buddy rich might be the only example there is where you can point to a particular musician and say "they were the best of all time" and literally anyone you ask will just agree, no questions asked
His audience was always crammed with drummers. He always delivered the goods! Bandmates were the best that could be found, that wanted to travel the world for scale. College kids. Marcus, bass players, piano players were his special core. He knew equip. too. Ludwig Hercules hi hat. 13in cymbals. Early Rogers swivomatic pedal with a wood beater. Mid 40s Slingerland drums. The drums of his youth. Miss that band.
Buddy was incredible as a soloist, but equally great as a band leader - yes he was considered a PITA at times, but the guy always delivered an outstanding performance. 👏
when he was 65 he played a marvelous drum solo at the CONCERT FOR THE AMERICAS ...in 1982...he played while having a stroke in the middle of the solo ... yet he kept on playing till the end of the concert ...INCREDIBLE ! ... after the concert he suddenly went to the hospital and get a chest surgery which saved his life ... look for "BUDDY RICH IMPOSSIBLE DRUM SOLO HQ" inside TH-cam : hope you will join it ( >18.000.000 views )
That was one of greatest I've ever seen. I'm always amazed when he works the cymbals but the sticks were over the top as well. Even Buddy's face seemed to acknowledge it was a great one.
I got to meet him on a couple occasions when I was a kid, my dad and brother were drummers and my Dad knew people who owned Basin Street West in San Francisco and when he was in town we would get to see him and my Dad would go to talk to him and let up meet him, he always bummed cigarettes, he smoked but I doubt he paid for smokes. Some people said crap about him but he was nice to me and gave me an autograph, best drummer ever
this lead trumpet player is probably my favorite of all who played with Buddyl; as I recall he only played with the group a relatively short time. Killer chops and so accurate. I remember recording the DisneyLand performance in the mid-80's on PBS and I about wore out the VHS tape - I was heading into high school so these were still formative years.
OMG, after Buddy was born, God indeed broke the mold !! He is the TRUE definition of the word INCREDIBLE !! There will be NEVER be another one like him !! I could practice for 1000 years, and not even come close to his abilities !! My jaw is on the floor !!
Not only his technique is amazing, he makes it look so easy and effortless as well.. and he's dressed like he's about to go golfing after playing the drums!
I'll try not to make this too long a story. I attended a concert that Cathy Rich hosted. She told the audience a story that Buddy tried to take up golf. He apparently got to a hole with a water hazard. He hit his ball in the water, got mad, through his golf bag into the hazard and left. Came back, got his bag out of the water, got his car keys out of the bag, threw his bag back into the water and left again!
When I was a kid living in California I saw him perform live many times at Disneyland. He was the greatest inspiration. We still love you Buddy. Check out my tributes to him on here (a few short drum solos of mine). To all the rock drummers out there, don’t lose touch with the past. There are many things to learn from the rich heritage all those jazz drummers left us “back in the day”. Richard Gray
Well said , Richard!! Buddy Rich is the only one in all the history of jazz music that played better and better as the time was passing away: the elder he was, the better he played. Expecially on cymbals . During the last 10 years of his life he did get such a class and such an elegance he hadn't in the fourties or in the fifties : altough at that time he would have been stronger and more powerful , he played with little less elegance on brushes or cymbals than the way he played in the eighties ...( for example take a look at THE IMPOSSIBLE DRUM SOLO-CONCERT FOR THE AMERICAS IN 1982 )
Growing up in San Diego, we as teenagers would drive to Disneyland just to see him . Back when you had to buy the book of tickets, we would just by them, go see Buddy Rich and leave. He was THE BEST drummer that ever lived.
O MESTRE O MAIOR DE TODOS OS TEMPOS BATERISTAS JAMAIS VAI TER OUTRO IGUAL. 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍. NOTA 1000
Correct. When Donny Osborne Sr. - - then President of Slingerland, found out about it, he ripped Buddy a new one. He was livid, and rightly so. They were paying Buddy 25K per year to endorse Slingerland at that time, and Osborne was really pissed that Buddy pulled this on them. Buddy was also using a Fibes snare - - recoved in White Marine Pearl covering and fitted with Rogers hardware, when he was endorsing Rogers drums. Buddy loved a fiberglass snare.
I feel bad for anyone who didn't have that opportunity. The air was just electric. And in my opinion, nothing was as exciting in a concert as when the music faded, and a Buddy Rich drum solo began.
When i began learning drums in the 70s, this self taught drummer was known as the world's best as he set the bar at the time with his intricate hi-hat work and speed on his solos. He inspired the likes of Ringo Starr, Roger Taylor, John Bonham and Phil Collins. He was and still is in my opinion the king of the drumkit, though Peart, Bonham and the later stratospheric innovators took it to an even higher level.
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10000 kicks once but the man who has practiced one kick 10000 times." The thing that makes Buddy Richs solos so incredible and really awe inspiring is his absolute mastery of the single stroke roll. He can do things with it that are seemingly magic to the untrained eye. But in reality its the simplest of patterns which he expands on ocassionally and knows how to do ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING with. Of course he knows all the other rudiments to, and hes a master of dynamics, pitch, phrasing and all that. But what TRULY made him Buddy Rich in my opinion is the single stroke roll.
That left hand was phenomenal! If any of the band members dared to take their eyes off him through the solo, they definitely heard about it the next day, if they had a next day lol. He was pretty tough on them, but appreciated their talent.
Buddy had ridiculous speed and stick control but his solos were always similar. This one is my favorite cause he pulls out a lot of unconventional magic tricks.
It could have been a favor or a gift from Paiste, since he was playing in Switzerland before. A post I read is that he took this cymbal with him to the States and then went back to a Zildjian ride.
ive actually seen buddys fibes chrome over fiberglass snare at steve maxwells one time. they also went by sqeak kings too this isnt a problem with the re issued ones i still love them!
I always thought this Slingerland snare, sounded better than the Fibes, he often used. The same for his Slingerland kit . I preferred it to his others.
The really insane thing is this was three years before he passed. The man is a true legend rest in peace buddy you are the greatest.
Not only did he play a great solo, but he won a staring contest with young Javier Bardem.
Yeah he did 🫡
Buddy pushed the limits of drumming and His singles were blazing fast there will never be another buddy rich but there are tributes to him
When Buddy gets in the zone, he's unstoppable! Greatest drummer ever!!
THE greatest drummer to ever walk planet earth...Bernard "Buddy" Rich
DAMN RIGHT!
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Absolutely 🥁🥁🥁
You said it! 😊
100 percent right. THE GREATEST DRUMMER EVER.
This is what musical genius looks like.
buddy rich might be the only example there is where you can point to a particular musician and say "they were the best of all time" and literally anyone you ask will just agree, no questions asked
Disagree but..
Highly agree. Every drummer who knows their history agrees hes the best.
67 years old at the time and he stil had it!
Meet the Master of the drums. The greatest jazz drummer and perhaps greatest drummer that ever was, Mr. Buddy Rich.
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Go back to practice or publish who is! I'd love to meet him!😂
His audience was always crammed with drummers. He always delivered the goods! Bandmates were the best that could be found, that wanted to travel the world for scale. College kids. Marcus, bass players, piano players were his special core. He knew equip. too. Ludwig Hercules hi hat. 13in cymbals. Early Rogers swivomatic pedal with a wood beater. Mid 40s Slingerland drums. The drums of his youth. Miss that band.
Imagine sitting that close to one of the greatest technical drummers that ever lived!
TO JAMES DRYMAN: "One of the greatest technical drummers who ever lived"?? Just whom do you think the "others" are?
Buddy was incredible as a soloist, but equally great as a band leader - yes he was considered a PITA at times, but the guy always delivered an outstanding performance. 👏
Every Drum solo was ALWAYS something completely different.
Truly the GREATEST EVER .....
1:05 - 3:35 and not a single drum head was touched... absolutely amazing
Every time i watch one of Buddy Richs drum solo..i get amazed ! Nobody will ever get close to Buddy ! Just cant be done !
Putting this into perspective...Buddy is 67 at the time of this performance..
He would still smoke anyone, any age at the end of his life. Truly remarkable
when he was 65 he played a marvelous drum solo at the CONCERT FOR THE AMERICAS ...in 1982...he played while having a stroke in the middle of the solo ... yet he kept on playing till the end of the concert ...INCREDIBLE ! ... after the concert he suddenly went to the hospital and get a chest surgery which saved his life ... look for "BUDDY RICH IMPOSSIBLE DRUM SOLO HQ" inside TH-cam : hope you will join it
( >18.000.000 views )
That was one of greatest I've ever seen. I'm always amazed when he works the cymbals but the sticks were over the top as well. Even Buddy's face seemed to acknowledge it was a great one.
Buddy was a monster on the drums
Saw Buddy at Ronnie Scott's in mid eighties and being right up next to him was just incredible. Stayed with me always🎉❤
I got to meet him on a couple occasions when I was a kid, my dad and brother were drummers and my Dad knew people who owned Basin Street West in San Francisco and when he was in town we would get to see him and my Dad would go to talk to him and let up meet him, he always bummed cigarettes, he smoked but I doubt he paid for smokes. Some people said crap about him but he was nice to me and gave me an autograph, best drummer ever
Buddy Rich, what can I say that hasn't been said before, what a Dynamo, Sharp wet and a good interviewee. God bless him and may he rest in peace!
this lead trumpet player is probably my favorite of all who played with Buddyl; as I recall he only played with the group a relatively short time. Killer chops and so accurate. I remember recording the DisneyLand performance in the mid-80's on PBS and I about wore out the VHS tape - I was heading into high school so these were still formative years.
67 YEARS OLD UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
BEST THERE EVER WAS
OMG, after Buddy was born, God indeed broke the mold !! He is the TRUE definition of the word INCREDIBLE !! There will be NEVER be another one like him !! I could practice for 1000 years, and not even come close to his abilities !! My jaw is on the floor !!
I was lucky to see Buddy at Disneyland 3 times! A Master world's best!
Not only his technique is amazing, he makes it look so easy and effortless as well.. and he's dressed like he's about to go golfing after playing the drums!
I'll try not to make this too long a story. I attended a concert that Cathy Rich hosted. She told the audience a story that Buddy tried to take up golf. He apparently got to a hole with a water hazard. He hit his ball in the water, got mad, through his golf bag into the hazard and left. Came back, got his bag out of the water, got his car keys out of the bag, threw his bag back into the water and left again!
little did they know, that they are looking at the best drummer of all time, not shortly before his death
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The only man I know who could make a set of drums talk, Mr BUDDY RICH. 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁, the GOAT BY FAR.
Just unbelievable
When I was a kid living in California I saw him perform live many times at Disneyland. He was the greatest inspiration. We still love you Buddy. Check out my tributes to him on here (a few short drum solos of mine). To all the rock drummers out there, don’t lose touch with the past. There are many things to learn from the rich heritage all those jazz drummers left us “back in the day”. Richard Gray
Well said , Richard!!
Buddy Rich is the only one in all the history of jazz music that played better and better as the time was passing away: the elder he was, the better he played.
Expecially on cymbals .
During the last 10 years of his life he did get such a class and such an elegance he hadn't in the fourties or in the fifties : altough at that time he would have been stronger and more powerful , he played with little less elegance on brushes or cymbals than the way he played in the eighties ...( for example take a look at THE IMPOSSIBLE DRUM SOLO-CONCERT FOR THE AMERICAS IN 1982 )
Growing up in San Diego, we as teenagers would drive to Disneyland just to see him . Back when you had to buy the book of tickets, we would just by them, go see Buddy Rich and leave. He was THE BEST drummer that ever lived.
Yep me too.😊 maybe saw you there Estancia HS Class of 1975
MR.BUDDY RICH ONE OF THE GREATEST DRUMMERS TOO EVER SIT BEHIND A KIT PERIOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i might have clicked on this vid 100 times in the span of 7 years, and it never ceases to impress me.
agreed.I may be getting into the 200-300 range by now LOL. It's a masterpiece!
O MESTRE O MAIOR DE TODOS OS TEMPOS BATERISTAS JAMAIS VAI TER OUTRO IGUAL. 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍. NOTA 1000
Once again, like always, Buddy's speed was his hallmark.
Nothing but the BEST!!
Correct. When Donny Osborne Sr. - - then President of Slingerland, found out about it, he ripped Buddy a new one. He was livid, and rightly so. They were paying Buddy 25K per year to endorse Slingerland at that time, and Osborne was really pissed that Buddy pulled this on them.
Buddy was also using a Fibes snare - - recoved in White Marine Pearl covering and fitted with Rogers hardware, when he was endorsing Rogers drums.
Buddy loved a fiberglass snare.
The greatest drummer of all time who I've had the privilege of seeing live.
Never gets old 😍
Brilliant. Always took my breath away every time I saw him. Such technique and control.
僕の中ではrichがナンバーワン尊師にあたる。ただ叩きまくるドラマーとは違い、きめ細やかなスネアを中心としたスクロールで観客を魅了するその様に感動する
If you don't love Buddy... you're not a Drummer. Non-negotiable.
Crash cymbal for sale. Only used once. :) Buddy you are amazing! Every time watching your solos is like the first time.
All the musicians watching in amazement the maestro at his best
Bob Cobb?
They were ordered to turn and watch him solo!! Amazing drummer, a pain to work for. Ever hear the tapes of him ranting!!
I was laughing out of pure joy throughout this entire thing.
Que increible, que no me dejen de impresionar sus solos, fantástico
Simply the greatest drummer that ever walked the earth!
Man, I wish I could have seen him live...
I feel bad for anyone who didn't have that opportunity. The air was just electric. And in my opinion, nothing was as exciting in a concert as when the music faded, and a Buddy Rich drum solo began.
I had the opportunity to see Buddy Rich Live in a small venue in the 1980s. I turned it down. WHY? Because I was playing drums live with a band!!
You did miss something incredible! Saw him at Disneyland twice.
@@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY superb irony. It’s not lost on us
The Master. Pete sr
Best. Drummer. Ever.
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@@paoloalcantara2465Very curious. Why do you say no and who do you like better?
best drummer I've ever seen
his face at 3:14 : "are you not entertained yet?"
what a freaking legend :3
2:45 too. The audience cheers and he's like "yup" lol
THE best ever .. God bless you Buddy 😘
When i began learning drums in the 70s, this self taught drummer was known as the world's best as he set the bar at the time with his intricate hi-hat work and speed on his solos. He inspired the likes of Ringo Starr, Roger Taylor, John Bonham and Phil Collins. He was and still is in my opinion the king of the drumkit, though Peart, Bonham and the later stratospheric innovators took it to an even higher level.
Awesome solo!!
The best of all time!
a cry of honour integrity power truth expression
What mastery of an instrument.
I like how Buddy Rich is staring at his bandmate and his bandmate is staring back😂
I wonder if it was a bit like the story about Josef Stalin telling the guards to shoot the first person to stop clapping after his speeches 😵
the sick soft drum roll!
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10000 kicks once but the man who has practiced one kick 10000 times." The thing that makes Buddy Richs solos so incredible and really awe inspiring is his absolute mastery of the single stroke roll. He can do things with it that are seemingly magic to the untrained eye. But in reality its the simplest of patterns which he expands on ocassionally and knows how to do ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING with. Of course he knows all the other rudiments to, and hes a master of dynamics, pitch, phrasing and all that. But what TRULY made him Buddy Rich in my opinion is the single stroke roll.
A true MASTER
doing a drum solo whilst maintaining a staring competition with the guy to his left wow
Buddy wasn't just the best drummer that ever lived he was a true showmanship
That left hand was phenomenal! If any of the band members dared to take their eyes off him through the solo, they definitely heard about it the next day, if they had a next day lol. He was pretty tough on them, but appreciated their talent.
Buddy had ridiculous speed and stick control but his solos were always similar. This one is my favorite cause he pulls out a lot of unconventional magic tricks.
He was magic!❤😂🎉
He was playing Shaughnessy’s set, a considerably different setup than Buddy was used to. He came up with new tricks to accommodate the drums he had. ❤
If you look through the decades his sound slowly evolved from that swing era he was born in. In my opinion the 60-70s were his strongest years.
It could have been a favor or a gift from Paiste, since he was playing in Switzerland before. A post I read is that he took this cymbal with him to the States and then went back to a Zildjian ride.
The Late Great Buddy Rich....RIP oh great one.
It is Saturday, October 14th 2023 at 11:55 pm and I'm just learning who Buddy Rich is. Holy shit. My next week is now booked...
It seems to me Buddy Rich outworked the competition with a lifetime of effort developing his signature solo which will remain unsurpassed.
Buddy sure gave that old Speed King a workout!
Jamais vai aparecer um baterista igual a Buddy Rich.
In a different class to those drummers in Buddy’s memorial concerts these days.
No one comes even close...
That Magic left hand…I’m happy to see some shots of his bass drum techniques…Buddy was known for his awesome foot speed as well…
Obviously...the greatest percussionist to ever walk on this Earth.
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His Face at 2:57 :) simply amazing!
The greatest of all time and an innovator. Muhammad Ali.....OOOPS! Buddy Rich!!!!
Fantastic
He was fun to watch. His band watches in Amazement!
Or fear……
my lord 3:33 to ~ 3:43 is soooo sick. Those snare sixteenths that lead to the crash... beautiful.
Just Sick! You don´t find a drummer like this today! Sorry Hannah Ford..
There is no one...
Totally insane..
Well i mean....there's Gavin harrison, Tony Royster Jr and many others.
Marky Oosterveen Tony Royster!?
***** yeah. What about him?
What I heard...or read....The ride was a gift, I believe from Tomas Paiste who was at the show. Buddy played the cymbal that night out of courtesy.
A 49 second drum roll completely captivates the audience. What a man
3:24-3:28= I was born to do this! Among the other 40 years as well. IMO.
Ele era um genio. 🥁
I saw him live twice... and... yeah.
Holy crap he was a monster!
ive actually seen buddys fibes chrome over fiberglass snare at steve maxwells one time. they also went by sqeak kings too this isnt a problem with the re issued ones i still love them!
No one plays the traps now or ever like Buddy Rich!!!!!
Master of masters !
He is genius!
You can tell his band has been through hell and back trying to sound this good.
Phénoménal ‼️
The ultimate 👍👍👍 ever
The band members whispering in the background were later found buried by the side of the road.
He didn',t need to bury them. He could just fire them.!
Unicofenomenale
Were good 😉👍👍👍
The thing that gets me is that he's staring at the band the whole time
¡¡Good Heavens!! Imagine trying to survive a staring contest with Buddy Rich while he's playing...
F'ing awesome! Thanks for posting
I always thought this Slingerland snare, sounded better than the Fibes, he often used.
The same for his Slingerland kit . I preferred it to his others.
Simply the BEST
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