![]() Just the way he thought about his playing, I think that's refreshed my whole interest in drumming, preparing for this event. ![]() I mentioned to Cathy a couple of weeks ago that I really felt that I'd been wandering around inside the brain of Buddy Rich, which is an amazing place to be. So in learning the way he played, I soon found that trying to figure out how he played was not the point. Not only was it wonderful to be at all associated with the name of Buddy Rich, but to have a chance to play with a big band at last after all these years and to mark my 25th anniversary with such a big challenge, which it was to me.But I thought the greatest tribute to the music, and certainly the biggest challenge to me would be if I to play the songs exactly, as close as I am able, to the way Buddy did. That was one of the special things about this opportunity. There are all the good drummers in the world, of which there are so many, and then I just took it for granted that Buddy Rich was up there. "Well I always saw him on a heavenly rank. Vol 1 has Cotton Tail (& Pick Up The Pieces). Tape 3 features Neil on One O'Clock Jump. The only recording of Neil playing Mexicali Nose is this performance at the Scholarship Concert. For Burning For Buddy Volume 2, Neil revamped One O'Clock Jump. (He also has a percussion credit on Pick Up The Pieces). For Burning For Buddy, Neil is featured in a revamped studio performance of Cotton Tail. At the Scholarship Concert Neil performed One O'Clock Jump, Mexicali Nose and Cotton Tail. This eventually led to his producing Burning For Buddy, volumes 1 and 2. ![]() It was largely due to his dissatisfaction with his performance at the Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert that Neil became determined to do more. Not one to approach this half-heartedly, Neil studied the way Buddy played and thought, attempting to do justice to the master's work.Īh, some real big band music. In 1991, Buddy Rich's surviving daughter, Cathy, arranged for Neil to perform at one of the Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concerts. From the videotape BUDDY RICH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP CONCERT TAPE FOUR
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