The Roar of '74 explained

The Roar of '74
Type:	studio
Artist:	Buddy Rich
Cover:	BuddyRich_TheRoarOf74.jpg
Released:	1974
Recorded:	October 6 & 13, 1973
Studio:	Bell Sound, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:37
Label:	Groove Merchant
Producer:	Sonny Lester
Prev Title:	Stick It
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Very Live at Buddy's Place
Next Year:	1974

The Roar of '74 is a studio album by Buddy Rich, with his big band, released on the Groove Merchant Records label in the United States. The album was released in the UK in 1974 on the Mooncrest label by B & C Records.

Track listing

LP side A

1. "Nutville" (Horace Silver) – 4:47
2. "Kilimanjaro Cookout" (Manny Albam) – 6:14
3. "Big Mac" (Ernie Wilkins) – 5:54
4. "Backwoods Sideman" (John La Barbera) – 4:29

LP side B

1. "Time Check" (Don Menza) – 3:45
2. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Mack Gordon, Irving Mills) – 3:32
3. "Waltz of the Mushroom Hunters" (Greg Hopkins) – 7:16
4. "Senator Sam" (Wilkins) – 4:40

Personnel

The Buddy Rich big band:

• Joe Romano – alto saxophone
• Bob Martin – alto saxophone
• Pat La Barbera – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Bob Crea – tenor saxophone
• John Laws – baritone saxophone
• Charley Davis – trumpet
• Larry Hall – trumpet
• Greg Hopkins – trumpet
• John Hoffman – trumpet
• Alan Kaplan – trombone
• Keith O'Quinn – trombone
• John Leys – trombone, bass trombone
• Joe Beck – guitar
• Buddy Budson – piano
• Tony Levin – electric bass guitar
• Buddy Rich – drums
• Jimmy Maeulen – conga
• Sam Woodyard – percussion

References

• Groove Merchant 528
• Mooncrest Crest 7