Just happened to be strolling around Disneyland and saw he was going to be performing sat down in the 3rd row... omg one handed roll🤪 then up close in Seattle about 8 months before he passed, I got his autograph!!!
The Buddy Rich band would play at the Carnation Pavillion every summer for 3-4 nights. I would go every show since I only lived about 15 min from Disneyland. One night they had the Maynard Ferguson Big Band playing across the lagoon from the Pirates ride and there were two guys talking behind me. The tall guy said his brother Bob was playing bass. I turned around and the tall guy was Chad Wackerman.
I remember watching this as a 14 year old kid in the early days of cable - I had only been playing drums roughly a year. I remember being amazed and trying to figure what he was doing. Here I am - some 30 odd years later, still amazed...still trying to figure out what he did.
i like how marching band/military style drumming came through in his drumming. That precision and speed and then combine that with swing style rhythm... just sounded like gun shots and canons going off in a jazz context. Sounded like fireworks finales. His drum tunings/the way his drums sounded were crucial to this as well but of course he could've made any drum set sound great.
Walt Disney got several companies to sponsor the building of various places around Disneyland early in the construction like Carnation, Upjohn, Monsanto, and Frito-Lay. This venue was located just to the left of Sleeping Beauty Castle and originally bore the name Carnation Plaza Gardens. Sometime later Carnation stopped sponsoring it and it was renamed Plaza Gardens. One time they had Buddy at the Tomorrowland Stage and he said “I like playing at the other place better”, referring to Plaza Gardens-I guessing because he was closer to the audience and there was less outside noise there…the best place to see Buddy live!
Buddy does more playing on a 4 piece, than many of today’s drummers, using a 14 piece. I don’t count the second floor tom, which usually has a towel on it.
Back in the day, all schooled drummers were taught traditional grip. Hence the name. Unschooled garage band drummers used matched grip. When you saw a drummer playing trad. grip, you paid attention.
I honestly think he would be glad there was movie so big as Wiplash was about jazz drumming and he would be OK with idea of the movie that getting as great as you could is a good goal in life, since he was kinda similar in lot of ways. Maybe I’m wrong, but it’s a quess...
Buddy loved this Slingerland Radio King snare.1983-87. You wonder why he didn’t play one earlier, instead of upsetting Slingerland management , by using Fibes snares.
That Gazebo was in the the center of town in the beginning. Walt moved it because it blocked the view of the castle. Fun fact. Best place to get a good view of Louie and Buddy.
Rich great technician. Krupa much more musical. Buddy was very insistent many other forms of music were not music. To which I point out drum solo's are not really jazz and so by his definition they are also not music just noise. A short solo of any instrument is fine. These extended solos do nothing but stroke the ego of the soloist THEY are not music.
The way he plays the drums is monotonous, and not artistic. Look at how bored the guys in his back. The countenance of the other players waiting. All the notes are filled up and hard to find rests..........
This guy worked that snare like nobody’s business! Every rudiment imaginable at blazing speeds, hands like freaking pistons! RIP The Master!
He had that snare sounding like a swarm of bees was coming! 😮😊😊
BEST DRUMMER TO EVER LIVE
Agree 110%
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The best with rudiments-style playing. There are s LOT of mind-blowing drummers out there; there IS NO "best".
Louie Bellson's solos were better than Buddy's hodge-podge slop😂@@catkeys6911
@@robertcarli1969 Do they wheel you over to the big window so you can sit and watch the ducks all day?
Just happened to be strolling around Disneyland and saw he was going to be performing sat down in the 3rd row... omg one handed roll🤪 then up close in Seattle about 8 months before he passed, I got his autograph!!!
Lol! What else can u do but laugh. Nobody could ever play like Buddy. The Master!
Yea, man...I have to smile because it's pointless....
The Buddy Rich band would play at the Carnation Pavillion every summer for 3-4 nights. I would go every show since I only lived about 15 min from Disneyland. One night they had the Maynard Ferguson Big Band playing across the lagoon from the Pirates ride and there were two guys talking behind me. The tall guy said his brother Bob was playing bass. I turned around and the tall guy was Chad Wackerman.
I remember watching this as a 14 year old kid in the early days of cable - I had only been playing drums roughly a year. I remember being amazed and trying to figure what he was doing. Here I am - some 30 odd years later, still amazed...still trying to figure out what he did.
The world's greatest drummer EVER!!!! End of story! Paul Budd.
And in 30 years you will still be amazed and trying to figure out what he did. He was one of a kind.
Truly the greatest drummer ever.
Bar none.
Buddy Rich. The best. Forever...
The left hand is just sick.
Buddy left it ALL on stage EVERY time. One of a kind!
One of a kind...never to come again in a lifetime. He had it all...timing, speed, musicality beyond compare.
I couldn’t agree more!!! They threw away the mold when it came to Buddy Rich!!!
How are you doin, Delich??
@@steveloguercio4594 Thanx for asking. Doing great. Not many gigs. Covid reset the mold.
Buddy you were the greatest and even though your gone. You will always be my idol
The absolute master of all drummers and so glad I got to see and meet him on three separate occasions.
He's playing I feel pretty in his press rolls. That's genius itself.
Ran into him and his college age band at Disneyland main street back in those days. This looks like one of those performances. Always amazing!
The genius of Buddy Rich. No one else can compare period. He was just so musical.
The man.
This was at the "original" Disneyland. I WAS THERE..SIMPLY AMAZING!
i like how marching band/military style drumming came through in his drumming. That precision and speed and then combine that with swing style rhythm... just sounded like gun shots and canons going off in a jazz context. Sounded like fireworks finales. His drum tunings/the way his drums sounded were crucial to this as well but of course he could've made any drum set sound great.
Mr. Buddy DRUMS Rich. Greatest in DRUM ROLL IN the World.
Even at old age Buddy kicks ass!!!!
As usual it was unbelievable as Buddy always was. i never get tired watching this master.He truly is was and always will be the greatest!!!
Couldn't agree more!
We saw him there around that time. My ex and I may be in that crowd. It was incredible! That’s Disneyland.
Speed, accuracy and creativity. One of a kind.
Hi devoted his whole life to drumming .thanks buddy 🙏
Looks like this was at Disneyland, I saw him there about 4 times . Amazing !
awesome power, speed and finesse, a true master.How high he sits n the stool.... amazing.
Carnation Theater at Disneyland. Saw him there a couple of times. Brilliant as always
Walt Disney got several companies to sponsor the building of various places around Disneyland early in the construction like Carnation, Upjohn, Monsanto, and Frito-Lay. This venue was located just to the left of Sleeping Beauty Castle and originally bore the name Carnation Plaza Gardens. Sometime later Carnation stopped sponsoring it and it was renamed Plaza Gardens. One time they had Buddy at the Tomorrowland Stage and he said “I like playing at the other place better”, referring to Plaza Gardens-I guessing because he was closer to the audience and there was less outside noise there…the best place to see Buddy live!
A master of the true drum fundamentals.
Buddy was on fire!
Best from the Late Night with Johnny P Show
Magic Buddy !
Absolutely. the Master
He's 67 years old here, ask yourself if you can play that fast at the age you are now? I can't.
2 shows a night 10 months a year. Easy
@@brianchisnell1548 post some videos
Buddy does more playing on a 4 piece, than many of today’s drummers, using a 14 piece.
I don’t count the second floor tom, which usually has a towel on it.
@Cradleof FilthySabotage
A restored Radio King from the 1940s..
A guitar player has only 6 strings.
@@brianchisnell1548
12 string guitars too.
4 string bass…
@@roybeckerman7843 same fingering for 12 strings. I am on you side dude!
@@roybeckerman78435 string bass, 6 string bass, 7 string bass, 8 string bass.
I see all drummers today playing matched grip. No person ever could play all this matched grip.🎶🎸🎼
Back in the day, all schooled drummers were taught traditional grip. Hence the name. Unschooled garage band drummers used matched grip. When you saw a drummer playing trad. grip, you paid attention.
The gods of master blastbeat
Sick...Puppy Hell, he must be 80years old and still blasting...Unfuckin' real.
Superhero 💪👏👍
Good God I got tired just watching him but he was amazing still is and he’s dead!!!
insane control,
What this man could do with 2 pieces of wood!!!! A true musical genius!!
Buddy’s own Slingerland Radio Kings he played until his death in 1987.
He could have played any brand, seeing wasn’t endorsed anymore.
He had burned bridges with a lot of drums companies by then. Nobody would endorse him.
He,s playing a restored radio king set of Slingerlands!
I wonder what Buddy would have thought about the new SLINGERLAND RADIO KING snares, just released…
When Buddy was born he came out with a pair of drumsticks
Like the way he breaks into "I'm So Pretty" at the 00:27 mark.
What a legend he was. I wonder what he would have thought of Whiplash..
He'd have given it a dismissive chuckle...
I honestly think he would be glad there was movie so big as Wiplash was about jazz drumming and he would be OK with idea of the movie that getting as great as you could is a good goal in life, since he was kinda similar in lot of ways. Maybe I’m wrong, but it’s a quess...
he was such a cool cat
"I'm up on the band stand swearing my balls off and you're up there breaking my fucking heart!"
Holy crap!
4 Sep 1984 - "Big Bands At Disneyland" - Disney-TV taping
I believe he's playing Slingerland drums here.
Mid '40s Slingerland Radio Kings. Same as his Tommy Dorsey days. Fully restored.
8 thumbs down....
We have some very jealous people out there!
No, probably just ignorant of drumming.
@@Thursdaym2 Yeah you could be right....
This Buddy is really fucking Rich
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Buddy rich
Born : 30 09 1917
Died : 02 04 1987
69 años
35 años
104 años (actualmente)
That was amazing!!...billy Cobham might be his equal....but no other
Not bad for an old geezer.
Wtf 🇦🇷👌
What was on the badges on the toms.
Not the Slingerland badges.
Yes they are...a 70's slingerland kit.
@@MegaLJ3
Mine is a late 60s model..
Different badges...oval shaped black and orange..
"Custom made for Buddy Rich" these are '40s Slingerland drums. No badges except bass and snare.
I've seen him there 15 times
Theres fuck all you can say ⚡
Anyone dare to watch this video at 2x playback speed? lol. Nah that would be obnoxious.
Buddy loved this Slingerland Radio King snare.1983-87.
You wonder why he didn’t play one earlier, instead of upsetting Slingerland management , by using Fibes snares.
Was this filmed at Disneyland?
That Gazebo was in the the center of town in the beginning. Walt moved it because it blocked the view of the castle. Fun fact. Best place to get a good view of Louie and Buddy.
Sorry, couldn't not see the drop of sweat on the end of his nose.
Old Slingy kit, wonder what that went for...
Jeff Taylor from what I’ve been told and heard is that’s is locked up at the Smithsonian. It’s not on display, but in the storage
Cathy donated then found out she couldn't get them back out
He probably is the best eva , but not as entertaining as Huub & musically as Joe
They should have studied him
WTF?!
Rich great technician. Krupa much more musical.
Buddy was very insistent many other forms of music were not music. To which I point out drum solo's are not really jazz and so by his definition they are also not music just noise. A short solo of any instrument is fine. These extended solos do nothing but stroke the ego of the soloist THEY are not music.
@@KyleDavisMusic He's right though...
The way he plays the drums is monotonous, and not artistic. Look at how bored the guys in his back. The countenance of the other players waiting. All the notes are filled up and hard to find rests..........
Must not be a drummer
Oh no, clearly you don’t have a clue
I cant deny his brilliance, but i tend to agree with you..
Nah, wasn't too bad but at 2.27 one of his right hand downbeat was 3 tenths of a semitone out! Better luck next time Buddy
The genius of Buddy Rich. No one else can compare period. He was just so musical.