Buddy Rich Playboy's Penthouse 1961 Mike Mainieri

[@ralphonofrio1518]

Mike Mainieri was like 19 years old here...BR did a few albums with this group and showcase Buddy's incredible talent....God given.

[@chipstern1]

Mike was born in 1938, so thereabouts of 22-23

[@ThePremel]

Yes Bobby Jaspar on flûte ......outrageous solo....just flyin'...and then maneiri speeding it off ....then thé cordon bleu buddy'...killer solo's before' Bud's ......what a pressure cooker !!! Insane.....and the bunnies tonight in bed going wild !!!!!lololllol !!!!?😊😆😁😊

[@chipstern1]

Nope. SAM MOST on Flute

[@soduno596]

So nice to hear buddy play melodies on drums at that speed. Ask a drummer to do that today! Lol

[@cloudview747]

Indeed, "melodies" on the drums!! Thanks for the comment.

[@richardleonard4281]

Even when Buddy smiles he looks like he's snarling. Helluva drummer.

[@drumsport]

IMHO, Buddy never sounded better than when he played the Rogers Buddy Rich Celebrity set with Dynasonic Snare. Particularly when he played with his New Swinging Band in 1966+ and recorded the greatest drum solo of all time in that version of West Side Story. Loved Krupa and Bellson, but nobody before or since could touch BR. I recommend reading the newer book on his life; "Buddy Rich: One of a Kind". It chronicles Buddy picking up Mike and trying to trip him up by having him play fast, and protracted versions of Buddy's favorites. Mike absolutely blew him away.

[@nealsausen4651]

I concur completely

[@rustyshepperd]

any time I can find a Buddy Rich video I haven't seen before I'm going to watch it and just be amazed at how gifted and practically perfect he was at his craft. unmatched.

[@cloudview747]

Me too! I NEVER cease to be amazed, just like you say.

[@rickdavenport9538]

Half man. Half amazing! Bernard Rich.

[@cloudview747]

Half man. Half superman!

[@Bourlarn]

Just incredible !

[@cloudview747]

No doubt!

[@AlanTauber-DrumConnection]

Buddy pushes so hard; so ON TOP and almost ahead of 1... I love this clip! Thanks!

[@cloudview747]

My pleasure! (I love it too.)

[@dynasonic3185]

Buddy at his best playing the best - Rogers Drums!

[@cloudview747]

Very glad you like this as much as I do!

[@MicroSoftner]

Them toms are deep!

[@gaspo2180]

Quite a powerful solo on those beautiful ROGERS set.

[@gianlucadavino1740]

great Manieri!

[@JoeNocella]

4:59..she's loaded

[@OG-SherlockHolmes]

That xylophone guy was killing that instrument, then Buddy did what Buddy does and completely stunned everyone in the room. That was insane even for Buddy

[@cloudview747]

Mike Mainiere on vibes, just incredible. And then Buddy follows. The whole thing almost beyond belief.

[@medicicard]

What a great video. Buddy was just "gifted from God".

[@cloudview747]

I agree this is a great video!

[@bernielove3019]

"Just lucky i guess"

[@cloudview747]

@@bernielove3019 Buddy lived to regret that comment. I think in retrospect he wished he would have 🤐.

[@medicicard]

@@bernielove3019 If it actually was an "Act of God". Yes he was lucky. His solos were always "perfect"

[@robertromero5294]

Love the way Buddy intros with just playing on the rim or shell bringing everyone in then adds his full kit...the audience just gives in in approval at the end...Marvelous...!!

[@cloudview747]

Yes, marvelous!

[@buddyrichforever]

On of buddy's best sounding sets. Thank you!

[@cloudview747]

+graham sheridan My pleasure.

[@nealsausen4651]

Of course pre-CBS, Rogers, early Rogers

[@rayszymarek2920]

This was the first time I saw and heard Buddy. In High School i told my band director how how how tremendous Buddy Rich was. My band director said Buddy was a Legend he saw him with Tommy Dorsey doing Quiet Please and Not so Quiet Please. any way this is the chart that made me a Buddy Rich Fan at once. enough said.

[@cloudview747]

Wonderful Ray. For me the charts/recordings that instantly made me a Buddy Rich fan for life were: Young Blood and Caravan on the Blues Caravan album, and West Side Story on the Swingin' New Big Band album.

[@droverarden]

@@cloudview747 Buddy and Soul - Live in Hollywood LP for me. Unusually for a Buddy Rich live album there's no drum solo but still some incredible playing by everyone on stage.

[@qg3726]

& THAT Folks is how a Jazz instrumental # is done. ALL Real & Raw with no frills or what have you!!

[@gregmcdermott3285]

Those playboy bunnies were mesmerized....

[@mustkim1174]

Sultan sir aap great ho jitna aapka nam chhaya hua h aapka kam b dekh liya bhaijaan kitna speed se aap joining krate ho ply boy ki thanku sir 🙏🙏🙏

[@georgepassabet4460]

Total BEAST

[@ThePremel]

BEAUTIFUL

[@patobassr]

INCREIBLE!!!!!!!

[@louisd95714]

The expression on the Playboy bunnies' faces says it all!

[@acuzi10]

so beautiful

[@rustyshepperd]

Buddy Rich was the G.O.A.T. don't @ me.

[@erzug]

I hadn't noticed that Buddy's playing with 3 sticks in his right hand during his solo. Just amazing.

[@cloudview747]

It does look like that! What is it about video back then that gives that appearance? There are other videos of Buddy back then that look the same way.

[@erzug]

Good question. It's certainly not an interlacing effect since there are no jaggies. Frame rates of 30p/60i were the standard back in the 50's for TV with the 60hz refresh rate. Perhaps Buddy would have needed the newer 120p or 240p for the tripling effect to disappear. Not really sure. Anybody?

[@thecrippledrummer]

I may be wrong but I believe it's due to the format. Recording to video rather than on 35mm was a cheaper way to do it, but it results in lower quality

[@petepoulos]

It is the format, the equipment and the speed it recorded.

[@edellis7691]

Oh my God!!!!!!!!!

[@ThePremel]

Yes thoses txo solos before buddy w'ere just outstanding ...jazz phrasing without hefner's coke...or was there !????? Lol 😊✌️👍

[@stevenpratt5016]

Fucking Buddy............nuff said!

[@bernielove3019]

Playboy Buddies

[@cymandeh]

thanks a lot for this

[@cloudview747]

My pleasure.

[@erzug]

I noticed Buddy's playing Rogers here. Wasn't aware that he was playing this brand in '61.

[@buddy92585]

cool to see as B got older.his playing evolved also.He imployed more rudiments,better fitting patterns of ideas.

[@cloudview747]

What an incredible career, huh! He gave so much decade after decade. I just love ALL of this man's work no matter which decade. Perhaps you may have guessed? :-)

[@AndrashSpooshkash]

Buddy is so good I always get the idea he isn't quite human.

[@cloudview747]

Understandable!

[@ThePremel]

1961 gon bops conga hangin' behind..they're going so up tempo...

[@arame29]

cloidview you are off the charts! you should have produced the BR documentary. you have better performances '61 recovered from heart attack, toured the far east sponsored by U.S. State Dept. mainieri's audition-had to wait 3 sets at a NY club, played 55 choruses, and didn't repeat himself! 19 y.o @ the time the recordings at the time, Playtime, Blues Csravan, The Driver, show Buddy trying to adopt to the new jazz

[@cloudview747]

+Andrew Chaplowitz I love all those albums you listed! Blues Caravan was the one I heard first from that group and I was totally, 100% in disbelief at the level of drumming mastery. Glad you are enjoying the posts!

[@arame29]

intro solo on opening tune on Blues Caravan--i think it was a horace silver piece. He played patterns he had never played before. Mainieri said in an interview that Buddy wanted to get with the bebop guys and open up to the new music, this after rebelling against it in a 1956 co-interview w/Gene Krupa where he said bop drummers had no right to break up the 4/4 pulse.

[@Ron239]

It think that's Bobby Jaspar on flute, no?

[@cloudview747]

No. It's Sam Most on flute.

[@jerryo.1792]

cool

[@Joshualbm]

His right foot is ridiculous!

[@cloudview747]

I am so glad you pick up on that!!

[@Joshualbm]

@@cloudview747 Plus Buddy's listening to everyone like his mind is completely free from what his body is doing. Incredible. But everyone else is killer too. You'd be hard pressed to find an ensemble today that could pull this tempo off with such speed and expression.

[@arame29]

sounds like Surrey with the Fringe on Top on Top. is that Sam Most on flute?

[@cloudview747]

+Andrew Chaplowitz Yes, and yes.

[@arame29]

The year he got into it with Blakey at Birdland Two guys trying to kill each other A standoff

[@cloudview747]

You mean physical confrontations, like happened with Frank Sinatra? Or musical confrontations?

[@arame29]

@@cloudview747 not at all The fierce drum battle Blakey was a speed demon that night, too

[@gleetz]

Hi I am looking for the episodes of this show that Buddy Greco appeared in .. do you have any of these ? thanks

[@cloudview747]

No, sorry. Just this one show with Rich. The only thing I have with Greco is the Away We Go shows from 1967.

[@dan0711123]

Nice solo Buddy 5:05 now go "work" the crowd. 4:58

[@charleswinokoor6023]

Encore, you rascal!

[@MrShobar]

Buddy Rich could not read music, and by his own admission, never practiced much. Just an inner-derived rhythmic talent.