Buddy Rich on Lenny Bruce Show 1959

[@tmaddrummer]

Buddy.... Buddy..... Buddy....... No words need be spoken when Buddy Rich is Smokin!!!

[@clubhaney]

I played in Chicago and New York from 1934 -1977. I met Gene in 1934 and Buddy in1938. They were two different drummers to be sure. Gene had a very basic, effective drumming style and his solos were always very musical indeed. In this clip Buddy shows his impeccable "ears", taste, and timing.. He is aware of everything going on around him. Buddy and Gene had different drumming styles. I do agree that drumming is NOT an athletic event! I just view all great drummers as different "flavors"! :)

[@WillyCLARKE-g8c]

No gimmicks in those days. Only talent.

[@tylernator]

Amazing!!! Buddy rich really was from another world!! Hands down best drummer ever, and ever will be

[@MarkR1957]

And not to forget Ike Issacs on bass. A fantastic, firey quartet, led by The Master. From a TV movie called "One Night Stand - The World of Lenny Bruce".

[@Deagledrumzz]

Probably the best drumming performance in a 4 piece group ever.The man was pure perfection.Wrists of the GODS!!!!!

[@Johnnycdrums]

I keep coming back to this, always.

[@kevinkilduff2064]

The man is a veritable force of nature. Timing, pace, touch, feel and , of course, technique, are nonpareil. A drummer for the ages.

[@acfinney1]

Buddy is the only drummer that got better as he aged. Four heart attacks and the man was still the best.

[@rayszymarek2920]

What I dug so so much about Buddy Rich in his career behind a set of drums????? Just when you think you think that you have seen him do everything that you have seen or heard him do before. But just like a Secret Space Weapon with After Burners and Drones and Cruise Missles all in One. Here comes Buddy Rich with a new more fabulous weapon that will knock your socks off. He knows this and he will make all the people who think he has given you every thing in drumming. No No No Buddy comes back and does something even more spectacular. Always Excite to watch and to see. The Holy Grail of Drummers that was Buddy Rich.

[@coastrider9673]

Great horn and bass. Buddy, the greatest of all time, playing to his own drummer in this one..

[@Beauxdeauxfinglok]

I love the faces he makes after his solo when the band comes back in. THAT is real emotional content. Buddy probably had permanent goosebumps. I know I get the chills just watching it, imagine DOING this... all the while that little voice inside saying: "Geez, look at me go!"

[@tonydir5673]

Yet another oustanding performance by Mr Rich never ceases to amaze or entertain on an extraordinary level

[@arame29]

1959 a small swing group was out of favor in jazz. only big names from the swing era could get exposure. This was a trying time for Buddy Rich. He wanted to be a song and dance man, even burning a pair of drumsticks to prove his intent to give up drums. He also suffered a heart attack around this time, performing with a small group with John Bunch. But things changed. He toured the Far East two years later, got back with Harry James, which had a home base at the Flamingo, allowing him to sleep in his own bed each night and tuck his daughter in. But he got quickly tired of the commercial dance repertoire and in 1966, woke up his wife at 5am, and announced he was giving the big band another go. It was the key move of his career.

[@normantrombon]

Andrew Chaplowitz ...it's kinda hard for me to feel sorry for Buddy Rich! I don't think he ever scuffled much! At the same time, there were a lot of drummers that could play all the same rudiments, but swing ten times as hard. And it was more than ten times harder for them to make a living. A precious few of them are still around. As are some younguns that carry the real message. Make it a point to go out and hear them play- in a club, a festival, or wherever. You'll be glad you forgot about Buddy Rich!

[@Johnnycdrums]

normantrombon; Wrong!

[@BranMarPercussion]

The very first live music I ever saw was Buddy Rich in the early 1970's, just a few years after re-comitting to his big band. And what a killer young band it was. The brass screamed with so much power I had to cover my tender young ears for most of the show. I was able to see this show because my father dragged me to the band's performance in a local high school auditorium. Imagine what it must have felt like to have to survive on those little high school auditorium gigs just to be able to afford to pay a band that size to keep it together.

[@Johnnycdrums]

@@BranMarPercussion ; In the early Eighties, me and my bandmates saw two separate big bands alternate between sets on the same stage. They just rolled the Grand Piano (it might have been a Baby Grand, but think not) back and forth. On one side was Woody Herman's full band. On the other side was The Buddy Rich Big Band. The concert was out of this world and for some strange reason it was performed at Gorham High School Auditorium. I think the concert was sponsored by University Of Maine and right next door. I'm guessing Woody and Buddy didn't feel U of M had the elevated, big wide stage, and ease of access for two big bands. Looking back, I'd like to hear the full story from somebody in the know, because U of M at Gorham campus is no slouch in the venue department.

[@Deagledrumzz]

I'm watching this thinking that this 4 piece group was sheer perfection.Can we call them the 1st super group? Hell yeah!!! Buddy lives 4 ever because nobody can or will ever come close to this perfect musician.And the in the band were top notch masters as well.

[@MARKMANIATT]

I too believe this is Buddy's greatest playing on film.One slip up at that tempo and it would fall apart.From the Fifties to the early Seventies,his speed and precision were beyond belief.This was the year of his first heart attack as I recall.Nearly gave me one watching this.For all those who still cast doubt,your deluded.This is by a mile the greatest human being to ever play a drum set.Just accept what is before your eyes.The man was touched by God!!!

[@jaschaheifetz]

Sweets Edison on trpt. and the great Nat Pierce on pno. Great clip. Thanks for posting.

[@edwardsmith1905]

falling in love with Buddy Rich ,,,,,,,man does he look cool on the drums, I really hope Buddy is in Heaven

[@normantrombon]

Edward Smith ...in the woody allen film, the drummer in heaven is Richie Pratt. He was on drums when I played with Lionel Hampton in 1979.

[@Johnnycdrums]

Purgatory, like some of us, maybe. Objectively we are almost all doomed to Hell. Subjectively, we are not allowed, nor have the ability, to see inside another man's soul, and as such, cannot rule out the possibility of divine intervention no matter how remote the possibility. Tradition cannot change because truth cannot change. Tradition ended with the last breath of the last Apostle.

[@robbopaloobop]

Just listen to Buddy play the melody as he solos.... one of the most technically adept and musical drummers, ever!

[@TheBosox34]

i cant believe people are making a big deal out of this. it was 1959, the man was ahead of his time, and he is a pioneer on the dums

[@Deagledrumzz]

This is perhaps the finest drumming performance ever recorded.Nobody can play like this MASTER played,he is by FAAAR the most incredible drummer and perhaps musician ever. His talent has no boundaries,we miss you BUDDY.

[@brucewessel7753]

Both legends

[@gregedenfield1080]

miss you man.

[@Deagledrumzz]

This might be the finest drum work/solo of any drummer at anytime, Buddy was surely from another world. The UNDISPUTED CHAMP!!!!

[@DYNODRUM]

Lenny & Buddy=Bruce & Rich-Trailblazers =Freedom Riders =DESERVE ALOT OF RESPECT- DIG THE FACT THAT, Buddy always praised and mentioned The Black MEN that were Great from this era and they choose Him to, play with ...

[@saxenas]

that drum lick from 2:58-3:02 was damn smooth.

[@andym28]

Best drummer ever and best comic

[@Beauxdeauxfinglok]

love his faces right after the solo..... dude is in the ZONE, even for Buddy

[@MarkR1957]

Agreed, 100%. I saw you with Buddy in the 70's, Bob. Always looked forward to Buddy calling up "Grand Concourse", one of the best charts in the book. I saw 30 BR concerts - - - I can imagine how great it was watching him every night.

[@DanDelvis]

Buddy was the MAN. All you had to do was ask him and he would tell ya too. Buddy was BaaaaDDDDDDDD!!

[@chucktouchton398]

That baseline reminds me of the meow mix jingle! Buddy the legend!

[@bigd-1-channel514]

Great Vintage stuff. Classic and solid. Thanks for the posting.

[@sulladrum]

Those of you who say he couldn't play bop. You'd give anything to play with one-tenth as much swing as Buddy. that song is cooking' and buddy kicks a**

[@DYNODRUM]

Hey; YOU DID GOOD -GREAT FIND AND THANKS ......

[@douge53]

I'm not a big Rich fan but I do appreciate his ability. He plays the tune and never wavers even if he takes it out. Anyone that ever studied with Alan Dawson had to know the song and be able to play it in their solo. So I'll give him that for sure.

[@BigHammer52]

Thanks for this post! That's 72 bars of drumming perfection.

[@maalth]

Yes, thanks indeed for posting!

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

this needs to be out on dvd

[@rolfh]

Lenny Bruce + Buddy Rich? = who knew? Not me. I thought Lenny was into drummers like Philly Jo Jones. Cool history. Top notch post.

[@donjohnson5653]

I love his drumming.✌👊😎 But his attitude😲

[@J72dolphins]

Thanks Mark.

[@richardkell4888]

Wow!

[@The4thGuy]

TWO LEGENDS IN THE SAME VIDEO? HOLY MUTHAFU

[@ocnoreen]

This is cookin' jazz. I would love to hear one group play this way. The modern thing is so boring.

[@J72dolphins]

Hey is Sussex! Thanks for the info!! I appreciate it.

[@MrZol]

man them toms sound so warm!

[@J72dolphins]

Buddy Rich is the greatest ever!! The rest of this band is great, too! Mean piano and tremendous bass!! Good horn, too!! Who are the other guys??

[@beedoe51]

Great post!!!!!

[@cadillacdude1975]

man how i wish the technology of today was around when Buddy was in his prime like he is here. there is no telling what we missed due to technology just not being advanced enough.

[@Taikomaniac]

thank you for posting

[@ridingroy]

@Deagledrumzz Yes there's Buddy, and then there's everybody else. What an absolute dynamo !

[@pinball1970]

3.50 amazing left hand work. The perfect drummer.

[@ScottMartinD]

Technical wizardry, but that _military_ style he's playing there @ 3:50 puts me to sleep.

[@dougtheviking6503]

Yep lighting speed Awesome. !

[@spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

2 of my heroes on 1 show? I've died and gone to heaven.

[@morpheusatloppers]

Damn! I thought I'd seen ALL the Lenny still existent on kine - I didn't even know he HAD a SHOW! I have a kine of him with Harry James from this period, but it's more about Harry than Buddy, so I haven't put it up...

[@MarkR1957]

Buddy could play ANY thing . . . . . .

[@jaschaheifetz]

I believe in addition to "Sweets" Edison and Nat Pierce, that's John Simmons on bass....This is essentially the same group (with the addition of Sonny Criss on alto and Jimmy Rowles instead of Nat Pierce on piano) featured on the recently released, Harry Edison & Buddy Rich Quintet - Complete Studio Recordings. Fantastic!

[@beedoe51]

Thank you!!

[@irenebradle5493]

This is really cool video!!WOW!!!

[@garywillcox1]

Yes, I agree with you wholeheartedly, Joey. Buddy was a Monster in his own way but not the 'group player' that Elvin or Roy Haynes was. This clip is Glorious though ; 6 choruses of unbridled joy(maybe a bit of anger too). Here's to all of us.

[@generatrix999]

Notice the drum sound, transition era. Mylar drumheads just introduced, he's tuned for the calf head feel/sound which is looser, getting a Mylar slap.

[@michaelmattice4986]

Buddy excuse me, Mr. Rich made it look so easy...and it so isn't! RIPBuddyRich

[@Beauxdeauxfinglok]

Lol, nice. Great comment Mark. It's a great way to live, never being wrong!

[@FonkyLynx]

Nice vid...Thanks

[@josephgurzynski1053]

Looking forward to reading his bio authored by Mr. Mel Torme.

[@7125Mhz]

YEAH!!!!!

[@SplitHoof]

nice find Bill

[@MattAttack54]

Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich the two greatest Drummers of all time

[@mikelovesdeb]

Very Nice TY > From: Drums are cool

[@rickdavenport9538]

Who plays like this? Unbelievable swinging.

[@MarkR1957]

Not 100% sure, but I believe this tune is called "Blues in the Closet". I could be wrong, but the last time I was wrong about anything was in about 1962 or so . . . . .

[@MatSymmonds]

Look at that jazzy wallpaper

[@vova47]

It looks like Ike Isaacs on bass. I hate it when they don't give credit to bass players and yet they are vital to any band.

[@tp10488]

did you not see that the year of the recording was 1959? Drum and recording technology has advanced light years from those days. And if you ask Travis Barker, i'm sure he would agree with most of us that Buddy Rich was the greatest drummer that ever lived, period.

[@michaelcraig9449]

CRAZY Daddi-o!

[@Jordan-182]

brilliant. does anyone know of any other buddy videos on youtube that are a similar age to this or older?

[@acedrumminman]

So much for Buddy not understanding be-bop..just ask Dizzy if he could play it..

[@EliezerPennywhistler]

There is a word for people who think flash is the same as musicianship and chops are the same as musical expression. I shan't post that word here. There is a different word for people who cannot come up with a better argument than calling the first one "nonsense". Can you guess what it is? Did you, in fact, watch the Krupa set? Did you notice any differences?

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

PEOPLE THINK LENNY WAS SHOCKING LENNY WOULD BE PROUD OF BUDDY RICH FOR SCREAMING AT HIS BANDMATES!!!

[@buzzsawyer1922]

Listen to Buddy's solo. Everything he plays relates to the music. It's not just a clusterf*&k of notes!

[@saxyricks4731]

man da trumpet cat be playin' out the side of his chops

[@Gretsche87]

@pablouru87 Haha I know. Sooo much happens in those 3 seconds. Incredible!

[@saxenas]

I love how strong he always sounded on the drums. I know musicians bitch about overplaying a lot and many may have thought Buddy overplayed, but i personally love how his drumming always led and drove the rest of the band. Besides who needs a damn conductor they are completely unnecessary in my opinion.

[@hiddenmonday7361]

genius....sickness

[@moshepotts]

It's John Simmons on bass..he's a legend for mine...

[@terrryc]

I once visited with Franca Mulligan, Gerry Mulligan's wife, in Connecticut. She proudly showed me their beautiful house, which had pictures of Gerry with everybody from Ben webster to Bill Clinton. There was a picture of him with Buddy. I asked, "How could he stand that terrible man?" Franca answered, "You didn't know Gerry, did you?" Gerry's rep was just as bad....

[@ralph0149]

Nice to see Buddy in a small combo. Great find. Shit, on Lenny Bruce...

[@dleifmon]

Buddy playing the Ludwig's ... like firecrackers going off........ I was wondering about the Lenny Bruce show??

[@luiscastro-eb1ot]

minute 1:17 buddy does something strange, it feels like the tempo and his comping are off a bit. even the piano turns to look but buddy brushes it off. buddy did what he had to do and that was stick to big band, I'm glad he did, his big sound and comping ideas were meant for a band with a 10 or more.

[@bellavia5]

I think the trumpet is throwing you off.

[@andyweis5194]

I disagree with all of your points. Nothing strange going on at 1:17. Comping is dead on.Buddy could play with any size band. Matter of fact, I have a recording of just him and Dizzy doing a duet on a cruise hip. Buddy had a bass drum, snare, hi hat and that was IT.

[@Johnnycdrums]

Maybe somewhere else, but no way at T1:17.

[@Johnnycdrums]

@@andyweis5194 Agreed.

[@Johnnycdrums]

@@bellavia5 ; He's intentionally bending the note. That's what the Blues is all about, man. You must be a concert man.

[@beedoe51]

The next person who compares or even mentions Travis Barker in the same light with Buddy Rich with get a mouthful of TEETH!!

[@roybeckerman9253]

The last of Buddy’s 13 year stint with Ludwig. He switched to Rogers for the next 6 years.

[@MarkR1957]

Nope . . .the tune is called "Blues in the Closet". As Tony Beretta used to say - "That's the name'a dat tune".

[@strangersound]

@gfryberger Totally agreed. KZbin is my time machine. :)

[@denbatt]

thanks for posting! pity about the sound, great fills, every one of em.

[@jeffreyalexander7504]

Buddy was a fantastic drummer. I'm 62 years old and (I'll never forget) my parents let me stay up past my bed time to watch him on the tonight show. It's harder now to appreciate his musicianship with guys like Virgil Donati, Vinnie Coliuta, Brian Blade, Eric Harland and the like. IMHO, those guys drum circles around Buddy Rich now. In his day he was amazing. Drummers from the era of this clip, like Max Roach and Philly Joe Jones were comparable, but never reached the profile that Buddy did. I don't think there is a "greatest"....but if there was, Buddy would be in the conversation.

[@MJanovicable]

There was no Lenny Bruce show, it would have been the Playboy show out of Chicago.

[@247hdjazz]

who cares!

[@Dandrum]

As it says at the very beginning, this clip is from a television pilot called The World of Lenny Bruce (1959). It was shown once, on local New York television, and then put in an archive. It's now available on DVD.

[@Johnnycdrums]

@@Dandrum Luck us.

[@Beauxdeauxfinglok]

It's not necessarily overpowering considering they spent all of that time setting his kit up in the front, and announcing his presence on an old TV show, etc. The band is there to set Buddy off in this particular clip. It's overpowering in the proper way.

[@mjam93]

@4against1 Travis who?

[@fredsavage4925]

cut out just before he dragged his bass drum back to him. that why he said "this is bullshit" at the top of the coda.

[@Deagledrumzz]

All i can say is this,NEVER will there ever be another Buddy Rich.Take Cobham,Baker,Coliuata,Weckl,Williams,Elvin,and Blakey,Chambers.Throw in Thomas Lang!!! And Virgil Donati and guess what? You still cannot equal BUDDY FUCKIN RICH.He is possibly the most incredible musician that ever lived.HMMM I wonder if GOD himself could play better?

[@jpb318]

I wonder what his ride is. Sounds good,