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
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.
jobs opportunity practice
So, practice, particularly after you've attained a job, any kind of job, like playing with a four piece band, that's... an opportunity to develop.
opportunity practice wells
Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice.
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.
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.
cutting thinking hands
I can think of a lot better things to do with my hands than to cut them up on the rim of a drum.
thinking ravel percussion
And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that.
play request ifs
If you have any requests. keep them to yourselves. we don't play requests!
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.
creativity thinking play
Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to learn how to play drums. I wish I could say that for about ten thousand other drummers.
thinking stink ifs
If you think you stink, you probably do.
creativity done my-own
Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity.
music play how-you-feel
I never believed in a set routine. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.
thinking years symphony
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.