Buddy Rich - Channel One Suite Solo (1984 Berlin)

Buddy Rich performing a solo on Channel One Suite in 1984 in Berlin. Pretty amazing!
Copyright goes to Hudson Music and Drummerworld.com.
Enjoy!

[@Han-Solo459]

If you don't love Buddy... you're not a Drummer. Non-negotiable.

[@hellbenderdesign]

Not only did he play a great solo, but he won a staring contest with young Javier Bardem.

[@AngusRex]

buddy rich might be the only example there is where you can point to a particular musician and say "they were the best of all time" and literally anyone you ask will just agree, no questions asked

[@giannigunn5247]

The really insane thing is this was three years before he passed. The man is a true legend rest in peace buddy you are the greatest.

[@marinagallant1847]

When Buddy gets in the zone, he's unstoppable! Greatest drummer ever!!

[@joshuajuaire8757]

Buddy pushed the limits of drumming and His singles were blazing fast there will never be another buddy rich but there are tributes to him

[@dibber43]

THE greatest drummer to ever walk planet earth...Bernard "Buddy" Rich

[@nealsausen4651]

DAMN RIGHT!

[@paoloalcantara2465]

No

[@fablenewsnetwork7223]

Absolutely 🥁🥁🥁

[@Kai-ud1sp]

You said it! 😊

[@jamesgordon2805]

100 percent right. THE GREATEST DRUMMER EVER.

[@buddyrichgenekrupa19]

67 years old at the time and he stil had it!

[@YOU2UUB]

Meet the Master of the drums. The greatest jazz drummer and perhaps greatest drummer that ever was, Mr. Buddy Rich.

[@paoloalcantara2465]

No

[@chriskourlos4407]

Go back to practice or publish who is! I'd love to meet him!😂

[@jamesdrynan]

Imagine sitting that close to one of the greatest technical drummers that ever lived!

[@MrKlemps]

TO JAMES DRYMAN: "One of the greatest technical drummers who ever lived"?? Just whom do you think the "others" are?

[@betaomega04]

This is what musical genius looks like.

[@ssnoc]

Buddy was incredible as a soloist, but equally great as a band leader - yes he was considered a PITA at times, but the guy always delivered an outstanding performance. 👏

[@brianchisnell1548]

His audience was always crammed with drummers. He always delivered the goods! Bandmates were the best that could be found, that wanted to travel the world for scale. College kids. Marcus, bass players, piano players were his special core. He knew equip. too. Ludwig Hercules hi hat. 13in cymbals. Early Rogers swivomatic pedal with a wood beater. Mid 40s Slingerland drums. The drums of his youth. Miss that band.

[@swungithot]

Unmatched greatness!! The GOAT!!!

[@joshuaa3075]

That was one of greatest I've ever seen. I'm always amazed when he works the cymbals but the sticks were over the top as well. Even Buddy's face seemed to acknowledge it was a great one.

[@betaomega04]

Putting this into perspective...Buddy is 67 at the time of this performance..

[@miked4401]

He would still smoke anyone, any age at the end of his life. Truly remarkable

[@pippottopazzo]

when he was 65 he played a marvelous drum solo at the CONCERT FOR THE AMERICAS ...in 1982...he played while having a stroke in the middle of the solo ... yet he kept on playing till the end of the concert ...INCREDIBLE ! ... after the concert he suddenly went to the hospital and get a chest surgery which saved his life ... look for "BUDDY RICH IMPOSSIBLE DRUM SOLO HQ" inside KZbin : hope you will join it ( >18.000.000 views )

[@Odthean]

wow no kidding

[@headsofamazon]

Buddy was a monster on the drums

[@leokop]

1:05 - 3:35 and not a single drum head was touched... absolutely amazing

[@freddiepacittidrummer.892]

Every Drum solo was ALWAYS something completely different. Truly the GREATEST EVER .....

[@SifuEricKHermansen]

I was lucky to see Buddy at Disneyland 3 times! A Master world's best!

[@TrumpetRush]

this lead trumpet player is probably my favorite of all who played with Buddyl; as I recall he only played with the group a relatively short time. Killer chops and so accurate. I remember recording the DisneyLand performance in the mid-80's on PBS and I about wore out the VHS tape - I was heading into high school so these were still formative years.

[@jimfisk4474]

Buddy Rich, what can I say that hasn't been said before, what a Dynamo, Sharp wet and a good interviewee. God bless him and may he rest in peace!

[@Joe_1sr9]

Saw Buddy at Ronnie Scott's in mid eighties and being right up next to him was just incredible. Stayed with me always🎉❤

[@Alyskov]

little did they know, that they are looking at the best drummer of all time, not shortly before his death

[@paoloalcantara2465]

No

[@mr.aerial1885]

All the musicians watching in amazement the maestro at his best

[@Sqvusz]

i might have clicked on this vid 100 times in the span of 7 years, and it never ceases to impress me.

[@jellmmfnfnfmf3i33]

agreed.I may be getting into the 200-300 range by now LOL. It's a masterpiece!

[@emersonprechlak3858]

O MESTRE O MAIOR DE TODOS OS TEMPOS BATERISTAS JAMAIS VAI TER OUTRO IGUAL. 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍. NOTA 1000

[@bobbydale1938]

Never gets old 😍

[@robertbright-jc3sd]

MR.BUDDY RICH ONE OF THE GREATEST DRUMMERS TOO EVER SIT BEHIND A KIT PERIOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@georgebiederman5342]

Nothing but the BEST!!

[@ConwayT91]

Not only his technique is amazing, he makes it look so easy and effortless as well.. and he's dressed like he's about to go golfing after playing the drums!

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

I'll try not to make this too long a story. I attended a concert that Cathy Rich hosted. She told the audience a story that Buddy tried to take up golf. He apparently got to a hole with a water hazard. He hit his ball in the water, got mad, through his golf bag into the hazard and left. Came back, got his bag out of the water, got his car keys out of the bag, threw his bag back into the water and left again!

[@Drumminman4U]

When I was a kid living in California I saw him perform live many times at Disneyland. He was the greatest inspiration. We still love you Buddy. Check out my tributes to him on here (a few short drum solos of mine). To all the rock drummers out there, don’t lose touch with the past. There are many things to learn from the rich heritage all those jazz drummers left us “back in the day”. Richard Gray

[@pippottopazzo]

Well said , Richard!! Buddy Rich is the only one in all the history of jazz music that played better and better as the time was passing away: the elder he was, the better he played. Expecially on cymbals . During the last 10 years of his life he did get such a class and such an elegance he hadn't in the fourties or in the fifties : altough at that time he would have been stronger and more powerful , he played with little less elegance on brushes or cymbals than the way he played in the eighties ...( for example take a look at THE IMPOSSIBLE DRUM SOLO-CONCERT FOR THE AMERICAS IN 1982 )

[@gailhartig2443]

Growing up in San Diego, we as teenagers would drive to Disneyland just to see him . Back when you had to buy the book of tickets, we would just by them, go see Buddy Rich and leave. He was THE BEST drummer that ever lived.

[@Drumminman4U]

@@gailhartig2443 Funny you should say that. I first saw him at Disneyland when I was 13 and my mom said, "Don't you want to go on any rides"? I said, "Yep. But not when he is here". My parents would look at each other as if to say, this kid is nuts. LOL

[@bobbydale1938]

Yep me too.😊 maybe saw you there Estancia HS Class of 1975

[@ImaDrummer55]

OMG, after Buddy was born, God indeed broke the mold !! He is the TRUE definition of the word INCREDIBLE !! There will be NEVER be another one like him !! I could practice for 1000 years, and not even come close to his abilities !! My jaw is on the floor !!

[@billconserva1461]

Once again, like always, Buddy's speed was his hallmark.

[@mitchcornacchia968]

67 YEARS OLD UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!! BEST THERE EVER WAS

[@traviss7740]

I was laughing out of pure joy throughout this entire thing.

[@salchaos]

Brilliant. Always took my breath away every time I saw him. Such technique and control.

[@SkinSlayer26]

Crash cymbal for sale. Only used once. :) Buddy you are amazing! Every time watching your solos is like the first time.

[@patobassr]

Que increible, que no me dejen de impresionar sus solos, fantástico

[@MarkR1957]

Correct. When Donny Osborne Sr. - - then President of Slingerland, found out about it, he ripped Buddy a new one. He was livid, and rightly so. They were paying Buddy 25K per year to endorse Slingerland at that time, and Osborne was really pissed that Buddy pulled this on them. Buddy was also using a Fibes snare - - recoved in White Marine Pearl covering and fitted with Rogers hardware, when he was endorsing Rogers drums. Buddy loved a fiberglass snare.

[@theavenger3363]

THE best ever .. God bless you Buddy 😘

[@johnnevo7781]

best drummer I've ever seen

[@madpuppy54]

the sick soft drum roll!

[@terrydonegan1622]

Just unbelievable

[@patrickjean8994]

The best of all time!

[@pagedown4195]

A true MASTER

[@danneu8]

Man, I wish I could have seen him live...

[@mobrules29]

I feel bad for anyone who didn't have that opportunity. The air was just electric. And in my opinion, nothing was as exciting in a concert as when the music faded, and a Buddy Rich drum solo began.

[@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY]

I had the opportunity to see Buddy Rich Live in a small venue in the 1980s. I turned it down. WHY? Because I was playing drums live with a band!!

[@sandyhanson6082]

You did miss something incredible! Saw him at Disneyland twice.

[@ilcomendante]

@@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY superb irony. It’s not lost on us

[@jared3346]

Best. Drummer. Ever.

[@stevenwahl3440]

X 10

[@paoloalcantara2465]

No

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

​@@paoloalcantara2465Very curious. Why do you say no and who do you like better?

[@unknowndesire1633]

a cry of honour integrity power truth expression

[@dylangatenby9928]

Awesome solo!!

[@librareggae]

When i began learning drums in the 70s, this self taught drummer was known as the world's best as he set the bar at the time with his intricate hi-hat work and speed on his solos. He inspired the likes of Ringo Starr, Roger Taylor, John Bonham and Phil Collins. He was and still is in my opinion the king of the drumkit, though Peart, Bonham and the later stratospheric innovators took it to an even higher level.

[@narutoeditor2]

his face at 3:14 : "are you not entertained yet?" what a freaking legend :3

[@saxenas]

2:45 too. The audience cheers and he's like "yup" lol

[@frank2778]

The band members whispering in the background were later found buried by the side of the road.

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

He didn',t need to bury them. He could just fire them.!

[@janetremsing6988]

Buddy sure gave that old Speed King a workout!

[@squarehead5466]

It is Saturday, October 14th 2023 at 11:55 pm and I'm just learning who Buddy Rich is. Holy shit. My next week is now booked...

[@danielacevedo3361]

I like how Buddy Rich is staring at his bandmate and his bandmate is staring back😂

[@SAHBfan]

I wonder if it was a bit like the story about Josef Stalin telling the guards to shoot the first person to stop clapping after his speeches 😵

[@CribNotes]

Buddy had ridiculous speed and stick control but his solos were always similar. This one is my favorite cause he pulls out a lot of unconventional magic tricks.

[@chriskourlos4407]

He was magic!❤😂🎉

[@joecash4354]

He was playing Shaughnessy’s set, a considerably different setup than Buddy was used to. He came up with new tricks to accommodate the drums he had. ❤

[@joh_kep3248]

If you look through the decades his sound slowly evolved from that swing era he was born in. In my opinion the 60-70s were his strongest years.

[@owenmajor1314]

doing a drum solo whilst maintaining a staring competition with the guy to his left wow

[@roybeckerman9253]

In a different class to those drummers in Buddy’s memorial concerts these days. No one comes even close...

[@Geigurks]

His Face at 2:57 :) simply amazing!

[@pothocket6026]

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10000 kicks once but the man who has practiced one kick 10000 times." The thing that makes Buddy Richs solos so incredible and really awe inspiring is his absolute mastery of the single stroke roll. He can do things with it that are seemingly magic to the untrained eye. But in reality its the simplest of patterns which he expands on ocassionally and knows how to do ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING with. Of course he knows all the other rudiments to, and hes a master of dynamics, pitch, phrasing and all that. But what TRULY made him Buddy Rich in my opinion is the single stroke roll.

[@gattalaicook7801]

僕の中ではrichがナンバーワン尊師にあたる。ただ叩きまくるドラマーとは違い、きめ細やかなスネアを中心としたスクロールで観客を魅了するその様に感動する

[@crlaw75]

It could have been a favor or a gift from Paiste, since he was playing in Switzerland before. A post I read is that he took this cymbal with him to the States and then went back to a Zildjian ride.

[@petejoseph8257]

The Late Great Buddy Rich....RIP oh great one.

[@6801ls350]

He was fun to watch. His band watches in Amazement!

[@southfloridaarcheryguy114]

Or fear……

[@cjrockstar09]

That left hand..

[@sunking2001]

Obviously...the greatest percussionist to ever walk on this Earth.

[@paoloalcantara2465]

No

[@returntoforever-forever2876]

Buddy 👍👍👍❤

[@tightlondon]

Buddy wasn't just the best drummer that ever lived he was a true showmanship

[@pippottopazzo]

Buddy Rich is the only one in all the history of jazz music that played better and better as the time was passing away: the elder he was, the better he played. Expecially on cymbals . During the last 10 years of his life he did get such a class and such an elegance he hadn't in the fourties or in the fifties : altough at that time he would have been stronger and more powerful , he played with little less elegance on brushes or cymbals than the way he played in the eighties ...( for example take a look at THE IMPOSSIBLE DRUM SOLO-CONCERT FOR THE AMERICAS IN 1982 )

[@pagedown4195]

Just Sick! You don´t find a drummer like this today! Sorry Hannah Ford..

[@ppvpz]

There is no one...

[@pagedown4195]

Totally insane..

[@MarkyOosterveen]

Well i mean....there's Gavin harrison, Tony Royster Jr and many others.

[@skankhunt-vw8xr]

Marky Oosterveen Tony Royster!?

[@MarkyOosterveen]

***** yeah. What about him?

[@GODTHESOOTHSAYER1]

The greatest of all time and an innovator. Muhammad Ali.....OOOPS! Buddy Rich!!!!

[@user-mx1fw5rr5f]

He is genius!

[@FazMaTaz]

That left hand is lethal.

[@henryruizph.d7161]

That Magic left hand…I’m happy to see some shots of his bass drum techniques…Buddy was known for his awesome foot speed as well…

[@robertomomezzo1483]

Jamais vai aparecer um baterista igual a Buddy Rich.

[@renatamiguel8718]

Ele era um genio. 🥁

[@marioferretti391]

Unicofenomenale

[@tempo954]

No one plays the traps now or ever like Buddy Rich!!!!!

[@nickymooncymbals]

What I heard...or read....The ride was a gift, I believe from Tomas Paiste who was at the show. Buddy played the cymbal that night out of courtesy.

[@user-sd7nk5ff4d]

Were good 😉👍👍👍

[@Elavats]

F'ing awesome! Thanks for posting

[@hairnsap]

Holy crap he was a monster!

[@traviss7740]

my lord 3:33 to ~ 3:43 is soooo sick. Those snare sixteenths that lead to the crash... beautiful.

[@markroffe3967]

I saw him live twice... and... yeah.

[@claudiobirnbaum3943]

Master of masters !

[@bretdorton]

The ultimate 👍👍👍 ever

[@jacquespury253]

Phénoménal ‼️

[@_ashtonthomas]

The thing that gets me is that he's staring at the band the whole time

[@davef.2329]

¡¡Good Heavens!! Imagine trying to survive a staring contest with Buddy Rich while he's playing...

[@drummeruptheirons]

A 49 second drum roll completely captivates the audience. What a man

[@goldpython2263]

Monster!

[@crlaw75]

The amount of sweat dripping off of Buddy.

[@doles2222]

This guy staring at Buddy's eyes creeps me out.

[@ChaCadrummer]

You can tell his band has been through hell and back trying to sound this good.

[@Taterisstig]

If only I was half this good

[@MrKlemps]

If you were "half as good", you'd be the 2nd greatest of all time!

[@ericwitz3199]

3:24-3:28= I was born to do this! Among the other 40 years as well. IMO.

[@evercusion1]

El mejor!!!!

[@Rangelgoes]

Demais...não canso de assistir;;;

[@stevenlehrer8355]

Simply the BEST

[@paoloalcantara2465]

No

[@peternemeth1777]

​@@paoloalcantara2465 Yes

[@armstrongbrosband]

That guy at 0:55 looks like he's about to cry at how good Buddy is.