Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich & His Band Live on King Street

Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich & His Band Live on King Street
Live album by Buddy Rich
Released	1985
Recorded	3 April 1985, San Francisco One Pass King Street Studios Soundstage
Genre	Jazz
Length	102:26
Label	Cafe (Mobile Fidelity)
Buddy Rich chronology
Rich and Famous (1983) Mr. Drums: ...Live on King Street (1985)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich and His Band Live on King Street, The Channel One Set
Video by Buddy Rich
Recorded	3 April 1985
Genre	Jazz
Label	Pioneer Artists, Sony
DVD re-issue (Lightyear)
The Channel One Suite

Buddy Rich and His Band: The Lost West Side Story Tapes
Video by Buddy Rich
Recorded	3 April 1985
Genre	Jazz
Label	Hudson Music, Lightyear
DVD re-issue (Lightyear)
The Lost Tapes

Mr. Drums: Live on King Street is a 1985 recording made by jazz drummer Buddy Rich and his Big Band. A 3 LP and 2 CD audio album was released by Cafe Records (a division of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab), and a video of the "Channel One" set was released by Pioneer Video (LaserDisc) and Sony (videocassette). The Channel One set was eventually re-issued on DVD as were the remaining tracks (the West Side Story set aka "The Lost Tapes").

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 3 LP release 1.2 2 CD release 1.3 Video releases 2 Personnel 3 References

Track listing

3 LP release

Disc 1, side A:

1. "Machine" (Reddie) – 3:14
2. "Best Coast" (LaBarbera) – 3:57
3. "One O' Clock Jump" (Basie) – 7:49
4. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills) – 5:17

Disc 1, side B:

1. "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:15
2. "Love for Sale" (Porter) – 4:05
3. "No Exit" (Cunliffe) – 6:44

Disc 2, side A:

1. "Mexicali Nose" (Betts) – 2:58
2. "Willowcrest" (Bob Florence) – 4:21
3. "'Round Midnight" (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) – 5:34
4. "Cotton Tail" – (Ellington) – 4:59

Disc 2, side B:

1. "New Blues" (Piestrup) – 7:28
2. "Tee Bag" (Mainieri) – 6:10
3. "The Red Snapper" (Shew) – 4:50

Disc 3, side A:

1. "Channel One Suite" (Reddie) – 16:14

Disc 3, side B:

1. "West Side Story" (Overture and Medley) (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 15:31

2 CD release

Disc 1 (The "Channel One Suite" set)

1. "Machine" (Reddie) – 3:14
2. "Best Coast" (LaBarbera) – 3:57
3. "One O' Clock Jump" (Basie) – 7:49
4. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills) – 5:17
5. "Norwegian Wood" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:15
6. "Love For Sale" (Porter) – 4:05
7. "No Exit" (Cunliffe) – 6:44
8. "Channel One Suite" (Reddie) – 16:14

Disc 2 (The "West Side Story" set)

1. "Mexicali Nose" (Betts) – 2:58
2. "Willowcrest" (Florence) – 4:21
3. "'Round Midnight" (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) – 5:34
4. "Cotton Tail" – (Ellington) – 4:59
5. "New Blues" (Piestrup) – 7:28
6. "Tee Bag" (Mainieri) – 6:10
7. "The Red Snapper" (Shew) – 4:50
8. "West Side Story" (Overture and Medley) (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 15:31

Video releases

• Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich and His Band Live on King Street, The Channel One Set aka ...The Channel One Suite

(musical number contents same as Disc 1 of the CD release)

• Buddy Rich and His Band: The Lost West Side Story Tapes aka ...The Lost Tapes

(musical number contents same as Disc 2 of the CD release)

Personnel

• Buddy Rich – drums
• Dave Carpenter – bass guitar
• Bill Cunliffe – piano
• Steve Marcus – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Brian Sjoerdinga – tenor saxophone, flute
• Bob Bowlby – alto saxophone, flute
• Mark Pinto – alto saxophone, flute
• Jay Craig – baritone saxophone
• Paul Phillips – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Joe Kaminski – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Michael Lewis – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Eric Miyashiro – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Scott Bliege – trombone
• Michael Davis – trombone
• Jim Martin – trombone

References

• CAFE 3-732 (3 LP release)
• Allmusic.com (album review)
• Allmusic.com (Channel One set video)
• Allmusic.com (The Lost Tapes video review)

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