"Mr. Drums" redirects here; for one of the two albums with this title, see Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich & His Band Live on King Street, San Francisco. "Buddy Rich Band" also redirects here; for the album, see Buddy Rich Band (album).
Buddy Rich
Rich at the Arcadia Ballroom, May 1947
Background information
Birth name
Bernard Rich
Also known as
Traps
The Drum Wonder
Mr. Drums
Born
(1917-09-30)September 30, 1917 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died
April 2, 1987(1987-04-02) (aged 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
big band
swing
Occupation(s)
Musician
songwriter
conductor
bandleader
Instrument(s)
Drums
Years active
1921–1987
Labels
Clef
Norgran
Verve
RCA
Pacific Jazz
Liberty
Blue Note
Groove Merchant
EmArcy
Mercury
MCA
Argo
Musical artist
Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987)[1] was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, singer, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time.[2]
Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, United States.[1] He discovered his affinity for jazz music at a young age and began drumming at the age of two. He began playing jazz in 1937, working with acts such as Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Harry James. From 1942 to 1944, Rich served in the U.S. Marines. From 1945 to 1948, he led the Buddy Rich Orchestra.[3] In 1966, he recorded a big-band style arrangement of songs from West Side Story. He found lasting success in 1966[citation needed] with the formation of the Buddy Rich Big Band, also billed as the Buddy Rich Band and The Big Band Machine.
Rich was known for his virtuoso technique, power, and speed.[4] He was an advocate of the traditional grip, though he occasionally used matched grip when playing the toms. Despite his commercial success and musical talent, Rich never learned how to read sheet music, preferring to listen to drum parts and play them from memory.
^ abColin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2082. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^Porter, Tom (January 23, 2009). "Buddy Rich voted most influential drummer ever". MusicRadar.
^Cite error: The named reference HepJazzbio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Yanow, Scott. "Buddy Rich". AllMusic. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
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