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In Reply to: RE: Rich had a severely exaggerated opinion of his abilities posted by Mike K on May 16, 2015 at 09:17:34
.., he is said to have said "Rich on sticks, Roach on brushes" and going by the music on "Rich vs. Roach" I'd tend to agree with him. To each guy, the consideration he deserves.
Edits: 05/16/15Follow Ups:
Rich may have had an exaggerated opinion of his ability as a band leader. When I heard him, I thought his band was too much about his own solos. Somewhere in one of his tirades, he says something along the lines of "the people are paying to hear me play, not you". But imo that says as much about his ability as a band leader as it does about his ability as a drummer, his ego, or anything else.
All I can say is, when I saw the Buddy Rich Big Band (twice), I was definitely paying to hear Buddy. The band was just a backdrop to me.
Happy listening,
Jim
"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno
and the (mostly) youngsters in the band fresh out of Berklee (or wherever), in their ill-fitting
outfits, anxiously struggling to find the right page in the book as BR started tapping out time,
playing their asses off and make it through the set in one piece really earned their pay.
Helluva gig, extension course and experience playing with that ugly egomaniac.
The two times I saw HIM and them was just tremendous.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Well put, and that's exactly what I didn't like about it. Great drummer, though.
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