The Buddy Rich Big Band

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February 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Buddy Rich Big Band: Just In Time – The Final Recording

The Buddy Rich Big Band Just In Time – The Final Recording Gearbox He was Baby Traps; almost a circus freak, playing drums at 18 months old, a star by the age of four and from vaudeville and circus tricks to the golden era of the big band and to backing Sinatra – or Sinatra […]

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February 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Jazz Right In Your Face: Ten Important Jazz Albums In My Life

You know the drill by now – here’s the catch-all blurb/explanation I’ve created for these sorts of lists We all know that lists are subjective – that is the point of them. So I’ve decided to do a series of top 10 albums across genres. They’ll appear sporadically. And rather than call them “Top 10” I […]

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June 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Got Live Cos I Want It: 10 Important Live-in-Concert Albums In My Life of Listening

I know I’ve written about live albums before – several times, and I always will, I love live albums! – but I thought I’d give you a list of the ten live albums that I consider the most important. That is to say important to me, these lists are a chance for me to remind […]

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July 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1089

Buddy Rich Big Band, Mercy Mercy/Big Mama Cass [Single] (1968) I bought this because I used to own the parent album; no idea where it got to – so found this single one day and thought it’d be a nice wee thing to have. I’ve got a few other Buddy Rich longplayers and plenty of […]