Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich & His Band Live on King Street, San Francisco

Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich & His Band Live on King Street, San Francisco is a 1985 recording made by jazz drummer Buddy Rich and his Big Band. It is the final album released during Rich's lifetime.

Release history A three-LP and two-CD audio album was initially released by Cafe Records (a division of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab), and a video of the "Channel One" set was released by Pioneer Video (LaserDisc) and Sony (videocassette). The Channel One set was eventually re-issued on DVD as were the remaining tracks (the West Side Story set aka "The Lost Tapes").

Track listing

3 LP release Disc 1, side A: "Machine" (Reddie) – 3:14 "Best Coast" (LaBarbera) – 3:57 "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) – 7:49 "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills) – 5:17 Disc 1, side B: "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:15 "Love for Sale" (Porter) – 4:05 "No Exit" (Cunliffe) – 6:44 Disc 2, side A: "Mexicali Nose" (Betts) – 2:58 "Willowcrest" (Bob Florence) – 4:21 "'Round Midnight" (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) – 5:34 "Cotton Tail" – (Ellington) – 4:59 Disc 2, side B: "New Blues" (Piestrup) – 7:28 "Tee Bag" (Mainieri) – 6:10 "The Red Snapper" (Shew) – 4:50 Disc 3, side A: "Channel One Suite" (Reddie) – 16:14 Disc 3, side B: "West Side Story" (Overture and Medley) (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 15:31

2 CD release Disc 1 (The "Channel One Suite" set) "Machine" (Reddie) – 3:14 "Best Coast" (LaBarbera) – 3:57 "One O' Clock Jump" (Basie) – 7:49 "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills) – 5:17 "Norwegian Wood" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:15 "Love For Sale" (Porter) – 4:05 "No Exit" (Cunliffe) – 6:44 "Channel One Suite" (Reddie) – 16:14 Disc 2 (The "West Side Story" set) "Mexicali Nose" (Betts) – 2:58 "Willowcrest" (Florence) – 4:21 "'Round Midnight" (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) – 5:34 "Cotton Tail" – (Ellington) – 4:59 "New Blues" (Piestrup) – 7:28 "Tee Bag" (Mainieri) – 6:10 "The Red Snapper" (Shew) – 4:50 "West Side Story" (Overture and Medley) (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 15:31

Video releases Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich and His Band Live on King Street, The Channel One Set aka ...The Channel One Suite (musical number contents same as Disc 1 of the CD release) Buddy Rich and His Band: The Lost West Side Story Tapes aka ...The Lost Tapes (musical number contents same as Disc 2 of the CD release)

Personnel Buddy Rich – drums Dave Carpenter – bass guitar Bill Cunliffe – piano Steve Marcus – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Brian Sjoerdinga – tenor saxophone, flute Bob Bowlby – alto saxophone, flute Mark Pinto – alto saxophone, flute Jay Craig – baritone saxophone Paul Phillips – trumpet, flugelhorn Joe Kaminski – trumpet, flugelhorn Michael Lewis – trumpet, flugelhorn Eric Miyashiro – trumpet, flugelhorn Scott Bliege – trombone Michael Davis – trombone Jim Martin – trombone

References

CAFE 3-732 (3 LP release) Allmusic.com (album review) Allmusic.com (Channel One set video) Allmusic.com (The Lost Tapes video review)