Buddy Rich unaccompanied drum solo #1-Nov. 29, 1974-improved audio

I recorded this unaccompanied solo positioned 5 ft. away from BR's drums. Though posted elsewhere on KZbin, the sound quality is greatly improved, and the pitch corrected, which is all important for a post like this. Recorded at the ETCETERA Club in Washington, DC, Nov. 29, 1974.

[@ajn465]

Nice work, JOHN! Buddy was super dangerous when he was relaxed. And he is super relaxed here.

[@rayszymarek2920]

Thanks John for letting us hear this fabulous solo. If you can??? lets hear some more Buddy Rich. Would greatly appreciate hearing any thing that you liked of Buddy playing . Once again thanks.

[@luvnglife]

Ray Szymarek thank you for the kind words. I plan to post more from this gig I recorded in the future. Stay tuned.

[@MikeJamesMedia]

Great, I'll be looking forward to that. (There are 22 previously-unpublished BR concerts on my site, at www.mikejamesjazz.com/br_clips.html (free to listen and download) You can hear a couple of the performances I mentioned as being close to the time of this one. (the "Mother's" concert, in particular) Enjoy!

[@paulcompton9311]

So great that you recorded this. I saw Buddy several times in that era, but never recorded a performance. 40 years later, I'm still trying to play like him. 😀

[@MikeJamesMedia]

Nice one! Thanks for posting this. I heard Buddy twice this year, within a few months of this performance, and recognize the (Slingerland) drum sound he had at the time right away. Cool.

[@luvnglife]

Mike James I'll be posting more from the Etcetera. Glad you had the opportunity to experience Buddy perform in person during this period.

[@cloudview747]

Thank you John! I will put a note on my lesser quality post, directing people to your post from the master tape! (and after a while I will delete mine)

[@arame29]

I'm guessing he was appearing with a small group and not the big band

[@edellis7691]

Oh god