What a great video that I have never seen of Buddy Rich with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra back in 1941. The girl singer in this video and sitting behind Buddy during his drum solo is the great Connie Haines.I got to first work with Connie Haines when I played with the Dorsey ghost band in the 90`s and then became her drummer for many years. She had one huge picture of Buddy Rich sitting on his drums in her house during a 1942 New Years Eve party job showing her on the left side of Buddy and Frank Sinatra on the left side. She told me so many great stories of her on the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with Buddy Rich and Frank Sinatra. In the book"The Connie Haines Story" written by Richard Grudens it tells of her life in music with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey band and what life was like during those amazing times with the Big Bands. Thanks Drumuitar for posting this wonderful video and bringing back memories of my times working with Connie Haines.
You might like this - I got to know Martin Drew in his final years and he told me this - Martin knew Buddy Rich quite well and they were together watching TV in a hotel room when one of those old Glenn Miller movies came on. Martin says he was quite surprised when Buddy got all misty-eyed and said "I used to love that band". Quite unexpected!
Well Ken, that's another book I must root out.I will see if Amazon can do anything.I understood Sinatra could be quite vile to Connie at times and Dorsey sent Sinatra home once or twice because of it.Did Connie ever say anything about that ?
@@djangorheinhardt Connie Haines did tell me some stories of her working with Frank Sinatra on the Tommy Dorsey band.Most of it were good,but like all people sometimes the bad comes out.She tells all in her bio book"Snootie Little Cutie" which was a hit she had with Frank Sinatra on the Dorsey band. When Sinatra turned 75, he had a huge birthday party and Connie Haines sang that song for Frank Sinatra as a suprise.Frank was so happy and Connie Haines gave me the video of that entire event.I`m in her book and I must say she was a joy to work with.So swinging and Connie had a huge voice coming from a small woman like her. Lots of great pictures in that book.
Way back then in the era of the Big Bands there was comedy on the set. Here the Dorsey Band is in rare form and of course Buddy showed the world how dominant of a drummer he was. When it came time to feature Buddy all hell broke loose. From reading articles on the Dorsey Band it was noted that Tommy Dorsey was a S O B to work for he demanded absolute perfection. And those standards remained with countless big bands. Thanks Drumutar for replaying a classic big band shot featuring all the guys in the Dorsey Big Band and of course showing the phenominal Buddy Rich. History in Big Band in a excellent way.
Dorsey was a disciplinarian but never minded clowning in costume for movies. He wore a powdered wig in 'DuBarry Was a Lady' and cowboy gear in 'Girl Crazy'. He was much better at banter on screen than Goodman or Harry James.
Recorded between September and December of 1940 in Hollywood, CA. "The Trombone Man Is Best Man In The Band". This is the earliest extant footage of a drum solo ever filmed of Buddy Rich with Tommy Dorsey. Buddy was 23 years old.
The best thing that ever happened, was Buddy forming his own big band... He could play exactly what he liked and could star as the drummer...not play second fiddle to others.
Possibly replaced ( for a minute) by Ken Curtis. I think that's him second from audience right. When Frank came back, Ken went to Sons of Pioneers, then into acting, eventually Fedtus Hagen. What a career!
Thanx for both replies .Sorry about my tardiness in replying as I have just seen them.Sinatra was warned by Dorsey about his bullying of Connie Haines ,seen in the band looking very happy because,like you say,I think Dorsey had sent him home.Yes,Ken Curtis did sing for a couple of weeks with Dorsey but Tommy quickly learned that Sinatra was a hard act to follow,so he let him back in.Sinatra never insulted or derided Jo Stafford as I suspect Jo would have sloshed him across the chops.She was a big girl ! ( and a great singer )
My channel is centered around jazz drummers, so I titled it so viewers know there’s a drum feature. I don’t know how you’re viewing this but if you view the video in UA-cam’s own player or app, the video looks fine.
I have never seen film footage of Tommy Dorsey and his band until just now. Buddy Rich as always is stunning and all of the others in that band are also highly talented musicians. However, music is only half of their performance: They also have to be comic actors with split second timing and be able to juggle props. The routine itself seems really odd to us as modern viewers, and the talking sections feel like they are the grandparents of rap.
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What a great video that I have never seen of Buddy Rich with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra back in 1941. The girl singer in this video and sitting behind Buddy during his drum solo is the great Connie Haines.I got to first work with Connie Haines when I played with the Dorsey ghost band in the 90`s and then became her drummer for many years. She had one huge picture of Buddy Rich sitting on his drums in her house during a 1942 New Years Eve party job showing her on the left side of Buddy and Frank Sinatra on the left side. She told me so many great stories of her on the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with Buddy Rich and Frank Sinatra. In the book"The Connie Haines Story" written by Richard Grudens it tells of her life in music with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey band and what life was like during those amazing times with the Big Bands. Thanks Drumuitar for posting this wonderful video and bringing back memories of my times working with Connie Haines.
You might like this - I got to know Martin Drew in his final years and he told me this - Martin knew Buddy Rich quite well and they were together watching TV in a hotel room when one of those old Glenn Miller movies came on. Martin says he was quite surprised when Buddy got all misty-eyed and said "I used to love that band". Quite unexpected!
Well Ken, that's another book I must root out.I will see if Amazon can do anything.I understood Sinatra could be quite vile to Connie at times and Dorsey sent Sinatra home once or twice because of it.Did Connie ever say anything about that ?
@@djangorheinhardt Connie Haines did tell me some stories of her working with Frank Sinatra on the Tommy Dorsey band.Most of it were good,but like all people sometimes the bad comes out.She tells all in her bio book"Snootie Little Cutie" which was a hit she had with Frank Sinatra on the Dorsey band. When Sinatra turned 75, he had a huge birthday party and Connie Haines sang that song for Frank Sinatra as a suprise.Frank was so happy and Connie Haines gave me the video of that entire event.I`m in her book and I must say she was a joy to work with.So swinging and Connie had a huge voice coming from a small woman like her. Lots of great pictures in that book.
@@KenLoomer Just ordered Connie's biog from Amazon so I will look forward to reading that.! So thanx for the info !
My grandfather played with this band in the same year.
The Drumming Man Is The Best Man In The Band
Way back then in the era of the Big Bands there was comedy on the set. Here the Dorsey Band is in rare form and of course Buddy showed the world how dominant of a drummer he was. When it came time to feature Buddy all hell broke loose. From reading articles on the Dorsey Band it was noted that Tommy Dorsey was a S O B to work for he demanded absolute perfection. And those standards remained with countless big bands. Thanks Drumutar for replaying a classic big band shot featuring all the guys in the Dorsey Big Band and of course showing the phenominal Buddy Rich. History in Big Band in a excellent way.
Dorsey was a disciplinarian but never minded clowning in costume for movies. He wore a powdered wig in 'DuBarry Was a Lady' and cowboy gear in 'Girl Crazy'. He was much better at banter on screen than Goodman or Harry James.
Recorded between September and December of 1940 in Hollywood, CA. "The Trombone Man Is Best Man In The Band". This is the earliest extant footage of a drum solo ever filmed of Buddy Rich with Tommy Dorsey. Buddy was 23 years old.
Truly the best one yet. Thank you so much for this gift.
Awesome! Thank you so much . . bring it on!
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!!!!
The best thing that ever happened, was Buddy forming his own big band...
He could play exactly what he liked and could star as the drummer...not play second fiddle to others.
Buddy Rich! Master Big!!!!
Master musicians here. Whew!
Buddy was the best with Dorsey He learned a lot with Artie Shaw but He was destined to be a superstar Drummer!
Buddy is the king
Classic.
Wanna know the roots of rap and rhyme? Can't get much earlier than this.
Except this features actual musicians and talent that doesn’t exist in rap. Lol
@@thecrippledrummer Tommy Dorsey and Buddy Rich were two of the best. That's for certain.
@@thecrippledrummer some rap is good, it's just before 2000
Even a lot earlier than in this video.
Where was Francis Albert Sinatra while this was going on.On paper he was still in the Dorsey band at this time.
Possibly replaced ( for a minute) by Ken Curtis. I think that's him second from audience right. When Frank came back, Ken went to Sons of Pioneers, then into acting, eventually Fedtus Hagen. What a career!
Sinatra can be seen at some length in 'Ship Ahoy', which the band shot the following year.
Thanx for both replies .Sorry about my tardiness in replying as I have just seen them.Sinatra was warned by Dorsey about his bullying of Connie Haines ,seen in the band looking very happy because,like you say,I think Dorsey had sent him home.Yes,Ken Curtis did sing for a couple of weeks with Dorsey but Tommy quickly learned that Sinatra was a hard act to follow,so he let him back in.Sinatra never insulted or derided Jo Stafford as I suspect Jo would have sloshed him across the chops.She was a big girl ! ( and a great singer )
Sinatra was in this film, "Las Vegas Nights." He sang "I'll Never Smile Again" with the Pied Pipers.
Who's the girl
buddy rich hands so fast
His drumming sounded like a machine gun!
@@bobboscarato1313 its genectic muscle development in arms&hands because of his ancestors laying all them brick n stone in aqua ducts n appian way
@@romanstar7550 I know; my dad was an Italian brick layer.- From Treviso.-
The drum solo was a minor part of the proceedings, but why the squashed picture?
My channel is centered around jazz drummers, so I titled it so viewers know there’s a drum feature. I don’t know how you’re viewing this but if you view the video in UA-cam’s own player or app, the video looks fine.
I'm using the UA-cam player and the picture is square, rather han 4:3.
Well what do you know?! Here’s BUDDY RICH using the dreaded………
“MATCH GRIP” again! Despicable! LOL🤣🥁🤪
Who is the singer?
Connie Haines
I knew we was rapping back then.
0:58 RAPPIN'
2:53 BUDDY
Where’s F.S.?
Frank sings "You'll Never Smile Again" in this film.
I have never seen film footage of Tommy Dorsey and his band until just now. Buddy Rich as always is stunning and all of the others in that band are also highly talented musicians. However, music is only half of their performance: They also have to be comic actors with split second timing and be able to juggle props. The routine itself seems really odd to us as modern viewers, and the talking sections feel like they are the grandparents of rap.
Buddy was only 24 here
A very young Connie Haines.