Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich explained

Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich
Type:	Tribute album
Artist:	various artists with the Buddy Rich Big Band
Cover:	Burning for Buddy album cover.jpg
Released:	October 4, 1994
Recorded:	May 1994
Studio:	Power Station, New York City
Genre:	Big band
Length:	75:48
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Neil Peart

Burning for Buddy, Volume 1 is a 1994 Buddy Rich tribute album produced by Rush drummer/lyricist Neil Peart. The album is composed of performances by various rock and jazz drummers, all accompanied by the Buddy Rich Big Band. A follow-up Burning for Buddy...Volume 2 recording was released in 1997 and both recording sessions were also covered in a 5-hour documentary video released on VHS in 1996, reissued on DVD in 2006, The Making of Burning for Buddy....

Track listing

1. "Dancing Men" – 6:37

Drums performed by Simon Phillips

1. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" – 5:09

Drums performed by Dave Weckl

1. "Love for Sale" – 4:30

Drums performed by Steve Gadd

1. "Beulah Witch" – 4:28

Drums performed by Matt Sorum

1. "Nutville" – 5:09

Drums performed by Steve Smith

1. "Cotton Tail" – 4:36

Drums performed by Neil Peart

1. "No Jive" – 5:46

Drums performed by Manu Katche and Mino Cinelu

1. "Milestones" – 5:03 (composed by Miles Davis, arr. Herbie Phillips)

Drums performed by Billy Cobham

1. "The Drum Also Waltzes, Pt. 1" – 1:04

Drums performed by Max Roach

1. "Machine" – 3:46

Drums performed by Rod Morgenstein

1. "Straight, No Chaser" – 3:39

Drums performed by Kenny Aronoff

1. "Slow Funk" – 5:33

Drums performed by Omar Hakim

1. "Shawnee" – 3:06

Drums performed by Ed Shaughnessy

1. "Drumorello" – 3:11

Drums performed by Joe Morello

1. "The Drum Also Waltzes, Pt. 2" – :44

Drums performed by Max Roach

1. "Lingo" – 4:31

Drums performed by Bill Bruford

1. "Ya Gotta Try" – 3:18

Drums performed by Marvin "Smitty" Smith

1. "Pick Up the Pieces" – 5:38

Drums performed by Steve Ferrone