Class of '78

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Class of '78
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Studio album by
Released1978
RecordedOctober 1977
Genre Jazz
Length29:51
Label Century Records
Producer Norman Schwartz
Buddy Rich chronology
Lionel Hampton Presents Buddy Rich
(1977)
Class of '78
(1978)
Together Again: For the First Time
(1978)
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DCC Compact Classics CD re-issue
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Class of '78 is a big band jazz album recorded by Buddy Rich in 1977. Originally released by Century Records as a "direct-to-disc" LP album Limited Edition, it was widely released in 1978, and re-issued on Compact Disc as The Greatest Drummer That Ever Lived with "The Best Band I Ever Had".

Contents

Track listing

LP side A:

  1. "Birdland" (Zawinul) – 6:46
  2. "Bouncin' with Bud" (Powell) – 5:55

LP side B:

  1. "Cape Verdean Blues" (Silver) – 6:17
  2. "Fiesta" (Corea) – 6:23
  3. "Funk City Ola" (Mintzer) – 4:30

Personnel

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