Buddy Rich "West Side Story" 1967 Away We Go show
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- From the Away We Go shows, summer of 1967, here's how West Side Story was presented - with dancers! Buddy loses his right stick near the end of his solo and recovers just fine, as he always does.
![Buddy Rich Big Band • “Winding Way/West Side Story/Drum Solo” • 1986 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8o7HCuK65JM/mqdefault.jpg)
This version of WSS medley is a very early one. I recall an interview with Bobby Shew (who I had the pleasure of working with several times) where he told about rehearsing the medley in Vegas in 67 with a drummer sitting in for Buddy who sat out in the venue smoking and listening as they pieced it together with the arranger. Then, after about 4 hours of listening, he got up and played it through once without any stops or mistakes. And the rest is history:)
Imagine what Buddy's ego might have been like if he could sight read too.
That was an obvious loss of his right stick. I have never seen that happen before. Buddy's left hand saved the day. Just incredible! Thanks cloudview! All the BR fans are forever indebted to you!
+Barry Brysman I am very happy to be making these videos available to all, so you are welcome Barry. It just isn't right, it never was right, for these videos to only be in the hands of a few elite collectors. Be sure to check out the post of Buddy on the 1972 Dick Cavett show to see another incredible save - in that case not because of dropping the right stick but because of having the right stick break.
I'd never seen him drop a stick, but these videos attest to the fact that he was indeed human.
I've been watching this man for 40 years and he still leaves me in awe!!! Buddy was a freak of nature!
+Fernie Gutierrez I am right there with you 100%!
cloudview747 Thanks again, Cloudview. This is the first live performance of WSS that I ever remember where Buddy played the intro on his ride cymbal and not on his hi hats!!! Very different approach indeed, but stll tremendously brilliant. Thank you again, Cloudview for your total commitment to Buddy's legacy!
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So great to see this stuff. THANKS!
+Mr DDD3az You're welcome.
Love it ! Thank you as always.
+drse2 And you are welcome as always.
I see your point of course! Those kits you mentioned are outstanding. I just like the attack they have here. Let's face it. He made them all sound great. The Rogers he used would be right up there. I might change my mind next time I hear them.
+graham sheridan Yes, Buddy Rich made any drums sound great. As the viewer George Nolte commented on another BR post: This dude could play on cardboard boxes and he would make them sound great!
Love his personnel on this and they almost look like Buddy's age. Thanks for posting CV, you are the king of BR uploads sir! :)
I appreciate it. That was my goal. Helping ensure his legacy is my way of saying thank you to The Drum Wonder, who turned my drumming life upside down from the minute I first heard him on vinyl when I was just a young teenager.
completely different interpretation, esp intro
brilliance of chart interpretation, one of his great virtues
+Andrew Chaplowitz Agreed!
Love the ending! No doubt extended to get the dancers out of the way before taking an extended drum solo..
Groovy dancers!
That fill at the 34 second mark is pure gold.
+MarkR1957 Glad you appreciate the delicate stuff!
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Always have! I saw Buddy 30 times - - once I saw Teddy Wilson sit in - - when the band took a break between sets, Teddy played a trio set with Buddy and his bass player. Buddy played brushes for the set and he was amazing, as usual.
+MarkR1957 And speaking of Buddy & the brushes, I love that Merv Griffin video where Buddy is obviously so happy to be playing with Benny Goodman.
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Yeah, that stuff with BG is more pure gold!
Even the greatest drummers of all time, dropped a stick occasionally.
It must make us mortals feel ok then, when we drop them.
Arguable the best sounding drums he ever played in my opinion.
+graham sheridan You really think these Vox tubs sound better than the Rogers or Slings, or the vintage Radio Kings he had towards the end? Hmmmm . . . . Have you ever seen the Montreal Jazz Festival DVD . . . . those Ludwigs sounded GREAT. I think these Vox and the Fibes set were the worst sounding sets he ever had.
+MarkR1957 Correct. He never sounded better than during his Rogers years. Very simple reason: Rogers drums were so much better than anything else made at the time.
Buddy must have been paid a mint to play these pretzel tin excuses for drums.
I like the extended ending. I kinda wish BR would have mixed it up with that type of ending now and then. To me, it adds to the excitement of the expected finale.
Trombone player clammed a little on the Somewhere solo, but Buddy fumbled a stick on the solo with the camera close up on him, even though he covered it sound wise it was still a clam because looks mattered. So I hope he didn't lay into the trombone player too hard.
He took em in the dressing room and said, shut that F'in door lmaoo
Fantastic ! Anything on BUDDY RICH is MAGNIFICENT...thank you Cloud view .
Absolutely Mark. 😊
It is so strange to see B sitting behind those Vox tubs.
Sounded tinny
Must have paid him well, especially to block out the name on the bass drum
I'm surprised Buddy put up with the dancing. He was great as always and this was the first year WSS was introduced. The music is timeless but the choreography is dated.
Probably not what he wanted, but the show must go on.
didn't the band play that beautifully?
who is the tpt player to the right of Findley?
and was that Ray Starling on piano?
Yes, and a surprise ending.
Is it Bobby Shew?
Probably Starling - hard to tell.
I believe the trumpet section, l to r, is Chuck Findley, Oliver Mitchell, Yoshito Murakami and John Sottile.
Yes, Ray Starling at the piano.
MarkR1957 According to Clarence Hintze's excellent discography, you would be correct, sir!
Using the dancers here was kind of like what the Mike Douglas show used to do when Buddy was soloing with visual distracting, annoying effects.Buddy in this time period used a lot more exaggerated arm movements than he would do later on, i guess he learned to conserve energy when he could. You can go just as fast and probably faster using more wrist action instead of pronounced arm movement.
Always loved Jay Corrie's solos. Always so melodic. Unlike Menza; who usually threw in everything, but the kitchen sink.
Corre was my favorite tenor soloist with B. Menza my least favorite. Menza is a superb composer/arranger, but never had the melodic touch Corre had.
...only half of the "Somewhere" trombone solo (of course Trimble sounds great as usual...and yes, shortly after this Buddy cut out the whole solo) the ending was added, but the drum solo was incredible. Who are the other trombones?
These TV shows were filmed in May 1967 according to the BR discography by Doug Meriwether. But the book is a little unclear as to the personnel at that point. Prior to May it was Ron Myers and Bill Wimberely along with Jim Trimble. As of mid June it was John Boice and Bob Brawn along with Jim Trimble.
covered up Rogers Insignia on the bass drum. Hilarious!
Those are Vox drums, not Rogers.
what is covered up on the bass drum?
The word "Vox" is covered up.
No longer playing Rogers at this point in time.
@@bigswingface5847 wow. Under contract and covers up the logo!
7:40 Chick stands straight up while a guy a lot larger than her leapfrogs on her shoulders.
LOL...Ernie Watts, looks way too serious. Like he was annoyed with the dancers.
The dancers were not needed at all.
I was looking for Bernardo, Riff, Maria, etc., but they never showed up.
BUDDY RICH
30 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1917
02 DE ABRIL DE 1987
69 AÑOS
DRUMMER.
Wonder how Buddy felt about those dancers. They could have done without them for sure. When the greatest drummer of all time is playing who gives a rats ass about dance interpretation?
I've wondered how Buddy felt too. I definitely do not like dance interpretation while Buddy's Big Band is playing.
I suppose because The Jackie Gleason Show always featured dancers, and this was the summer replacement show, the powers-that-be wanted to continue having dancers.