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Richcraft
''Richcraft'' is a 1959 studio album, studio big band album by Buddy Rich and a big band / orchestra with arrangements by Ernie Wilkins. A nearly identical album, titled ''The Rich Rebellion'' was released by Wing Records without "I Want a Little Girl" but with two additional tracks from an April, 1960 (Septet) recording session ("That's Rich Man" and "Astronaut"). Track listing ''Richcraft'' LP Side A #"Back Home Again in Indiana, Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana)" (Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley) – 3:38 #"Richcraft" (Ernie Wilkins) – 3:06 #"Sweets Tooth" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:01 #"Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" (Ballard MacDonald, Joseph Meyer (songwriter), Joseph Meyer, Billy Rose) – 3:04 #"Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 2:59 LP Side B #"Cherokee (Ray Noble song), Cherokee (Indian Love Song)" (Ray Noble) – 4:08 #"I Want a Little Girl" (Billy Moll, Murray Mencher) – 4:12 #"From the Sticks" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:42 #"Song of the Islands" (Charles E. Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Rich
Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He discovered his affinity for jazz music at a young age and began drumming at the age of two. He began playing jazz in 1937, working with acts such as Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Harry James. From 1942 to 1944, Rich served in the U.S. Marines. From 1945 to 1948, he led the Buddy Rich Orchestra. In 1966, he recorded a big-band style arrangement of songs from ''West Side Story''. He found lasting success in 1966 with the formation of the Buddy Rich Big Band, also billed as the Buddy Rich Band and The Big Band Machine. Rich was known for his virtuoso technique, power, and speed. He was an advocate of the traditional grip, though he occasionally used matched grip when playing the toms. Despite h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Versus Roach
''Rich versus Roach'' is a 1959 studio album by drummers Buddy Rich and Max Roach with their respective bands of the time. The album is mixed with each of the two bands in a different stereo channel. Track listing LP side A #"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" (Louis Prima) – 4:06 #"The Casbah" (Gigi Gryce) – 4:25 #"Sleep" (Earl Burtnett, Adam Geibel) – 3:15 #"Figure Eights" (Buddy Rich, Max Roach) – 4:26 LP side B #" Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 4:15At least one source lists a very different length for "Yesterdays" on the LP5:43vs4:15 #"Big Foot" (Charlie Parker) – 4:59 #" Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) – 3:42 #"Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye" (Ernie Erdman, Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn, Robert A. K. King) – 3:50 1986 CD re-issue with alternate versions: #"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" (alt. take) – 4:22 #"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" – 4:08 #"The Casbah" – 4:28 #"The Casbah" (alt. take) – 4:58 #"Sleep" – 3:18 #"Figure Eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry "Sweets" Edison
Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. His most important contribution was as a Hollywood studio musician, whose muted trumpet can be heard backing singers, most notably Frank Sinatra. Biography Edison was born in Columbus, Ohio, United States. He spent his early childhood in Louisville, Kentucky, being introduced to music by an uncle. After moving back to Columbus at the age of twelve, the young Edison began playing the trumpet with local bands. In 1933, he became a member of the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra in Cleveland. Afterwards, he played with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band and Lucky Millinder. In 1937, he moved to New York and joined the Count Basie Orchestra. His colleagues included Buck Clayton, Lester Young (who named him "Sweets"), Buddy Tate, Freddie Green, Jo Jones, and other original members of that famous band. Speaking in 1956 with ''Down Beat's'' Don Freeman, Edison explai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmett Berry
Emmett Berry (July 23, 1915 – June 22, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter. Berry was born in Macon, Georgia, United States. He began to study classical trumpet in Georgia, but by 18 had switched to jazz and moved to New York City. He became a member of Fletcher Henderson's band and later replaced Roy Eldridge as soloist. In the 1940s, he worked in Eldridge's Little Jazz Trumpet Ensemble. He also played in Count Basie's band. He is known as an accompanist for Billie Holiday, was in the photograph known as '' A Great Day in Harlem'', and the special '' The Sound of Jazz''. He died in Cleveland, Ohio on June 22, 1973. Discography With Buck Clayton * ''Songs for Swingers'' (Columbia, 1959) * ''Cat Meets Chick'' (Columbia, 1956) * ''One for Buck'' (Columbia, 1962) * '' Copenhagen Concert'' (SteepleChase, 1979) With Johnny Hodges * ''Memories of Ellington'' (Norgran, 1954) * '' Castle Rock'' (Norgran, 1955) * ''Dance Bash'' (Norgran, 1955) * ''In a Tender Mood'' (Norgran, 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Rich In Miami
''Buddy Rich in Miami'' is a 1958 Verve live album by Buddy Rich featuring Flip Phillips recorded at the Dream Bar of the Johnina Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida in 1957. The album has been re-issued on CD alone and also, as ''Live in Miami with Flip Phillips'', together with several additional tracks from a 1954 Rich/Phillips LA studio recording session with the Oscar Peterson Trio.Jones, Nic, Live in Miami with Flip Phillips' album review, "All About Jazz", 2008 August 1. Accessed 2010 October 30. Track listing ''Buddy Rich in Miami'' # "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) # "Topsy" (Edgar Battle, Eddie Durham) # "Undecided" (Leo Robin, Charlie Shavers) # "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) # "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Basie) – 10:11 ''Live in Miami with Flip Phillips'' re-issue # "Lover, Come Back to Me" # "Topsy" # "Undecided" # "Broadway" # "Jumpin' at the Woodside # "Lemon Aid 21" # "I'll Never Be The Same" # " All of Me" # "I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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