Buddy Rich Band (album)

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Buddy Rich Band
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Studio album by
Released1981
Studio Universal, Chicago
Genre Jazz
Length36:30
Label MCA
Producer Joel Dorn
Buddy Rich chronology
Live at Ronnie Scott's
(1980)
Buddy Rich Band
(1981)
Live at the 1982 Montreal Jazz Festival
(1982)

Buddy Rich Band is a 1981 recording made by jazz drummer Buddy Rich with his big band for MCA Records.

Contents

Track listing

LP side one:

  1. "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Clifton Davis) – 4:48
  2. "Fantasy" (Eddie del Barrio, Maurice White, Verdine White) – 4:35
  3. "Listen Here Goes Funky" (Eddie Harris) – 3:30
  4. "Slow Funk" (Bob Mintzer) – 5:42

LP side two:

  1. "Beulah Witch" (Don Menza) – 3:31
  2. "Good News" (Mintzer) – 14:24

Personnel

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