Are You Ready for This?

Are You Ready for This?
Studio album by Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich
Recorded	January 18, 1965, Japan
Genre	Jazz
Label	Roost / Roulette
Louie Bellson chronology
Explorations (1964) Explorations1964 Are You Ready for This? (1965) Are You Ready for This?1965 Thunderbird (1965) Thunderbird1965
Buddy Rich chronology
Burnin' Beat (1962) Burnin' Beat1962 Are You Ready for This? (1965) Are You Ready for This?1965 Swingin' New Big Band (1966) Swingin' New Big Band1966

Are You Ready for This? is a 1965 studio album by jazz drummers Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson, recorded in Japan together with the George Kawaguchi Big Band. Album cover art is by Jack Lonshein.

This recording of "Slides and Hides" includes 22 minutes of soloing by the two drummers and was also included as side 4 of the 1979 European double-LP compilation album, Louis Bellson, With Bells On!^[1][2]

Track listing

LP side A

1. "Slides and Hides Part 1"

LP side B

1. "Slides and Hides Part 2"

arrangement: Benny Carter

Personnel

• Louie Bellson – drums
• Buddy Rich – drums
• Blue Mitchell – trumpet
• Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
• Gene Taylor – acoustic bass
• Toshiko Mariano (Toshiko Akiyoshi) – piano
• The George Kawaguchi Big Band

References

• Roost RST 2263
• Roulette 2432 003