Richcraft

Richcraft
Studio album by Buddy Rich
Released 1959
Recorded April 9–10, 1959
Genre Jazz
Length 33:59
Label Mercury
Producer Jack Tracy
Buddy Rich chronology

Buddy Rich in Miami
(1959)
Richcraft
(1959)
Rich Versus Roach
(1959)
Alternate release
Wing Records LP cover
Alternative cover
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Richcraft is a 1959 studio big band album by Buddy Rich and a big band / orchestra with arrangements by Ernie Wilkins.[2] A nearly identical album, titled The Rich Rebellion was released by Wing Records without "I Want a Little Girl" but with two additional tracks from an April, 1960 (Septet) recording session ("That's Rich Man" and "Astronaut").[3]

Track listing

Richcraft

LP Side A

  1. "Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana)" (Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley) – 3:38
  2. "Richcraft" (Ernie Wilkins) – 3:06
  3. "Sweets Tooth" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:01
  4. "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" (Ballard MacDonald, Joseph Meyer, Billy Rose) – 3:04
  5. "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 2:59

LP Side B

  1. "Cherokee (Indian Love Song)" (Ray Noble) – 4:08
  2. "I Want a Little Girl" (Billy Moll, Murray Mencher) – 4:12
  3. "From the Sticks" (Ernie Wilkins) [4] – 4:42
  4. "Song of the Islands" (Charles E. King) – 4:09

The Rich Rebellion

LP Side A

  1. "Indiana" ("Back Home Again In Indiana") – 3:38
  2. "That's Rich Man" – 5:26
  3. "Sweets Tooth" – 4:01
  4. "Song Of The Islands" – 4:09
  5. "From The Sticks" – 4:42

LP Side B

  1. "Astronaut" – 7:36
  2. "Richcraft" – 3:06
  3. "Yardbird Suite" – 2:59
  4. "Cherokee" – 4:08
  5. "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie" – 3:04

Personnel

Septet (only) on "That's Rich Man" and "Astronaut":

References