September 30 - Buddy Rich (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for September 30th are here: Charles Villiers Stanford (2019), Donald Swann (2020), and Johnny Mathis (2021)

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Buddy Rich (30 September 1917 – 2 April 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. -- Wikipedia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If I Were a Rich Man

Rich had a strong dislike of bandleaders. He claimed that the musicians "hardly look at the bandleader", and that the drummer is the real "quarterback" of the band. – Wikipedia

Buddy Rich, while drumming, panned

The hapless men who led the band.

He claimed the bands ignored such hacks,

While drummers were the quarterbacks.

 

 

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