''Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich & His Band Live on King Street, San Francisco'' is a 1985 recording made by

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drummer Buddy Rich and his Big Band. It is the final album released during Rich's lifetime.

Release history

A three- LP and two- CD audio album was initially released by Cafe Records (a division of

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), and a video of the "Channel One" set was released by

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). The Channel One set was eventually re-issued on

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as were the remaining tracks (the West Side Story set aka "The Lost Tapes").

Track listing

3 LP release

Disc 1, side A: # "Machine" (Reddie) – 3:14 # "Best Coast" ( LaBarbera) – 3:57 # " One O'Clock Jump" ( Basie) – 7:49 # "

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, Mills) – 5:17 Disc 1, side B: # " Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" ( Lennon,

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) – 3:15 # " Love for Sale" ( Porter) – 4:05 # "No Exit" ( Cunliffe) – 6:44 Disc 2, side A: # "Mexicali Nose" (

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) – 2:58 # "Willowcrest" ( Bob Florence) – 4:21 # " 'Round Midnight" ( Hanighen,

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, Williams) – 5:34 # " Cotton Tail" – (Ellington) – 4:59 Disc 2, side B: # "New Blues" (Piestrup) – 7:28 # "Tee Bag" ( Mainieri) – 6:10 # "The Red Snapper" ( Shew) – 4:50 Disc 3, side A: # "Channel One Suite" (Reddie) – 16:14 Disc 3, side B: # "

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" (Overture and Medley) (

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, Sondheim) – 15:31

2 CD release

Disc 1 (The "Channel One Suite" set) # "Machine" (Reddie) – 3:14 # "Best Coast" (LaBarbera) – 3:57 # "One O' Clock Jump" (Basie) – 7:49 # "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills) – 5:17 # "Norwegian Wood" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:15 # "Love For Sale" (Porter) – 4:05 # "No Exit" (Cunliffe) – 6:44 # "Channel One Suite" (Reddie) – 16:14 Disc 2 (The "West Side Story" set) # "Mexicali Nose" (Betts) – 2:58 # "Willowcrest" (Florence) – 4:21 # "'Round Midnight" (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) – 5:34 # "Cotton Tail" – (Ellington) – 4:59 # "New Blues" (Piestrup) – 7:28 # "Tee Bag" (Mainieri) – 6:10 # "The Red Snapper" (Shew) – 4:50 # "West Side Story" (Overture and Medley) (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 15:31

Video releases

* ''Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich and His Band Live on King Street, The Channel One Set'' aka ''...The Channel One Suite'' :(musical number contents same as Disc 1 of the CD release) * ''Buddy Rich and His Band: The Lost West Side Story Tapes'' aka ''...The Lost Tapes'' :(musical number contents same as Disc 2 of the CD release)

Personnel

* Buddy Rich –

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

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* Brian Sjoerdinga – tenor saxophone,

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* Bob Bowlby –

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, flute * Mark Pinto – alto saxophone, flute * Jay Craig –

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

* Paul Phillips –

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flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

* Joe Kaminski – trumpet, flugelhorn * Michael Lewis – trumpet, flugelhorn * Eric Miyashiro – trumpet, flugelhorn * Scott Bliege –

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* Michael Davis – trombone * Jim Martin – trombone

References

* CAFE 3-732 (3 LP release) *

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