Buddy Rich at his best, that's what I call music. No harshness, no dollars. Beginning in 1968 Rich, like so many other jazz musicians, practically became paranoid of the walking-bass 4/4 swing pattern that had served everyone from Basie to Charlie Parker to Bill Evans so well.

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Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. He is as good live as in the studio l know he worked his muscians hard but just listen to the results FABULOUS.

Popcorn Snare 10x4 Birch Snare. This is Buddy at his very best l just love it. I bought the CD though so that I would not wear out the LP! Dry Ride Ribbons Crisp and clean, and not much green!

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A BIG Sound-stage with transparent details and harmonics which are mostly missed in digital CDs. Rich tried to "connect" with the Beatles-Stones audience by going to a quasi-rock repertory along with the addition of electric bass. As a combo drummer, well, it just did not make use of his skills to their max in my view. Pop! This album came out a year after I'd caught Rich with Sinatra, a period when, above all, the great drummer wasn't afraid to swing! Mercy Mercy - Live At Caesars Palace 1968 (reissue Big Swing Face is a 1967 live album and the second album by Buddy Rich and his 1960s big band. This is THE Sound of BIG BAND music and Buddy Rich does it better than anyone. Popcorn Snare 10x4 Birch Snare. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again. Everything about it is tops - the arrangements, the performers, all of it. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations "The Beat Goes On" is a feature for Rich's daughter Cathy, whose vocal performance was overdubbed later at United Recording in Hollywood. Its lively, its superbly played and just sounds great. This is it!

Fortunately, this phase lasted for only several years, and by 1974 Rich was once again validating the swing tradition of Basie, Goodman, Dorsey and his own roots. Most Amazon MP3s are around 256 kbps, and that's good enough to give you a reasonable good recording.

Expressive, accurate, musical. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers.This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. for those of you who are too young to know Who B.R. Brought back a lot of memories. Trash Crash Warm, dark gong tone. Great tracks and arrangements played with verve and energy.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2019Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2015 What can I say? Adjustable room ambience, EQ and tone. I bought everything I could find by Buddy, and I even have this on an old LP. I love it.

Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. "Big Swing Face" captures the band at an optimal period, especially for listeners who don't require for every tune the double-eighth-note, on-the-beat, slam-bam feel of much rock-pop music. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. And a previous reviewer's point about Rich's later incorporation of electric bass is well taken. His gift was knowing just when to kick and accent to support the big band - there were non better in that venue in that era, at least for my taste.I bought this because my old vinyl disk was in terrible shape, having been played through the years on ...

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I've been a fan of Buddy Rich since the Seventies, but I had never heard his album "Big Swing Face" until I ordered it off Amazon about a month ago. First, it is LIVE. Please try again Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Rich's second album, another live affair that swings hard from beginning to end. Sensitive listeners may find the proceedings all a little too brash and thrusting but the rest of us will reveal in track after track of life enhancing, no holds barred swinging jazz.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2015

A Phenomenal album.