Lionel Hampton Presents Buddy Rich Explained

Lionel Hampton Presents Buddy Rich
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Buddy Rich
Cover:	BuddyRich_LionelHamptonPresentsBuddyRich.jpg
Released:	1977
Recorded:	October 19, 1977
Studio:	in New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	35:50
Label:	Who's Who in Jazz
Producer:	Lionel Hampton, Bill Titone, John Cevetello
Prev Title:	Buddy Rich Plays and Plays and Plays
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Class of '78
Next Year:	1978

Lionel Hampton Presents Buddy Rich is a jazz album recorded by Buddy Rich and released by the Who's Who in Jazz record label in 1977. The album has been re-issued by different labels under different names including, Buddy's Cherokee, The Lionel Hampton Sessions and Sounds of Jazz Vol. 10.

Track listing

LP side A:

1. "Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane) – 5:28
2. "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane) – 5:32
3. "Buddy's Cherokee" (Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton) – 7:26

LP side B:

1. "Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:13
2. "I'll Never Be the Same" (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli) – 3:33
3. "Latin Silk" (Paul Moen) – 7:38

Bonus tracks added to some later re-issues:

"Buddy's Rock" (Buddy Rich) – 5:54

"My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 6:00

"Hamp, Rich, Dido Blues"^[1] (Jon Hendricks) – 4:53

Personnel

• Buddy Rich – drums
• Lionel Hampton – vibraphone
• Barry Keiner – piano
• Tom Warrington – bass
• Candido Camero – congas
• Steve Marcus – tenor saxophone
• Gary Pribek – saxophone
• Paul Moen – tenor saxophone
• Jon Hendricks – vocals on "Hamp, Rich, Dido Blues"

References

• Who's Who in Jazz WWLP 21006 (1977 LP) (also Philips (France) 9123602)
• Kingdom Gate 7011 (1983 UK LP)
• Who's Who in Jazz D2 72205 (1994 CD)
• Galaxy Sound of Jazz 388610 (NL, 1999 CD re-issue, Vol 10)
• Giants of Jazz Recordings CD 53354 (2000 CD)
• Lionel Hampton Presents... at discogs.com

Notes and References

1. on "Giants of Jazz" re-issue and on Buddy's Cherokee, The Lionel Hampton Sessions re-issue