Mercy, Mercy (album)

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Mercy, Mercy
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Live album by
Released1968
RecordedJuly 7, 1968
Venue Caesars Palace, Las Vegas Boulevard
Genre Jazz
Length45:28
Label Pacific Jazz
Producer Richard Bock
Buddy Rich chronology
Rich à la Rakha
(1968)
Mercy, Mercy
(1968)
Buddy & Soul
(1969)
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Mercy, Mercy is a 1968 live album by the Buddy Rich Big Band, recorded at Caesars Palace. [1]

Contents

Track listing

LP side A

  1. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:34
  2. "Preach and Teach" (Johnny Burch) – 4:06
  3. "Channel One Suite" (Bill Reddie) – 12:50

LP side B

  1. "Big Mama Cass" (Don Sebesky) – 3:22
  2. "Goodbye Yesterday" (Don Piestrup) – 6:18
  3. "Acid Truth" (Don Menza) – 5:50
  4. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:49
  5. "Ode to Billie Joe" (Bobbie Gentry) – 3:39

Bonus tracks added to 1997 Blue Note CD reissue

  1. "Chavala" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 5:20
  2. "Mr. Lucky" (Jerry Livingston, Henry Mancini) – 5:47
  3. "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) – 5:09

Personnel

The Buddy Rich big band

Arrangers:

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic review
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1210. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. "Buddy Rich Big Band: Mercy, Mercy". Record Mirror . No. 410. 18 January 1969. p. 8.