Buddy Rich Tommy Dorsey Special 1987 Sentimental Swing

[@celticpridedrums]

I never think of Buddy being gone, I watch him every night on youtube, so he's always here.

[@cloudview747]

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you for your comment.

[@robertcarli5803]

buddy passed how long after this was taped ?

[@celticpridedrums]

@@robertcarli5803 very soon, a few months?

[@Eddie-ym1vq]

Buddy makes it look effortless. I was fortunate enough to see him in person in 1984. He opened for Frank Sinatra. Great night

[@cloudview747]

🙂

[@Jellybeantiger]

Been a part of my life since my dear mum bought me Big Swing Face from a supermarket back when supermarkets had record shelves in the early 70’s in Melbourne,Australia,I lent this record to a drummer mate of mine,he still has it,I since got the cd with the extra tracks. Buddy Rich forever!

[@cloudview747]

Great album, Big Swing Face!

[@emillinke5397]

Ohne Zweifel er war einer der besten Schlagzeuger

[@richardchiappetta5777]

His War chant solo swings like crazy and the audible things you hear from him exorts the musicians upwards and acknowledge their superb soloing/musicianship (yeh, uh hah etc.)

[@cloudview747]

YES!!

[@roybeckerman9253]

Buddy is 69 here. He would have turned 99 on 30 September, this year ( 2016 ) I wish today's drummers would return the basic kits and not the monster drums and cymbals they need to play. All they need is great talent.

[@loucontino4804]

So many people only know Buddy for his solos, but when they really listen...Buddy Swings like The Greatest Drummer in The History Of The World! BECAUSE...HE WAS!

[@cloudview747]

He was SO special, and I miss him SO much.

[@journeyon1983]

Buddy would die in that year, 1987. The biggest loss of the greatest and fastest drummer to have ever existed. Thanks for sharing this Tommy Dorsey Special segment.

[@cloudview747]

You are welcome. I miss him too.

[@erzug]

I remember this. Based on Mel Torme's book "Traps - Drum Wonder", Buddy started experiencing symptoms of the brain tumor about 2 or 3 weeks after taping this PBS special.

[@felixheiss]

You always have to come back to Buddy Rich for the amazing speed , musicality and power . Great tribute to tommy Dorsey .

[@cloudview747]

Agreed! And by the way - I saw what you wrote earlier - yes Buddy SOMETIMES exhibited a dark side in his interactions in his behaviors and opinions when interacting with others. But that behavior (which stemmed from an abusive childhood) was the exception rather than the rule.

[@MidnightJazzer]

Absolutely fantastic with My father Mundy on guitar, one of the last of these kind of shows recorded at the Hollywood palladium KCET presentation (RIP) Buddy & Mel!

[@cloudview747]

I am so glad you can enjoy this video with your father on guitar!

[@djangorheinhardt]

Midnight jazzer...wow!,do you mean Mundell Lowe? If so i spent a week in the company of your father and Betty Bennett several years ago at a jazz guitar workshop/festival ,in Wrexham ,Wales ,in the UK.Can i say Mundy and Betty were such a modest,gracious couple it was a delight to be in their company .After that i got Betty`s book"The Girls who sang With the Band" off Amazon as well.Also that week,if my memory is right, guitarist and singer,John and Jeanne Pisano were there,another gracious couple.Please tell your dad it was a pleasure for all us 50 or so guitarists to meet a living legend and ask him about his stay in Wrexham,and will he please come back! BTW he gently chided me about my lack of practicing and said even at 85(as he was then) he still did at least 5 hours per day!

[@brianchisnell1548]

Wow. I met Betty and Mundell at a comedy club in San Diego. 2005ish. Very nice couple. Both legends. They sat at our table with mutual friends. When Mundell found out that I was a huge BR fan, he told me that he played with BR on his last performance. I was all ears... He told me he would mail me a copy. WHAT? 5 days later a VHS tape arrived and it was this show. Full length. I sent a thank you note and that was it. Now it's on KZbin. Thanks Cloud. Priceless

[@runningwild1055]

Can any one put up this entire show? It was very enjoyable watching and listening to the entire cast, to watch and hear Maureen McGovern singing this old music along with Jack Jones along with the musicians shown.

[@Ireland299]

buddy rich is always to me the best ever 40s 50s and today ,,,,, and forever world class no1 ,,,,,

[@drumhd1]

There will never be another like him....ever!!

[@cloudview747]

I miss him - A LOT!

[@erzug]

I love seeing the front row guy in the audience mouth the word "Wow" after Buddy's solo. Says it all.

[@cloudview747]

+erzug And that solo, the very last drum solo played by the great Buddy Rich, is so perfect and intensely musical. Wow is right!

[@tolvarr]

+cloudview747 Proof that Buddy just got better and better!

[@erzug]

His solos certainly became more diverse and interesting as he got older, that's for sure.

[@danlc95]

That about made me bust up... I had been playing a year when he died. I was ten. I had no idea all these years later he would still be unparalleled.

[@cloudview747]

As good as some drummers are, no one plays quite like Buddy Rich!

[@357pick]

The kit Buddy's playing isn't his refurbished Radio Kings it's a kit that Pro Drum Shop in Hollywood CA. put together for the show. Buddy had a long history with the Pro Drum Shop.. That kit is on display in the store.

[@dublininnis9695]

yea along wit your mom..... if you think it is a fact ; . ; . lol

[@genuineuni]

Buddy was so great at improvising!!! Always amazed!

[@jordisonjr1]

King and Master.

[@louisd95714]

I noticed with Hawaiian War Chant, he performed much of the arrangement using match grip, but changed to traditional grip when he went his solo. Incredable!

[@SwingMan1938]

I've been looking for a good, solid video source for this that preserved its original stereo sound to present on the 30th anniversary of Buddy's passing, but all I'm finding thus far is either an awesome picture with mono sound or garbled stereo sound with even worse picture. LOL! I remember taping this when it was first broadcast in August, 1987. Had to quick run down, snag a blank tape and start taping right before going to band practice (sophomore year). I just about wore that poor tape into pieces in the years to follow and now it's lost to the sands of time.....

[@bigd-1-channel514]

You know, I actually got a bit choked up on this. Thanks for the post.

[@cloudview747]

+Mr DDD3az Yeah, it's hard not to, because of the way they showed the photos and talked about how it all began (when he was 2 years old as Traps the Drum Wonder), and then watching him play on this program (knowing he will never play again).

[@bigd-1-channel514]

I got choked up and a bit watery in the eyes during his blazing singles around the 12:50 mark, and at his age, and so near his passing.

[@ajn465]

Keep em coming , cloudview! This is hard to watch knowing it's the last time Buddy would ever sit behind the kit.. 😥

[@cloudview747]

+Aj Nester Yes, this is hard to watch. I miss him more than I can say.

[@Gemashke]

This is great, cloudview747! Thanks so much for posting this!!

[@cloudview747]

My pleasure!

[@SwingMan1938]

Forgot to mention: The clip I'm putting together features "Hawaiian War Chant" *only* - but it will *FINALLY* be seen and heard *completely* synchronized. There's a few frames during trumpet/drums as well as Buddy's solo there that were always sped up and made the performance as a whole just a little disjointed. No more - the picture will match the sound in an air-tight display once I'm ready to post it.....

[@dublininnis9695]

Forgot to mention: me putting any of this to sham that you have never done sweet tits

[@ajn465]

Is it ready yet?

[@brianchisnell1548]

Thank you for posting this Cloud. After reading Mel's book again, 15 years later, this just brings a tear as to what is about to happen. God bless that dear man. He lives on with these videos.

[@cloudview747]

I am right there with you when it comes to that sentiment.

[@brianchisnell1548]

@@cloudview747 did you notice the Jazzfest?

[@cloudview747]

@@brianchisnell1548 No. What Jazz Fest?

[@brianchisnell1548]

@@cloudview747 It appears at 2:23 you can see a ludwig Jazz Festival snare. This set has a ludwig tom mount Slingerland toms. Clearly a pieced together kit. This set is on display at the Professional Drum Shop in Hollywood. Killer sounding snare drum.

[@cloudview747]

@@brianchisnell1548 Ahh, okay, thanks.

[@wardharrah55]

I had the honor of meeting and having lunch with Buddy Morrow several years back! Some of his story's are the best Ive ever heard about the band business...Thank you for posting Cloudview747...nice to see some old friends and hear the two Buddy's playing again!!!!

[@buddyrichforever]

Thank you !!!👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@cloudview747]

+graham sheridan You are welcome - again!

[@Gretsch0997]

Go to aprx. the 4:00 min mark. Buddy hits the floor-tom mic’ right off its goose neck! Love it!.....lol

[@cloudview747]

:-)

[@markd4109]

Just unsurpassed playing and artistry right until the end.....

[@cloudview747]

Yes most definitely. I can barely watch this without tears coming. This incredible, dedicated musician so dramatically, and so positively, changed my drumming life when I was just a teenager in the 70s. I'll never forget the very first time I finally listened to a few of his albums at my father's suggestion. Wow. And of course I followed him right to the end, and he kept influencing me right to the end. One of a Kind.

[@RLNRACH1]

cloudview787 nice comments to a legend. Buddy's talent was incredible....considering he does not read music and had played drums for nearly 68 years. One song that will get this guy misty-eyed is his track, "Mickey Mouse" from his album, "Buddy Rich Plays and Plays and Plays". One of his best band tunes that leaves a smile on my face every time is "The Carioca" (played at the Montreal jazz Festival in 1982). The band compliments his drumming so well.

[@loucontino4804]

I miss him.

[@charlesmiller9589]

Tommy Played Trombone like no other, Charlie Parker describes Tommy as a “wonderful trombonist”.

[@drumsport]

Buddy passed away in April of 1987, so this may have been one of his last performances. Wow! Never again!

[@cloudview747]

He was definitely One of a Kind.

[@erzug]

I'm glad you were able to put all his drumming into one video (had this on VHS at one time, but the tape got mangled somehow @@^!%^#%). Anyway, I could take or leave his singing and I already knew what Jack Jones and Maureen McGovern could do. I wanted Buddy, Buddy, Buddy...just like the flashing sign guy on the Mike Douglas Show.

[@cloudview747]

+erzug Glad you approve! (some probably don't, but oh well)

[@erzug]

You can't please everybody, so no sense in trying.

[@Johnnycdrums]

I liked Buddy in those "Du Barry Was A Lady" cuts. I didn't know of the movie until I found a VHS tape of it along the roadside in some homeowners free trash.

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

Buddy Rich died in April of ‘87. Amazing because he’s looking pretty spry here.

[@cloudview747]

Yes. I guess when he took ill he spiraled down fairly quickly.

[@tripacer2005]

Buddy's last Gig Ludwig snare, and Slingerland bass and toms

[@arame29]

how did you know it was a Ludwig snare?

[@dublininnis9695]

@@arame29 have you ever played a snare with a metal lug under? didn't think so. I am getting ready to shut all bitches up

[@brianchisnell1548]

Ludwig jazz fest snare drum. Sounds incredible

[@justask7676]

Can anyone name the musicians in the band?

[@gregpeller9181]

I really wanted to hear Mel Torme play the drums and they cut it out

[@cloudview747]

Sorry about that. When I copied this live off the air in 87 I only was interested in the parts where Buddy was drumming. (In retrospect I wish I would have saved the whole show.)

[@erzug]

Anyone who says his fluidity around the set didn't improve with age isn't seeing what I'm seeing.

[@nairbas392]

At 14:43 does anyone know who goes back to the drum kit? I couldn’t imagine how that drummer felt knowing that would be Buddy’s last.

[@cloudview747]

I don't know the other drummers name, but your point is well taken.

[@cadillacdude1975]

here is the cut segment with mel on the drums and buddy singing.................. watch?v=y4lWguUJbt4

[@bryanismyname7583]

Why did they cut out the bit where Torme plays the drums? Would have liked to see that part.

[@dublininnis9695]

why don't you post your Ideas of what it should be?

[@ivanbosatra7784]

Il titolo del brano è OPUS ONE.

[@tedtedsen269]

Is Buddy talking while playing or is he singing i can se open his mouth all the time

[@cloudview747]

My opinion (could be wrong) is that this is similar to other jazz legends, such as Oscar Peterson or Lionel Hampton, who would sing to themselves what they played. But unlike those guys I don't think what Buddy did was audible, and I think it was primarily rhythmic in nature rather than melodic.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

What happened to Mel on drums and Buddy singing? It was deleted. Such a disappointment. Mel was a very good swing drummer, and Buddy had a pleasant singing voice.

[@danlc95]

That about made me bust up... I had been playing a year when he died. I was ten. I had no idea all these years later he would still be unparalleled.