. one word NO
Tpts(L-r): Mike McGovern, Chuck Schmidt(L), Mark Ohlsen, John Marshall Bones: Glenn Franke, Dale Kirkland(L), George Moran(b) Saxes: Steve Marcus, Andy Fusco, Chuck Wilson(L), Gary Pribek, Greg Smith(b) P: Bob Kaye B: Tom Warrington Buddy Rich Big Band - July 1978 Europe Tour (incl. N.Sea Jazz Fest.)
He called it, correctly, timpani grip. It was how he played floor toms. He did this, as did his contemporaries, his entire career. He didn’t care for this grip on snare drum, essentially.
Buddy used matched grip on the Floor Toms usually for intros on charts like the one featured here. He used it very infrequently and tended to prefer traditional grip
I wonder if that was Buddy's way of showing admiration, or if it was something more obscurely Richian that he was trying to convey. If someone were to insist that, according to a reliable source, after this performance Buddy attacked Steve Marcus with a spiked baseball bat, while screaming "Don't you ever play those Berklee scales on my bandstand again, motherfucker!" I would not be surprised. That being said (as they say) Marcus was mind-bogglingly good here.
This clip is the closest thing to the apex of big band music that I have ever seen. Even more than any of the other Buddy clips I have seen, this one is just EPIC.
The blazing horn section, the tonal shifts, the interplay, the incredible overall dynamics, the improvisation within the context of a big band arrangement, - truly amazing stuff.
Thanks for posting this separately of the longer source. The while show is great, but this clip is the gem.
This is just so epic. And as amazingly great as Buddy Rich was, the late Steve Marcus was an elite sax player and is among the all time greats. He deserves more recognition than he gets.
A journey…amazing…Buddy about 61 here..
Has there ever been anything more explosive ? technically impossibly then and now , mindblowingly rhythmic in this world or any othr that exists .
.. one word NO
A rather funky rendition of this chart. Love it!!🎉
Tpts(L-r): Mike McGovern, Chuck Schmidt(L), Mark Ohlsen, John Marshall
Bones: Glenn Franke, Dale Kirkland(L), George Moran(b)
Saxes: Steve Marcus, Andy Fusco, Chuck Wilson(L), Gary Pribek, Greg Smith(b)
P: Bob Kaye B: Tom Warrington
Buddy Rich Big Band - July 1978 Europe Tour (incl. N.Sea Jazz Fest.)
I had the pleasure of working the Catskills with the late Bobby Kaye in 1965 ... a great talent.
6:24 Leonard Bernsteins "America" is quoted.
Matched grip at the top which Buddy always preached against.
He called it, correctly, timpani grip. It was how he played floor toms. He did this, as did his contemporaries, his entire career. He didn’t care for this grip on snare drum, essentially.
Buddy used matched grip on the Floor Toms usually for intros on charts like the one featured here. He used it very infrequently and tended to prefer traditional grip
Buddy was the greatest drummer ever.
This one is so beautiful; I love it
Buddy's face at 7:45 😂
I wonder if that was Buddy's way of showing admiration, or if it was something more obscurely Richian that he was trying to convey. If someone were to insist that, according to a reliable source, after this performance Buddy attacked Steve Marcus with a spiked baseball bat, while screaming "Don't you ever play those Berklee scales on my bandstand again, motherfucker!" I would not be surprised. That being said (as they say) Marcus was mind-bogglingly good here.
Buddy only really wanted Buddy..lol
I was there in body only , my mund had gone
Anyone know what snare Buddy used here? It's sounds great
The Ludwig Supraphonic with snare tuning on both sides
Ludwig Super Sensitive