Buddy Rich Live At The 1982 Montreal Jazz Festival DVD

Rating:
Summary: Entertaining and instructional
Review: Any drummer who wants to learn great technique or merely enjoy great drumming will appreciate this video. It showcases Buddy's technique across a full spectrum of sets, including brushwork on "Brushstokes".

One of the highlights of this DVD is a bonus sequence of "Green Dolphin Street" (from 1972) that has one of Buddy's classic solos. This sequence alone makes the DVD worth getting. An added bonus is the included soundtrack on CD that comes with the DVD.

For the drummer wanting to learn a few tricks this is one of the best viedos of Buddy because there is ample camera exposure on his playing. It's one thing to listen, but when you can see and listen it's a powerful combination for learning technique - and this video does just that.

Tracks include Hookin' It, Brush Strokes, If They Could See Me Now, Good News, West Side Story Medley, Carioca, Time Check, Green Dolphin Street.

If you are a Buddy Rich fan I also recommend getting the CD "Buddy Rich Collection" ASIN B00000DB1H, which is a remake of a 2-record set circa 1971.

Rating:
Summary: Floored
Review: This was the first time I'd seen Buddy Rich play the drums, sadly, 17 years after his death.

The man was just remarkable. What blinding speed and dexterity. Truly, he was from another world when it came to playing drums.

He was 65 years old when this concert took place! Amazing.