The Roar of '74

The Roar of '74
Studio album by Buddy Rich
Released 1973
Genre Jazz
Length 40:37
Label Groove Merchant
Producer Sonny Lester
Buddy Rich chronology

Stick It
(1972)
The Roar of '74
(1973)
Very Live at Buddy's Place
(1974)
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The Roar of '74 is a 1973 studio album by the Buddy Rich big band released on the Groove Merchant Records label in the USA. The album was released in the UK in 1974 on the Mooncrest label by B & C Records. [2]

Track listing

LP side A

  1. "Nuttville" (Horace Silver) – 4:47
  2. "Kilimanjaro Cookout" (Manny Albam) – 6:14
  3. "Big Mac" (Ernie Wilkins) – 5:54
  4. "Backwoods Sideman" (John La Barbera) – 4:29

LP side B

  1. "Time Check" (Don Menza) – 3:45
  2. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Mack Gordon, Irving Mills) – 3:32
  3. "Waltz of the Mushroom Hunters" (Greg Hopkins) – 7:16
  4. "Senator Sam" (Wilkins) – 4:40

Personnel

The Buddy Rich big band

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