''Big Swing Face'' is a 1967

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by the Buddy Rich Big Band. Its "

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" is a feature for Buddy Rich's daughter Cathy, whose vocal performance was overdubbed at United Recording in Hollywood. A reissue in 1996 doubles the listing with nine unreleased performances from the same engagement at the Chez Club in Hollywood.

Track listing

LP side A: #" Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:57 #"Big Swing Face" ( Bill Potts) – 5:15 #"Monitor Theme" ( Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye) – 2:24 #"Wack Wack" (Isaac "Redd" Holt, Donald Storball, Hysear Don Walker, Jimmy Young) – 3:04 #" Love for Sale" (

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) – 4:30 LP side B: #"Mexicali Nose" ( Harry Betts) – 2:49 #"Willowcrest" ( Bob Florence) – 4:55 #"

" ( Sonny Bono) – 4:40 #" Bugle Call Rag" (Billy Meyers, Jack Pettis,

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) – 4:42 ''Bonus tracks on 1996 CD reissue:'' #

"Standing Up in a Hammock" (Potts) – 2:32 #" Chicago" (

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) – 2:47 #"Lament for Lester" (Jay Corre) – 2:30 #"Machine" (Bill Reddie) – 3:45 #"Silver Threads Among the Blues" (Don Piestrup) – 4:40 #"New Blues" (Piestrup) – 4:38 #"Old Timey" (Bob Florence) – 3:25 #"Loose" ( Bill Holman) – 4:05 #"Apples (aka Gino)" (Arthur M. Wiggins) – 2:35

Personnel

Musicians

*Quinn Davis –

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– alto saxophone and

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*Jay Corre, Robert Keller – tenor saxophone and flute *

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–

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, Yoshito Murakami, Charles Findley, John Scottile – trumpet *Jim Trimble, John Boice – trombone *Bill Wimberly –

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*Richie Resnicoff – guitar *Ray Starling – piano *James Gannon – double bass * Buddy Rich –

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* Cathy Rich – vocals * Shorty Rogers – arranger: "Wack, Wack" and "The Beat Goes On"

References

{{Shorty Rogers Buddy Rich live albums 1967 live albums Pacific Jazz Records live albums