Tracklist with timestamps for the people that need it: 00:00 Ya Gotta Try 03:44 Little Train 10:24 Best Coast 15:05 Grand Concourse 26:25 'Round Midnight 32:40 Birdland 40:38 Channel One Suite 1:05:07 Big Swing Face
I was Buddy's roadie in 78 and 79 80 what a drummer I watched them every night doing such moves I couldn't believe and not being a drummer I didn't ask him to teach me any tricks or how to play he loved me we had a great relationship and we traveled all over the country by bus
I heard your interview on the Drum Podcast..loved it. Cool that you and Buddy would go to MLB games on your downtime. Did you ever make it to Fenway Park after a gig at Lennie’s on the Turnpike?
There are a number of these concerts from Buddy and his band well filmed in various European cities. Each time i fail to marvel to the level of musicianship and the variety of songs. I have lots of Buddy CD’s and still keep finding new tines as well as some of favourites such as. Machine, Channel 1 suite etc. i am only part way through so lets see what comes up.
I totally agree. Buddy could play anything and everything he wanted to play. Or needed to play. Whatever his imagination thought of, he could play it. He never has any sheet music that I've ever seen. Buddy is always looking around at his players or the audience. How does he do that? Does he see the sheet music one time and he has it memorized already?! Man this band is in top form!! Great concert!!
@@jimcramer5125 He couldn't read music at all. He would sit behind the drums and keep time while the band played a new song. After a few passes he would have it all memorized ... even the super-complicated stuff.
@@robotron17 Pas besoin de lire les partitions pour savoir jouer, certains ont tout dans la tête, instinctivement, comme Jango Rheinardt qui ne savait ni lire, ni écrire. C'est la personne qui lui a appris qui me l'a dit.
Buddy played with a passion that can be only described as fearless n fierce. Having such tenacity and control is astounding. I love this concert so much, I watch it 10-20 times a year.
Buddy Rich story. My Aunt and Uncle had moved from San Diego to Las Vegas. We went to visit them. Aunt, Uncle, Mom and Dad decided to go out on the town. I was about 6 years old, and Aunt and Uncles neighbors said that they would babysit me. Some guys started jamming at the neighbors house. I sat in the corner to watch. According to my cousin, I threw an incredible fit when Mom and Dad came to pick me up. I wanted to stay and watch the band. The babysitting neighbors were, Buddy Rich and his wife.
The amazing Andy Fusco at around 18:00 .. Just before he moved over and became not only one the band’s best soloists but also the best big band lead alto of all time. No one comes close for sound, ideas and fluidity. Buddy loves the gentle giant too ...
Thanks you for mentioning who this was playing alto! I have always admired the musicality of Tom Warrington on bass (although his sound here has too much mid-range in this mix, which I imagine is entirely out of his control here, but I digress) , & it seems like Marcus is usually taking all of the sax solos... & then THIS solo hit me (& I went looking for a personnel list in the comments). Great lines! I totally agree: Great sound, feel, articulation, & ideas! All around fine playing! Sorry to be finding out about him after he's left the room.
That First song....all I can say is: Holy shit! - extremely well excecuted - the syncopation, the brass guys were just so on point - every note, every melody, rithym, ...... Just mind-blowing spectacular to watch and even just to listen to. The precision is mind-bending. That's why, I believe up to today - most jazz-drummers across the globe use Buddy's level of playing to benchmark themselves.... I know I do....
I love this concert and all the Buddy Rich recordings. Question: Is it just me, or in the opening piece is the bass guitar just slightly behind the beat some of the time? Not the kind I'd think he'd have appreciated, but could be introduced by accident in post.
Tpts(L-r): Mike McGovern, Chuck Schmidt(L), Mark Ohlsen, John Marshall Bones(L-r): Glenn Franke, Dale Kirkland(L), George Moran(b) Saxes(L-r): Steve Marcus, Andy Fusco, Chuck Wilson(L), Gary Pribek, Greg Smith(b) P: Bob Kaye B: Tom Warrington Buddy Rich Big Band Live - July 1978 Europe Tour (incl. N.Sea Jazz Fest.)
If I had to choose, this would be my all time favorite Buddy Rich performance - aside from an insane drum solo he did in 1976. I'm having a hard time articuating how moving so many of these performances are. To bear witness to such greatness is a privilege. Thank God for these videos.
I was lucky to see him 3 times. Class of 78 tour, a few years later and a final time about 1986. Also went to see Cathy and the modern band in London with ian Paice playing the second half. Every concert was superb and very different. These videos bring back great and treasured memories of going with mum and dad.
I saw Buddy play live several times during the late 70s and I can tell you that if he ever had a "peak" in his career this was the period. He just got better and better through the 80s (and more experimental) but there was a fierceness like a blazing musical fire that came through him around this time that was actually awe inspiring. I do remember one time at Disneyland, not during a solo but during a fast shuffle swing tempo with the band that he was actually rocking back and forth with his eyes closed, sweating profusely. I swear it was like a current running through him. I remember thinking, is this guy even from this planet? I've never seen anything like Buddy since and I can get pretty nuts behind the skins myself. I know drums and I know what can be done on a four piece drum set. That said, I don't believe we will ever see another Buddy Rich.
i was Buddys roady in 78 79. what a time i had great man, loved him great friend .. Steve Marcus was a fun guy on & off the stage. if any one want to hear stories from the road with Buddy & the band contact me on facebook
Can’t believe anyone even IMAGINING a drummer better than this. Drag the slider to any random point on this full-concert video, and you’ll hear this man doing something no one else can, with a musical perfection and intensity no one else could touch.
Fresh from watching Neil Pert validate all I ever said, he's an awesome drummer skillset, doesn't mean it applies to all the music genres or anything behind, or beyond drum skill. He about died trying to stay unmatched grip, ultimate couldn't even for the snare work tribute to buddy .. Lol
There's one thing I always think about regardless of who the percussionist might be at any given time or whatever music i happen to be listening to and that's the stamina, MAN, THE STAMINA!!! The drummer just never stops, he's always moving, there's no breaks for him and I just don't think I'd ever be able to last like that, I'd be so fatigued and exhausted that the sticks would wind up flying outta my hands at some point😢
How to know when you're a drumming legend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So cool being able to see Buddy play again and how happy it makes him look, and by all means, it should be like that for all drummers. Happy.
Al Dworak that's Soo good to hear that at least some of the youth of today isn't influenced by what mainstream hammers into kids heads!! I remember asking my dad during the show why buddy was mad?! Lol he looked pissed and was yelling....check out the buddy Rich bus tapes video here on UA-cam..the band secretly recorded him laying into the band..fucking brutal!!! Maybe I caught him on one of those nights?
Right about 3:18 you see a little satisfied smile come onto Buddy's face, which you might see in some other performances. It happened because at this point in the chart he knew the band had brought it home, played with the sharpness he expected and it was a success, especially as the opening in the concert. Another habit: at the end of a smoking chart he would give a little clap, as you see here. When Buddy was satisfied, that's the standard: good time, good accuracy with the ensemble sections, good solos. Now if all the high school and college big bands could reach for this standard we'd be in good shape. Oh, and the final sign of a good BR band performance was the immediate and very strong audience applause. Rarely do you find that with other live performances on youtube.
Oh my God, did you see the SIZE of that book on top of the piano at 1:04:40? Jesus, it's like a Gutenberg bible. That's how many tunes this band could call up at the drop of a hat.
A former band member posted recently that the book was split in half at about chart #110 and Buddy new ALL the charts and their numbers by heart. That is a genius miracle unto itself.
What!? You mean to tell me there is no conductor?? Oh I see, great musicians really don't need a conductor. Once the beat is established they already know how to play the song with their sheet music. Now Buddy of course knows all the songs from years and years of playing. Even in the movie "Mr Hollands Opus" in which Richard Dreyfuss plays a music teacher, he tells a student who is having too much difficulty playing the clarinet, to just "close your eyes because you already know the music". And then she succeeds. Actually Buddy is the conductor of this band by default. Please don't miss a note guys. Buddy will become Terence Fletcher. 53:15
Ying and Yang... Mr. Richs variations at any given time on any percussive instrument is musical natural randomness near perfection. The Yang part is the seemingly abundant control over the rest of the other geniuses.
Can anyone shed some light on something for me? So, the album titled “Mercy, Mercy” under the name “Buddy Rich Big Band”, shows that the album was recorded at Caesars Palace. However, the recording of Channel One Suite on that album is absolutely this recording, and I don’t think this was at Caesar’s Palace! Maybe I’m way off base, but why is it that the record company is accrediting this to a different performance? Is there a reason for this, or is there something I am missing? Thanks!
Buddy at ceasers was cut n ‘68 as a studio session. It was not generally released. Although the master Tara have surfaced on YT. Live at Ceasers came along a little later Both pre date this by almost ten years. Don Mensa was the primary tenor soloist. Here it’s the great Steve Marcus
00:00 Ya Gotta Try 03:44 Little Train 10:24 Best Coast 15:05 Grand Concourse 26:25 'Round Midnight 32:40 Birdland 40:38 Channel One Suite 1:05:07 Big Swing Face
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Tracklist with timestamps for the people that need it:
00:00 Ya Gotta Try
03:44 Little Train
10:24 Best Coast
15:05 Grand Concourse
26:25 'Round Midnight
32:40 Birdland
40:38 Channel One Suite
1:05:07 Big Swing Face
Tycho Meertens Thank you sir!
I was Buddy's roadie in 78 and 79 80 what a drummer I watched them every night doing such moves I couldn't believe and not being a drummer I didn't ask him to teach me any tricks or how to play he loved me we had a great relationship and we traveled all over the country by bus
If anybody wants any stories let me know
@@howardstulberg8577 Is that a real question? Heck yes we want stories! What you got?
Having see Buddy and study him for years I think his speed and strength came from his martial arts training, did he have a strong grip?
If I was on Buddy's bus i would never admit to being a drummer!
I heard your interview on the Drum Podcast..loved it. Cool that you and Buddy would go to MLB games on your downtime. Did you ever make it to Fenway Park after a gig at Lennie’s on the Turnpike?
Incredible concert 👏👏👏👏
The greatest drummer, playing like he meant it.
I saw them this same year in
Northern California, and l swear,
this year was the best live
playing Buddy and his band
ever did.
In my opinion, Buddy has the Best Stick Control in the entire Universe!!!! Always been my Favorite Drummer!!!! I like a lot of other Drummers also.
There are a number of these concerts from Buddy and his band well filmed in various European cities.
Each time i fail to marvel to the level of musicianship and the variety of songs.
I have lots of Buddy CD’s and still keep finding new tines as well as some of favourites such as. Machine, Channel 1 suite etc. i am only part way through so lets see what comes up.
The finest drumming I have ever seen, I have watched this easily over a hundred times.
I havve seen Budy at least 50 times. Being a dummer, this effort is without any doubt the best he ever did and that's saying a mouhful.
ditto
He was the world's greatest drummer
I totally agree. Buddy could play anything and everything he wanted to play. Or needed to play. Whatever his imagination thought of, he could play it. He never has any sheet music that I've ever seen. Buddy is always looking around at his players or the audience. How does he
do that? Does he see the sheet music one time and he has it memorized already?! Man this band is in top form!! Great concert!!
@@jimcramer5125 He couldn't read music at all. He would sit behind the drums and keep time while the band played a new song. After a few passes he would have it all memorized ... even the super-complicated stuff.
@@robotron17 Remarkable!!!
@@jimcramer5125 Carl was always a huge fan of Buddy, and later became friends with him. So there is definitely an influence.
@@robotron17
Pas besoin de lire les partitions pour savoir jouer, certains ont tout dans la tête, instinctivement, comme Jango Rheinardt qui ne savait ni lire, ni écrire. C'est la personne qui lui a appris qui me l'a dit.
I think that Birdland, from this concert, was the pinnacle of big band jazz perfection.
Okay but how has NO ONE talked about Buddy Rich's face during the Steve Marcus tenor solo break in Channel One Suite. I'm fcking dying
*eye rolls haha
Buddy played with a passion that can be only described as fearless n fierce. Having such tenacity and control is astounding. I love this concert so much, I watch it 10-20 times a year.
Yes! and such delicate finesse
Buddy Rich story. My Aunt and Uncle had moved from San Diego to Las Vegas. We went to visit them. Aunt, Uncle, Mom and Dad decided to go out on the town. I was about 6 years old, and Aunt and Uncles neighbors said that they would babysit me. Some guys started jamming at the neighbors house. I sat in the corner to watch. According to my cousin, I threw an incredible fit when Mom and Dad came to pick me up. I wanted to stay and watch the band. The babysitting neighbors were, Buddy Rich and his wife.
Wonderful!
Priceless story….!!!
@ FOHguy
i hope you behaved yourself . Buddy had a bit of a bad temper from what i have read about the great drummer.
The amazing Andy Fusco at around 18:00 .. Just before he moved over and became not only one the band’s best soloists but also the best big band lead alto of all time. No one comes close for sound, ideas and fluidity. Buddy loves the gentle giant too ...
Andy Fusco passed away yesterday from Covid 19 complications.
@@nealbfinn What a tragic loss. He was a great soloist and I agree he was a superb lead alto man. Damn Virus
Thanks you for mentioning who this was playing alto! I have always admired the musicality of Tom Warrington on bass (although his sound here has too much mid-range in this mix, which I imagine is entirely out of his control here, but I digress) , & it seems like Marcus is usually taking all of the sax solos... & then THIS solo hit me (& I went looking for a personnel list in the comments). Great lines! I totally agree: Great sound, feel, articulation, & ideas! All around fine playing! Sorry to be finding out about him after he's left the room.
His attitude was amazing behind the drums
That First song....all I can say is: Holy shit! - extremely well excecuted - the syncopation, the brass guys were just so on point - every note, every melody, rithym, ...... Just mind-blowing spectacular to watch and even just to listen to. The precision is mind-bending. That's why, I believe up to today - most jazz-drummers across the globe use Buddy's level of playing to benchmark themselves.... I know I do....
Buddy has been my idol since the first time I picked up a pair of sticks , I will always be a BR fan .
I love this concert and all the Buddy Rich recordings. Question: Is it just me, or in the opening piece is the bass guitar just slightly behind the beat some of the time? Not the kind I'd think he'd have appreciated, but could be introduced by accident in post.
Tpts(L-r): Mike McGovern, Chuck Schmidt(L), Mark Ohlsen, John Marshall
Bones(L-r): Glenn Franke, Dale Kirkland(L), George Moran(b)
Saxes(L-r): Steve Marcus, Andy Fusco, Chuck Wilson(L), Gary Pribek, Greg Smith(b)
P: Bob Kaye B: Tom Warrington
Buddy Rich Big Band Live - July 1978 Europe Tour (incl. N.Sea Jazz Fest.)
If I had to choose, this would be my all time favorite Buddy Rich performance - aside from an insane drum solo he did in 1976.
I'm having a hard time articuating how moving so many of these performances are. To bear witness to such greatness is a privilege.
Thank God for these videos.
I was lucky to see him 3 times. Class of 78 tour, a few years later and a final time about 1986. Also went to see Cathy and the modern band in London with ian Paice playing the second half.
Every concert was superb and very different.
These videos bring back great and treasured memories of going with mum and dad.
One of the best! Buddy Rich! 🇺🇸!!!
He’s the original “ Drum Machine “…
Oltre che suonare la Batteria, con Talento UNICO! E' nato con uno Swing particolare, che sta suonando con il CUORE !! Pieno di Umilta' !!
That funky section of Birdland instantly makes me feel good. Every god damn time. Nevermind my prior condition. Amazing
As always Buddy was the best.
One of the very best examples, on video, of the BR big band. Exceptional.
I heard a few clams. 😄
Steve Marcus is just phenomenal here 🙌🏻🤯
THE 77-78 BANDS WERE FABULOUS. THIS BAND, AS EVIDENT ON THIS RECORDING, WAS SIMPLY FABULOUS. PROBABLY THE GREATEST RICH EVER PUT TOGETHER.
Killer Force.
i watch this concert 10-20 times a year. Nothing has ever come close to anything other band BR put together.
I'd probably shit myself if I saw that drum solo live
I saw Buddy play live several times during the late 70s and I can tell you that if he ever had a "peak" in his career this was the period. He just got better and better through the 80s (and more experimental) but there was a fierceness like a blazing musical fire that came through him around this time that was actually awe inspiring. I do remember one time at Disneyland, not during a solo but during a fast shuffle swing tempo with the band that he was actually rocking back and forth with his eyes closed, sweating profusely. I swear it was like a current running through him. I remember thinking, is this guy even from this planet? I've never seen anything like Buddy since and I can get pretty nuts behind the skins myself. I know drums and I know what can be done on a four piece drum set. That said, I don't believe we will ever see another Buddy Rich.
Sometimes I think God put Buddy on this planet to annoy all other drummers
@@Bob-nu3xe Yep. Been chasing his style my whole life. Still annoyed. :-)
Buddy Rich. Great drummer in this great concert.
i was Buddys roady in 78 79. what a time i had great man, loved him great friend
.. Steve Marcus was a fun guy on & off the stage. if any one want to hear stories from the road with Buddy & the band contact me on facebook
Can’t believe anyone even IMAGINING a drummer better than this. Drag the slider to any random point on this full-concert video, and you’ll hear this man doing something no one else can, with a musical perfection and intensity no one else could touch.
Fresh from watching Neil Pert validate all I ever said, he's an awesome drummer skillset, doesn't mean it applies to all the music genres or anything behind, or beyond drum skill. He about died trying to stay unmatched grip, ultimate couldn't even for the snare work tribute to buddy .. Lol
AH, STEVE MARCUS....ONE OF THE GREATS.
There's one thing I always think about regardless of who the percussionist might be at any given time or whatever music i happen to be listening to and that's the stamina, MAN, THE STAMINA!!! The drummer just never stops, he's always moving, there's no breaks for him and I just don't think I'd ever be able to last like that, I'd be so fatigued and exhausted that the sticks would wind up flying outta my hands at some point😢
Steve Marcus is a beast!
Man,that is some burnin' stuff right there.
This is insanely good.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
How to know when you're a drumming legend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So cool being able to see Buddy play again and how happy it makes him look, and by all means, it should be like that for all drummers. Happy.
Suuuuper.👍👍👍👍
My first concert I was 8 .1978!
That's gotta be a wonderful thing. I am 14 am so influenced by this.
Al Dworak that's Soo good to hear that at least some of the youth of today isn't influenced by what mainstream hammers into kids heads!! I remember asking my dad during the show why buddy was mad?! Lol he looked pissed and was yelling....check out the buddy Rich bus tapes video here on UA-cam..the band secretly recorded him laying into the band..fucking brutal!!! Maybe I caught him on one of those nights?
I remember first seeing this on dvd. I was amazed by how he would stare everyone down when birdland came around.
Al Dworak this actual show is on DVD?!
I believe it is in dvd.
Wish i was there...
Right about 3:18 you see a little satisfied smile come onto Buddy's face, which you might see in some other performances. It happened because at this point in the chart he knew the band had brought it home, played with the sharpness he expected and it was a success, especially as the opening in the concert. Another habit: at the end of a smoking chart he would give a little clap, as you see here. When Buddy was satisfied, that's the standard: good time, good accuracy with the ensemble sections, good solos. Now if all the high school and college big bands could reach for this standard we'd be in good shape. Oh, and the final sign of a good BR band performance was the immediate and very strong audience applause. Rarely do you find that with other live performances on youtube.
Tune in to Blue Devils particuarly in the early to mid 80s
Брависсимо !!!
I love to see a big guy rockin alto sax playa...the guy that didn't go out for the football team....and that dude is unreal good.
Believe it or not he made it as far as practicing with either the New York Jets or Giants.
koroleve life, but not as we know it brought me here. Ya Daddy-o 👍👍
41 years ago.
Awesome.🤩
35:00 TO 35:00 is undoubtedly the gnarliest fill known to mankind. Buddy spanked it.
WOWSERS!!!
One of a kind.........
Oh my God, did you see the SIZE of that book on top of the piano at 1:04:40? Jesus, it's like a Gutenberg bible. That's how many tunes this band could call up at the drop of a hat.
A former band member posted recently that the book was split in half at about chart #110 and Buddy new ALL the charts and their numbers by heart. That is a genius miracle unto itself.
Or more specifically, at the drop of a hammer. 😉🥁👍🏻
Sad to report that Andy Fusco (Asax II) passed away yesterday from complications due to Covid.
He was a superb musician and i was lucky enough to see him with roughly this version of the band.
25:01.....wow
those splits are insane
@@gameknightgaming Yep LOL
40:00
(This is for my own reference)
Absolutely phenomenal
Бадди Рич чем то на нашего Высоцкого похож))
erra un platillazo en 1.36 seg, que precision, y que musica mas chota
and I thought Slayer was heavy
They were just as loud, and I saw early Slayer in a small club!
awesome
The bassist is unbelievable! What's his name?
Tom Warrington
Check out the album they did around this time, called “Class of 78.” Tom Warrington is great on that, as is the whole band.
Why won't it Let me turn this up louder
40:39 Tank (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
21:10 uh huh
43:53 damn, I didn't know bigfoot could play the piano
It was on the bus journey back after this show when Buddy murdered seven members of his band. These guys. They weren't his type of guys.😂
What!? You mean to tell me there is no conductor?? Oh I see, great musicians really don't need a conductor. Once the beat is established
they already know how to play the song with their sheet music. Now Buddy of course knows all the songs from years and years of playing.
Even in the movie "Mr Hollands Opus" in which Richard Dreyfuss plays a music teacher, he tells a student who is having too much difficulty
playing the clarinet, to just "close your eyes because you already know the music". And then she succeeds. Actually Buddy is the conductor
of this band by default. Please don't miss a note guys. Buddy will become Terence Fletcher. 53:15
56:39 Ok actually what the hell😭
43:14 to 43:33
Man, that band could not be tighter.
21:42
Ying and Yang... Mr. Richs variations at any given time on any percussive instrument is musical natural randomness near perfection. The Yang part is the seemingly abundant control over the rest of the other geniuses.
send to my son Joel
He always looks so mad 😭😭
@sigma mj
mad man genius.
The bass is way too hot in the mix
36:00 the human sequencer
Can anyone shed some light on something for me? So, the album titled “Mercy, Mercy” under the name “Buddy Rich Big Band”, shows that the album was recorded at Caesars Palace. However, the recording of Channel One Suite on that album is absolutely this recording, and I don’t think this was at Caesar’s Palace! Maybe I’m way off base, but why is it that the record company is accrediting this to a different performance? Is there a reason for this, or is there something I am missing? Thanks!
Buddy at ceasers was cut n ‘68 as a studio session. It was not generally released. Although the master Tara have surfaced on YT. Live at Ceasers came along a little later Both pre date this by almost ten years. Don Mensa was the primary tenor soloist. Here it’s the great Steve Marcus
Menza
if i had to march into a battle i want Buddy Rich to be the " little drummer boy " . the enemy would run away.
59:29
「Channel One Suite」の50:22〜 ua-cam.com/video/iEt4XB-6dKY/v-deo.html 部分、音源だけだったら、「さすがバディ・リッチ...！どうやって叩いてるんだろ？」ってただただ感心してると思う (笑)
40:37
Song list?
00:00 Ya Gotta Try
03:44 Little Train
10:24 Best Coast
15:05 Grand Concourse
26:25 'Round Midnight
32:40 Birdland
40:38 Channel One Suite
1:05:07 Big Swing Face
Made a list with time stamps! Hope it helps
electric bass out of context
Who's the lead trumpet? Isn't his name Chuck something?
Michael John McGovern?
Chuck Schmidt, one of B's best lead players ever.
Steve Marcus
SM = sax...
misterfunnybones .....sorry, u r talking about trumpeter....
Wasn't the 2nd trumpeter on left with the mustache the same trumpet player in The Blues Brothers movie?
No
40:22 51:12
Who's on bass?
1:03:27
Don't wait to believe in Lord Jesus, you don't know when God takes you away.
It is only through Jesus Christ that we can enter Heaven. (John 14:6, Acts 4:12)
Repent and believe, and obey God's Holy Bible.
For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!
Ezekiel 18:32
Technical expertise but boring as fuck.
49:28 🫠🤤
21:42