Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich

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Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich
SingAndSwingWithBuddyRich.jpg
Studio album by Buddy Rich
Released 1955
Recorded January 26, 1955 New York City (except "Ballad Medley" recorded May 16)
Genre Jazz
Label Norgran
Producer Norman Granz
Buddy Rich chronology
The Swinging Buddy Rich
(1954)		Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich
(1955)		 Buddy and Sweets
(1955)
Alternative cover
BuddyRich SingAndSwing 45rpmEP.jpg
Original Columbia 7 inch E.P.

Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich is a jazz album recorded in New York City in January 1955 by Buddy Rich. The first 4 tracks were originally released as a 7-inch, 45 RPM EP.

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Buddy Rich Jazz drummer and bandleader

Bernard "Buddy" Rich was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time and was known for his virtuoso technique, power, and speed. He performed with Tommy Dorsey, Harry James and Count Basie, and led a big band.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Everything Happens To Me"
  2. "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams"
  3. "Sure Thing"
  4. "Glad To Be Unhappy"
  5. Ballad Medley
    1. "Over The Rainbow"
    2. "You've Changed"
    3. "Time After Time"
    4. "This Is Always"
    5. "My Heart Stood Still"
    6. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You"

Personnel

except "Ballad Medley":

Oscar Peterson Canadian jazz pianist and composer

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, but simply "O.P." by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, and received numerous other awards and honours. He is considered one of the greatest jazz pianists, and played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years.

Piano musical instrument

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700, in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.

Ray Brown (musician) American jazz double bassist and cellist

Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist known for extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald.

on "Ballad Medley":

Freddie Green American musician

Frederick William Green was an American swing jazz guitarist who played rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years.

Thad Jones American jazz trumpeter

Thaddeus Joseph Jones was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who has been called "one of the all-time greatest jazz trumpet soloists."

Joseph Dwight Newman was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator, best known for his time with Count Basie.

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