Famous Drummers On Buddy Rich

Widely Considered The Greatest Jazz Drummer of All-Time, Buddy Rich has influenced generations of drummers of all different genres and styles. It wasn't hard to understand how great Buddy was. In this video, several contemporaries and drummers who have been influenced by Buddy have come together to remember his greatness and the pivotal impact he had on the world of drumming. And Be Sure To Stick Around Until The End of The Video To See The Bonus Clips We Have At The End of The Video! So Sit Back, Relax, And Enjoy! #music #fyp #rock #trending #viral #blues #drums #drummer #jazz #jazzmusic #buddy #40s #50s #buddyrich #drumsolo
1:33 - Frank Devito
5:52 - Phil Collins
6:40 - Art Verdi
8:13 - Carmine Appice
15:20 - Tony Inzalaco
22:45 - Mel Lewis
29:54 - Ian Paice
34:52 - Stewart Copeland
36:03 - Bonus
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[@sleightofmind2016]

I saw Ed Shaughnessy at a drum clinic in the 80's. It was then I realized I needed to go to college and do something else.

[@loucontino4804]

First time I saw Buddy Rich live was 1973. I was 13 years old and went into NYC to see Buddy and his band at Jimmy's Jazz Club. I sat right up front, thanks to my dad, and watched Buddy drive that band to play the greatest music I ever heard. I saw Buddy many times after that and he always left me amazed. How he pulled off those machine gun single strokes, rapid left hand 16th notes and lighting triplets between the snare drum and floor tom astounded me. The man was a fire ball of energy. And when he played a solo, I was in heaven. I still watch his playing on videos over and over today and I am still amazed. He was the greatest natural drummer in the history of the world.

[@elfurrohetero3518]

Lucky person 😊

[@jamesheath7601]

Buddy was the best ever RIP

[@paulbuxton1326]

Yep the best 🥢🎼

[@latexsolarbeef4990]

..doesn't matter who you are..if your a drummer..you are in awe of Buddy..he was an assassin..the very best..

[@andrewmccormack4295]

Of course this is your opinion,I've played for 50yrs and can name a few drummers I have more respect for than Rich.

[@dizzypilots2639]

He was and still the best 🥁

[@MarkSilva-ld5lf]

Bernard "Buddy" Rich [ "ONE OF A KIND" ] 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 🎵 🎶 🎼 🔥🔥🔥❤️👍🥰

[@okboomer1340]

Here's my Buddy Rich story. I was 17 or 18 year old drummer at the time. 1982? or so....Peabody's Cafe, Downtown Cleveland in the flats. Just watched the show, his bus was outside. I made my way up the steps of the bus. As I entered, Buddy was there, in a white robe. I felt like the kid from A Christmas Story meeting Santa for the first Time. I said "Hi Buddy, I'm a big fan". Do you have any sticks you could sign for me?" He looked at me and said...."doers it fucking look like it kid?" And at that, I turned around, held my head down in shame and let myself out of the bus, into a life of mediocrity.

[@blujay9191]

He just used you to warm up for his post gig pep talk with the band.

[@dibber43]

"Buddy Rich is THE greatest drummer to have ever drawn breath." ~~ Gene Krupa ~~

[@joshuajuaire8757]

What I loved about him was he was able to tell stories on the drums and make it very interesting also he had the coolest sticks in the world

[@dizzypilots2639]

I remember those sticks!

[@derrickburwell7777]

What type of sticks did he use?

[@dizzypilots2639]

When I saw him in a club as an underage kid , I had the guts to go up to his drum set and actually pick up a set of his sticks and check them out. They were light in weight and contoured so they helped with slipping. Later, they started selling them so I got a pair just to have. Rock drummers would probably break them soon and I may have myself. It was a long time ago and wish I had the foresight to keep them as a souvenir. Ah, wisdom is wasted on the young.😜

[@edljnehan2811]

Buddy's mouth makes Ginger Baker seem humble and shy.

[@sulladrum]

The big difference was that Buddy's mouth was matched by his playing. Ginger's mouth was well beyond his playing. Ginger was very good, Buddy was unsurpassed

[@edljnehan2811]

@@sulladrum John basically Ginger Baker was an overrated blowhard with a blabbermouth. Haha Buddy Rich was a great hyper speed Jazz drummer with chops like the great Carl Palmer of Emerson Lake and Palmer who by the way he idolized. And I know that from various drum magazine Publications and in certain circles I ran in during the Progressive drummer era. There is nobody better in jazz then Buddy Rich who was just starting to blend elements of Rock so I guess you could call him and Billy Cobham some of the first Fusion drummers. And I think that was perfected by the great Dave weckel who I consider the greatest Jazz Rock drummer of all time it's like you have to see him to believe him. But still as great as these gentlemen are my vote still goes to Carl Palmer who in my opinion is God on drums. People don't realize that Carl Palmer was jazz and classically trained on his instrument. He was a student of the Guild Hall School of Excellence in musicianship.

[@mwalker3547]

The difference is, Buddy had talent.

[@edljnehan2811]

@@mwalker3547 so what are you saying moron. Carl Palmer didn't have talent. He was the greatest there ever was. Why don't you go back to playing your Kitty drum set the one that was bought it Kmart while you're listening to The Archies. Hahaha dork

[@lenini056]

It's always drummers that are the biggest douches.

[@joshuajuaire8757]

Buddy rich was one of the best drummers in my Opinion I still love him even though he’s gone

[@WelshVegan]

I met Buddy after a show. I asked him to sign an autograph to my name. He yelled at me, "No Name, no names!!!" 🤣🤣Greatest drummer ever!

[@edellis515]

Buddy was a human phenomenon.!!!! Seeing him live WAS AMAZING

[@elfurrohetero3518]

Lucky person!

[@davidcurtis4478]

Wow Carmine! Great stories bro! Always love hearing Carmine's stories 😁👍👍

[@Crankerny58]

Buddy Rich is my favorite drummer!

[@daveholt3571]

Yes I saw Buddy Rich live in Wilmington Delaware I would have been about maybe 10 years old My Father got us front row tickets at the Grand Opera house And I got his Autograph Boy I was the happiest kid in the world that night R.I.P Buddy R.I.P. My Father

[@joshuajuaire8757]

He is one of my major influences

[@kearneydillon4803]

I dont think I have, as an adult, heard a more honest and humble diatribe than Tony Z's recollection of being Buddy's drummer. What a nice man. You could never be lucky enough to have a Tony in your life.

[@lurchamok8137]

02:26 Exactly, they were right, Shelly Manne is my favorite too. If you've heard one solo by Buddy, you know them all.

[@robiandolo]

I smoked a joint with Buddy also! He did a concert at my high school, after the concert my friends and I were leaving the school. Front parking lot had the bus, I spotted him walking on, so I walked up to the bus, looked in the door, no driver so I walked on. He's sitting in the back seat, just lit a doobie, looks up sees me and goes "who the fuck are you?"! At first, I was like uh-oh I'm about to get my ass kicked but then I said "I go to this school, was at the concert, play drums and am a big fan. He smiled and went "pass the kid the joint" I took a couple of hits and then he said, "Ok kid hit the road". I said thanks and take care. Really cool.

[@davidlauter1622]

When I was 16 buddy and his band played at my high school I couldn't wait to see him live being a drummer myself so I was walking down the hallway by myself and there was no one else in the hallway at that time so as I'm passing the principals office someone opened the door and we ran into each other it was buddy I couldn't believe it. My idol and me just ran into each other. Literally. We both looked into each other's eyes and we both smiled. We shook each other's hand and had a brief conversation I went to the show which was in the gymnasium and after the show the band left the stage and the house lights came on. Buddy came out from behind his drums holding a microphone and asked if anyone had any questions after the last question was asked and everyone was leaving I casually made my way to the stage and and said hey buddy can I tap on your drums I wanna hear how you have them tuned. They sound like cannon's. And he said sure come on up my drums never sounded the same after that day what a totally cool and classy guy oh and by the way they did a medley of the music from westside story that just totally blew me away man the sound in that gym was fantastic. And the band was bad. Super bad God bless you buddy !!

[@icetech6]

Man.. Krupa's rimshots in that solo in their battle are just perfection... love his playing sooo much

[@petervandolah5322]

What a great presentation ...

[@markhandon7539]

I saw Buddy Rich, twice in my lifetime I was amazed I first saw him in 1965 in Washington DC and the last time I saw him was 2 or 3 years before he died and like others I was heartbroken. But it will never be another one at least not in my lifetime and never will. I miss him thank God for technology to see him whenever you want to see him and learn something from him if you can I know I am still learning and Wonder how the hell his doing it. So, thank you Buddy you're still the GREATEST DRUMMER and keep playing.

[@lionheartroar3104]

There's no comparison to Buddy Rich. he was was a supernatural drummer.

[@edocslick]

I had the opportunity to see Buddy Rich three times. He was absolutely amazing each time. I think it was 1976 when Louie Belson was annointed the top drummer at the Witchita Jazz Festival. Buddy was also playing and he left no doubt who the best drummer in the world was. My older sister who wasn't really into jazz said that she had her first musical orgasm!

[@jeffsr8300]

Favorite was Big Swing Face, saw him live 1983 @Blues Alley, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

[@joerockhead7246]

"But make no mistakes and switch up my channel I'm Buddy Rich when I fly off the handle" Sabotage - Beastie Boys

[@paulseano5100]

Love his drumming but his pride sometimes overloaded his mouth. His band was a great foundation. Buddy just had a creative temperament like most of us. He will always be the most dynamic drummer as he has marked an epoch in music history. Buddy was known as a generous person so we just accentuate the positive attributes he possessed. Thanks Buddy! I named my cat after you and he keeps great time on my front door with his claws scratching to get inside. Ha! Enjoy

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Beyond Vituosic and I'm not a drummer...I'm a singer. His drumming sang.

[@eddierivera1860]

He was the best? Who did he idolize!!!! That MAN was the best ( CW)

[@haydenwayne3710]

I saw Buddy live with Harry James at Carnegie Hall. The comedian,John Byner opened, then Nina Simone and then the Harry James big band featuring Buddy. 1964.

[@Looksue]

I like how Carmine tells a story

[@samhardy6319]

Carmine Appice is a good story teller.

[@tbone8358]

More Buddy rich vid please

[@themudshark1106]

Every time the Tonight Show would come on with Johnny Carson out of all the talented guest he would have on his show it was always Buddy Rich when he preformed on the show that was the most explosive, earth shattering, mind blowing performance that stood out the most out of any other proformer on the show.

[@kerryrichardson9646]

louis bellson gave him a good challenge

[@edellis515]

Saw Buddy 18 times. No one could touch him. He was drums

[@ceebee491]

Dude had a heart attack at a gig and carried on playing, only checking into hospital after!

[@jamesdrynan]

Saw Buddy's band at the Imperial Room in Royal York Hotel, Toronto, 1970. Ian Paice is correct. Oscar Peterson on piano, Buddy Rich on drums. They were born to play. La crème de la crème!

[@Ash_Hudson]

That was some gangsta shit he was spewin on the Saxophonists

[@hansverlaan4829]

Robert Wyatt is the man !

[@yelyab1]

I was a school band drummer. Could not play a kit worth a s__t. But in 8th grade I was the LITTLE DRUMMER BOY. My sole claim to drumming fame. I couldn’t handle this drama . These guys are a little intense.

[@tonybmusic1166]

No one’s gonna read this so I’m safe….I think. Years ago Buddy, along with Louis Bellson and Lionel Hampton were doing a Sunday benefit at Barney Google’s in New York. The regular band was called “The Main Attraction.” As Buddy walked by their name on the drummer’s bass drum, he points to it and says: “bullshit.” Then while the three drummers were doing a “drum battle” Buddy, while doing this ridiculously fast consecutive bass drum figure, points to his bass drum and yells at Bellson: “Louie, one bass, one bass!” He was crazy too. I used to live down the block from him in Vegas. Once, at a gig when the band was tuning up, Buddy jokingly asks the bass player for an “A.” The bassist puts his thumb and forefingers together, shakes his hand up and down and says: “A.” Buddy, in one swift move, throws a drum stick at the guy. Inches higher and he could’ve taken an eye out.

[@superfuzzymomma]

The man was an MG-42.

[@graememcdonald1547]

See if you can find what Jo Jo Meyer said about Buddy. 🙂

[@34jazzman]

I met buddy as a teen after his show. I’m not gonna lie. I was nervous

[@zigman8550]

Buddy Rich was quoted saying he loved the drumming skills of Karen Carpenter. That's saying something!

[@fredbentley4944]

I believe Karen Carpenter had the skill set on drums that Buddy had. She had the same natural sense of rhythm, dexterity, and control that Buddy had and she was a percussionist as well !

[@zigman8550]

@@fredbentley4944 Plus singing while playing the drums without missing a note.

[@1225KPH]

Why did you slow down the bus tapes?

[@brucegelman5582]

Still the greatest of all time.

[@garylagstrom3864]

I’ll have to admit of all the drum battles Buddy vs. Animal was definitely best! Basically Buddy vs. Keith Moon!

[@jackthebassman1]

Actually the drummer behind Animal was English legendary jazz and big band drummer Ronnie Verrel.

[@harri2626]

The audio at the beginning doesn't sound like Buddy. My favourite Buddy records were the JATP and Norman Granz sessions where Buddy urged on the soloists like a carriage driver cracking his whip to get the best out of them.

[@Hamptonflanagandrums]

He was THE best drummer ever.

[@horstbaur7797]

First amongst equals.

[@albitcapinigro1107]

Appice, always looking for a way to build himself up: "like when John Bonham met me.." Really?? Face it Carmine, you're no where as good as you think you are and you're most definitely NOT one of the greatest rock drummers of all time.

[@WilliamSilva-ml5nw]

You know someone should put up a web site of BR vs BR pitting BR playing a solo against himself... vote for BR's greatest solo since few can play up to Buddy Rich!!!

[@christopherg9806]

I think there were many drummers as good as Buddy (and were far nicer), such as Joe Morello, but Buddy was a gifted self-promoter and a very flashy drummer. I think if Max Roach or Tony Williams wanted to play that busy, they would have been considered higher on the scale of drummers, but Buddy sucked all the air out of the room. I missed out discovering guys like Mel Lewis, Jack DeJohnette and Elvin Jones, because I was overly focused on Buddy Rich. And they don't get the recognition they deserve to this day. Buddy was frequently abusive to his musicians, right onstage, in front of the audience. I have no respect for that.

[@peterbland7227]

Art Blakey.

[@mobrules29]

"There are certain people who are just born to do one thing and they do it better than anybody else. Usain Bolt can run faster than anybody else, he was born to do that. Buddy plays drums better than anybody else. And, I don't believe, another one will come along like that." So says Ian Paice, a drummer so incredibly good, that I find it hard to apply appropriate superlatives to him. If this is his opinion of Buddy, well, enough said on the matter.

[@carpediem4179]

There are a lot of drummers, and suddenly buddy rich was rhere

[@robiandolo]

Sammy Davis was no slouch on the drums although not in Rich or Krupa's league.

[@ericdreizen1463]

Deep Purple's drummer! Interesting.....

[@visionlandmusic]

Who slowed Buddy's angry audio down?

[@roderickgful]

He had a little anger issue! 😂😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/maDZhpipnK5pnKM

[@roderickgful]

@Drummer J.L.H. two wrongs don’t make a right🤦‍♂️.

[@loucontino4804]

The guy grew up in some very hard times in the vaudeville era, he had to take jobs as a stooge for vaudeville comedians for $10 a week and worked his a** off to become the greatest drummer the world ever saw. He had a perfectionist perspective, cause he never wanted to go back to doing stooge work again. Since he got to the place where only his name appeared on the marquis whenever that band played, he felt it was his a** on the line for a weak or poor performance. They only thing that mattered to him was that you gave him perfection. Anything else was intolerable to him. Aside from that, he was a sweetheart.

[@tomcooper6108]

Yes, especially if you were fuqqing up his band. You were gonna hear about it....or GTFO.

[@sbullar]

What happened to the rest of Frank's story, cut it off short.

[@anjinsanx44]

Buddy ever comment on Bonham or Moon?

[@loucontino4804]

Not that I remember. He liked Carl Palmer, Danny Seraphine and Bobby Colomby. I didn't hear him speak much on specific rock drummers but he had disdain for most of them.

[@SuperBeachbum74]

@@loucontino4804 he did truly. When dick Cavett told him Charlie Watts could spin the sticks on his fingers , buddy replied, “ but I can play “ !

[@sethcashman1011]

@@loucontino4804 yes, and also Gadd and Harvey Mason. “I like Harvey Mason. He plays nice.”

[@markbahouth2713]

@@SuperBeachbum74 i thought when Dick Cavett mentioned that Watts could twirl his sticks that Rich replied that might look cool but air drumming makes no sound and you can't record twirling sticks. i think Dick Cavett had no talent and was a obnoxious little twitt. I am surprised Buddy kept his temper under control dealing with a sniveling little wise ass like Cavett .

[@blujay9191]

When Buddy Rich's daughter wanted to record an album Buddy said he wanted Hal Blaine to play drums on it. Same thing with Frank Sinatra. High praise.

[@kearneydillon4803]

I look at todays superhuman drummers.....Gavin kruetson, Tony Royster Jr, Thomas Lang, etc etc, and if Buddy hadn't of laid the blueprint down, would any of these guys had the drive to be the best? Greyson Nekrutman, the new boy wonder......would he have these amazing Buddy chops if buddy hadn't shown everyone the chops 60 years earlier?? Thats lots of time to copy and mimic if you are groomed from birth with the video already there.

[@roybeckerman7843]

Greyson Nekrutman… The new star drummer on the block..🥁

[@loucontino4804]

As much as Buddy said in his later years that he 'never practiced', in his youth he was a practicing fiend. That was verified by the late Joe Morello too. But Buddy was also naturally gifted beyond the norm. The guys you mention all worked hard at their technical prowess as well, but I've heard them play music and I am not moved. Mangini, Minnemann and Donati are all technical giants too. But, I'll take the feel of Andy Newmark and the late Jeff Porcaro any day of the week over thrill of speed and flash.

[@misfit2022]

He was a good drummer, though not my favourite, but I’m not sure once you fully hear the bus tapes you wouldn’t want someone like that in the band.

[@frankdiscussion2069]

what to you call a guy that hangs around musicians? A drummer

[@murraycharters6102]

@Frank Discussion. A MUSICIANS LABOURER

[@rickykilby4672]

And all thise so called musicians would be all over the place without a drummer to keep time.

[@xp50player]

So he bullied people as much as he could get away with. Fabulous.

[@rolandpotter479]

Get real people he was a tyrant and bully! He never came near the brilliance of Max Roach! Who was the best bebop drummer period.

[@tomcooper6108]

😂 That's why every great drummer is compared to Rich....not Max Roach.

[@bbb8997]

@@tomcooper6108 buddy was & is the yard stick to measure all drummers

[@MrLunasee]

Buddy Rich was a great technician. Joe Morello was just as good technically but, a better musician.

[@deangray9552]

who posts this stuff ? I don’t want acting lessons from Tom Cruise and I don’t want to hear people releasing this stuff outside of a therapy or educational environment . It’s just gossip .

[@isaacj6212]

Famous 'white' drummers on Buddy Rich.

[@nealsausen4651]

None other than jazz great and legend Elvin Jones adored Buddy Rich! As Did legendary jazz drummer Max roach, Rufus Jones ask any of these guys ma’am till tell you buddy rich was in a class by himself🎉

[@isaacj6212]

@@nealsausen4651 they're all dead so I can't ask them. And even if they confirmed what you're saying I'd chalk that up to them just being humble.

[@nealsausen4651]

@@isaacj6212 : well you don’t have to ask them they’ve all said this about Buddy many many times in interviews when they were still alive so don’t take my word for it do the legwork and find the interviews there in old down beats they an old Modern drummer magazines, they Are in old jazz magazines you have to do the Legwork and track them downl! And what makes you think they’d say it just to be humble?! You’ve been inside their minds I take it or are you just speculating based on your own worldview?!

[@isaacj6212]

@@nealsausen4651yes, I'm saying it because of my own world view. My opinion based on experience, not just what people say when a reporter sticks a microphone in their face. And I'm not going to do any leg work because I don't care enough to do so. I'll take your word for it. But here's the thing: that video has nothing but interviews and quotes from white drummers and one video of him playing along side Blakey. They could've added interviews from the men you mentioned like Elvin, Max or Blakey himself, but they didn't. Why do you think that is? Like it or not, Jazz is African American music co-opted by whites. Those same white people that crowned Benny Goodman 'the King of Swing' crowned Buddy Rich 'ths greatest drummer' but I don't think blacks really felt that way. My dad, a percussionist/drummer played and recorded with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Nina Simone, Taj Mahal and a list of other brilliant musicians and he told me the consensus was that Buddy had no counter, was overrated and his big band was noise. He actually met and talked with the black musicians you've mentioned and in print, yeah, I'm sure they all said good things about Buddy the same way they did about Benny Goodman. But off the record, yes, based on my world view from what I've witnessed and experienced and heard, I suspect they as black musicians had a slightly different opinion of ol Buddy than what white America portrays.

[@nealsausen4651]

@@isaacj6212 : no you don’t have to look at the articles if you don’t want to! the interviews! I really don’t care one way or the other it was just a suggestion! Can we please just once and for all in the 21st-century drop this white (MUSICIAN) versus black (MUSICIAN) bullshit mentality?! That was so prevalent in the 60s The fight for civil rights that was so prevalent when I was growing up in the 60s and reading downbeat magazine every other week I mean I could see it back then this Kinda unspoken passive animosity between some Not all, but some ( and I must STRESS the word SOME Here) black musicians and white musicians but man musicians are musicians!!! and while it’s true that “JAZZ” is the only true American musical art form that was conceived and pioneered by African-American musicians, it’s still the same seven notes man that every other form of western (Music) uses!!!…. I don’t think in terms of white musicians or black musicians or yellow musicians or red musicians or green with purple polkadot musicians fuck all that bullshit! While there’s some black musicians Who might have criticized buddy rich behind the scenes or other white musicians behind the scenes I don’t really give a shit about that petty bullshit listen as far as I’m concerned Buddy Rich was THE real deal would you like Buddy Rich any better Or except him anymore if he was black?! What if he was beige?!?! the whole argument sucks man! And NO… his charts we’re not noise come on that’s a crock of shit! He had some of the finest arrrangers and composers (like Oliver Nelson for instance)! on the planet writing for him….unless you believe Leonard Bernstein who wrote the score for West side story which Buddy recorded was a bunch of noise do you Isaac?! BTW: there’s a video on KZbin somewhere you can look it up IF YOU WANT TO! Of Buddy Rich playing with Charlie Parker, Lester Young, and Ray Brown, and they’re all digging Buddy’s playing! (especially Parker who is “beaming” at Buddy’s solo just loving it)!all these guys black and white are having a good time just playing music man just playing jazz! this video was shot either in the late 1940s or the early 1950s Rich is playing on a mini Ludwig drum set and everybody’s just glowing at each other and it feels fucking great! So don’t think it can’t be done because It can!!

[@MarkJohnson-vp3uk]

one of greatest? obviously never heard him live.

[@guests5863]

There's way better drummers today than there was back in his day

[@bbb8997]

nope, can't touch him

[@Jackgrahamphotograph]

great drummer but an ass personally.... everyone should here him with Oscar etc. in the late 50's & early 60's...Oscar Peterson at the time said Buddy was his favorite drummer. His personality became pretty weird as time went on. For my taste Shelly was a much tastier drummer as was Mel Lewis, Buddy was a machine and a perfectionist as great as anyone, but at times, especially later IN life was s showman and lacking of the soul of a Mel Lewis etc. There will never be another buddy, although many try.

[@stephenramirez4441]

I can't listen to his solos. He could swing harder than anybody and he had all the technnique in the world but his solos were not as musical as a thousand other guys who had far less technique.

[@stevengreen8402]

West Side Story. Best , fastest drummer ever -read no music, memory like a steel trap BUT insensitive, acerbic, cruel, conceited and arrogant!

[@morbidmanmusic]

Not the best anymore. People have surpassed him... st leadtmwith technique, and style is subjective.

[@lionheartroar3104]

Nope

[@vgr112261]

Oh? Who?

[@latexsolarbeef4990]

...respectfully....disagree..

[@stephenkavanagh3560]

There is always someone out there who is better

[@miked.1950]

So you admit, that while he was alive, he was the best. By saying not the best anymore, you are conceding that he was.😄

[@HardEdge53]

Louie and Buddy are different styles and both great

[@HardEdge53]

Ed was definitely in Buddy’s league

[@b.murenthaler]

Bellson 🙂🥁 ... Rich ☹️🥁 hahaha lookin funny ........

[@Tagger0325]

Buddy was the best . Buddy gets a pass for all his lack of social graces . He not only grew up in Vaudeville, he worked it since he was 2 years old . Buddy was a Marine . Buddy was a black belt .

[@alanlopez5971]

Buddy was a super Great Drummer , but there is no such thing as the best. No one is ! not even me, as easy as solos are for me . Too busy at times keep simpler otherwise you will confuse your audience ! Technique was unbeatable though !

[@HardEdge53]

Gene Krupa isn’t in the same league as Buddy at all. Like the NFL playing a high school team