A TRIBUTE TO BUDDY RICH

    Das Groove Legend Orchestra spielt ganz im Zeichen von Buddy Rich.
  
    Buddy Rich – Zur Person

    Born. September 30, 1917.     Died. April 2, 1987.

    1917 - Buddy Rich was born in Brooklyn NY.

    1919 - At the tender age of 18 months, hewasalreadyfeatured in hisparent´s Vaudeville act Wilson & Rich.

    1921 - Buddy Rich made his Broardway debut in Raymond Hitchcock´s pinwheel.

    1923 - Buddy went with his parents to Australia where for 18 months, he presented a solo
                act - Traps The Drum Wonder

    1928 - By the age of 11, Buddy Rich was the secondhighest paid child star in the world, after Jackie Coogan,
            andhetouredthroughout theUnited States with hisown showband.

    1931 - His parents retired fromVaudeville and the Rich family settled in Brooklyn where Buddy soon became
             apart of the flourishing New York jazz scene ofthe 1930´s.

    1938 - Buddy Rich´s jazz career began seriously at the Hickory House in New York,where he played
                with Joe Marsala.

    1939 - Rich worked with Bunny Bergian and Artie Shaw.

    1939-42 - Featured with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra before joining the U.S Marines.

    1945-46 - Buddy Rich rejoined the Dorsey Orchestra and, by then, he was not only the highest paid sideman
            intheworld butindisputablyregarded as thegreatestdrummer of his day.

    1946 - Buddy Rich decided to form his own big band with excellent arrangements by writers likeTadd Dameron
            andfinesoloistslike ZootSims,Al Kohn, Tony Scottand Johnny Mandell.

    1947 - By this time the great days of the Big Band era were drawing to a close and Buddy Rich decided
            toaccept anoffer from NormanGranz to join Jazz AtThe Philharmonic.
            Betweentoursallover the worldwith JATP, Rich wasone of the leadingfigures intheNew York Jazz scene,
            wherehe workedand recorded withpioneering bopmusicians like CharlieParker,DizzyGillespie,
            TheloniusMonk,Al Haig, DexterGordon, and manyother great jazz players.

    1950´s - Buddy Rich worked alternately with the Harry James and Tommy  Dorsey  Orchestra.

    1961 - Back with the Harry James band and once again the driving force behind this excellent Orchestra.

    1966 - Buddy Rich decided to take the plunge and form his own big band. He assembled some of the leading
            playersof the day,like Gene Quill andPepper Adams. Over the nextfewyears, thepersonnel of the
            Rich Orchestraincludedoutstanding musicians likeDon Menza, Art Pepper,Al Porcine,PatLaBarbera
                and Steve Marcus.

    1967 - Jackie Gleason selected the Buddy Rich Orchestra to feature on his summer TV series.
                During the autumn, he toured with Frank Sinatra.

    70´s -80´s -Buddy Rich continued lead his big band, except for a brief spellin 1974 when he formed a small
             group (featuringSal Nistico,Sonny Fortune, JoeRomano, Jack Wilkins, Kenny Baron, andJohn Bunch)
              at a club he opened in New Yorkcalled Buddy´s Place.

    1987 - Buddy continued to tour with his big band until his death on April the 2nd 1987.

 
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