Buddy Rich one of a kind : the making of the world's greatest drummer /

Buddy Rich one of a kind : the making of the world's greatest drummer /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Berglund, Pelle, 1957- author.
Imprint:	Lavallette, NJ : Hudson Music LLC, [2019]
Description:	360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Rich, Buddy, -- 1917-1987. Rich, Buddy, -- 1917-1987. Drummers (Musicians) -- United States -- Biography. Jazz singers -- United States -- Biography. Drummers (Musicians) Jazz singers. United States. Biographies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11989733

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Varying Form of Title:	One of a kind
ISBN:	9781540064233 1540064239
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-352).
Summary:	"Buddy Rich performed hundreds of concerts a year, participated in large film productions with world-famous artists and appeared on countless TV shows. He had his own big bands, trios, quartets, quintets, tapdanced and sang, and played with symphony orchestras. He did every thing. Follow a fantastic musician during his whole lifetime and read what many musicians, producers, tourleaders, arrangers, relatives and many more says about him. This book contains over 100 photos and will give you an insight in all the big bands he played with: everyone from Joe Marsala, Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw - to Tommy Dorsey and Harry James. And read about his time with Jazz at the Philharmonic and the famous drum battle with Gene Krupa in 1952! This book will show many different sides of Buddy Rich - not only the image that is shown everywhere: the angry and sometimes ruthless drummer. Buddy Rich was so much more and the reader will hopefully better understand the incredible pressure he played under. Wherever he came, the audience expected him to perform the best solo they had ever heard, because on stage was - The World's Greatest Drummer. Buddy Rich. One of a Kind.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
1. Fascinating Rhythm
2. Enter the Jazz Scene
3. Joe Marsala and His Chicagoans
4. Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra
5. Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
6. Drummer Without a Band
7. Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
8. Love and War
9. Buddy Rich and His Orchestra
10. Stubborn Guy
11. Jazz at the Philharmonic
12. Crossroads
13. Drum Barbecue
14. Struggling on the Road
15. Swinging New Big Band
16. Different Drummer
17. Buddy's Places
18. Life at Stake
19. Epilogue
Footnotes
Acknowledgments
Sources
Filmography