Buddy Rich | Caravan

Welcome to MUSIC CIRCLE Bernard “Buddy“ Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. Known as a virtuoso with phenomenal power and speed, he had his own big band and performed with jazz greats including Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Harry James. Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, raised by family of Jewish-American vaudevillians. His father claimed that his son could keep a beat with spoons by age 1. He discovered his affinity for jazz music at a young age and began drumming at the age of 2. At age 3, Rich began appearing on the vaudeville stage as “Baby Traps the Drum Wonder,“ despite having no formal training. At age 11, Buddy Rich became a bandleader. However, in 1929, the negative economic impact of the Great Depression destroyed many careers in entertainment. Buddy’s father, Robert, retired from vaudeville in 1931, and Rich himself struggled to put together gigs through much of the rest of the decade. He began playing jazz in 1937, working with acts such as Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Harry James. From 1942 to 1944, Rich served in the U.S. Marines. Buddy Rich had other talents beyond drumming and incorporated tap dancing, singing, and comedy routines into his act. He was reportedly the second-highest paid child entertainer at the peak of his early popularity. From 1945 to 1948, he led the Buddy Rich Orchestra. In 1966, he recorded a big-band style arrangement of songs from West Side Story. He found lasting success in 1966 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. He was an advocate of the traditional grip, though he occasionally used match 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. Rich was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish-American parents Bess Skolnik and Robert Rich, both vaudevillians. Before he turned two, he was part of his parents’ act on vaudeville, but on breaks he would sneak into the orchestra pit and try to get the drummer’s sticks. Rich would often sneak into jazz clubs at an age when he looked old enough to sit on the drum set. He was on Broadway as Baby Traps the Drum Wonder at age four, playing “Stars and Stripes Forever“ on a drum. He was a singer and tap dancer. In his teens he led a band and toured in the U.S. and Australia. At fifteen he became the second highest paid child entertainer behind Jackie Coogan during the 1930s. Rich cited Gene Krupa, Jo Jones, Chick Webb, Ray McKinley, Ray Bauduc and Sid Catlett as influences. He usually held his sticks with the traditional grip. He used the matched grip when playing floor toms around the drum set while performing cross-stickings (crossing arm over arm), which was one of his party tricks, often leading to loud cheers from the audience. Another technique he used to impress was the stick-trick, a fast roll performed by slapping two drumsticks together in a circular motion using “taps“ or single-stroke stickings. He often used contrasting techniques to keep long drum solos from getting mundane. Aside from his energetic, explosive displays, he would go into quieter passages. One passage he would use in most solos started with a simple single-stroke roll on the snare drum picking up speed and power, then slowly moving his sticks closer to the rim as he got quieter, and eventually playing on the rim itself while still maintaining speed. Rare Footage of Harry James Orchestra , featuring Buddy Rich “Caravan” ♫︹︹︹︹︹₢: Budget Drum Set Under $500: DED-80 Drum Set DED-200 Drum Set Eastar Pro Drum Set ♫︹︹︹︹︹₢: SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: Facebook: Twitter: ♫︹︹︹︹︹₢ PLEASE SUBCRIBE, LIKE & COMMENT! - ♬usic Ci♪cle. INTRO SONG : J DILLA SLUM VILLAGE - I DON’T KNOW ♫︹︹︹︹︹₢ #MusicCircle, #TopMusic , Art Tatum,  #BuddyRich #CoryHenry #JacobCollier , Oscar Peterson, #Gospel , #HammondOrgan , #Bass , #Keyboard , #Guitar , #Drums , #ClassicalMusic , #Jazz, #Blues, #Funk , Stride, Reggae #whiplash ♫︹︹︹︹︹₢ Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use“ for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.