As the Big Band era in Jazz fades into ever more distant memory, the great drummer and bandleader Buddy Rich may now be almost as famous for the time he was taped being a massive, massive dick to his band as he was for his playing. But his drumming WAS mindblowing—powerful and explosive yet uncannily precise, and this from a player with no formal musical training. Few, if any, other drummers have been the subject of a release devoted entirely to 70 minutes of excerpted solos.
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