Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich
Bernard "Buddy" Richwas an American jazz drummer and bandleader...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth30 September 1917
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
creativity done my-own
Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity.
mean thinking leader
I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musical tastes.
real player thinking
And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players. They had an influence on everybody, not just drummers.
play classification ifs
If you can play, you can play anything. I don't like classifications.
play request ifs
If you have any requests. keep them to yourselves. we don't play requests!
night thinking play
I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night.
play swings guy
You either swing a band or don't swing a band and that's what's lacking today.. There aren't any guys who get back there and play with any kind of guts.
exactly hundred limited played symphony written
To have everything written for you... It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony drummers are so limited. They 're limited to exactly what was played a hundred years before them by a thousand other drummers.
challenge classical following front great laid simply
They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer.