The Buddy Rich Big Band - Benjamin Waterson

“Wind Machine” Drum Transcription — Louie Bellson with The Buddy Rich Big Band

December 6, 2020

At long last! It’s finally time to wrap up the Buddy Rich Memorial Concert posts. Louie Bellson takes us home with the tune “Wind Machine,” from the first half. I kind of went about these in a weird order — Steve Gadd and Gregg Bisonette were the first drummers I had worked on, so I…
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“Mercy Mercy Mercy” Drum Transcription — Dave Weckl with The Buddy Rich Big Band

November 29, 2020

This week, Dave Weckl will bring us the penultimate entry for these Memorial Concert posts with the tune “Mercy Mercy Mercy”. I must say, these posts have sure kept me busy. I feared I bit off a little more than I could chew when I got to Vinnie’s post, but now the end is in…
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“Dancing Men” Drum Transcription — Dennis Chambers with The Buddy Rich Big Band

November 22, 2020

Alright, it’s time to jump back into the Buddy Rich memorial concert — sorry for the brief hiatus. We’re gonna pick it back up with Dennis Chambers on the tune “Dancing Men,” played from the first half of the concert. In my Vinnie post, I talked about how the drummers from that night all had slightly…
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“Ya Gotta Try” Drum Transcription — Vinnie Colaiuta with The Buddy Rich Big Band

October 25, 2020

It’s time for Buddy Rich part three: today, we’re jumping back to the second half of the concert with Vinnie Colaiuta on the tune “Ya Gotta Try.” “Ya Gotta Try” was one of Buddy’s favorites, and it was definitely one of the more exhilarating charts played that night (along with “Time Check”). Most of the…
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“Time Check” Drum Transcription — Gregg Bisonette with The Buddy Rich Big Band

October 18, 2020

This is part 2 of my posts concerning the 1989 Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship concert. Today, we’re looking at Gregg Bisonette’s playing from “Time Check.” Gregg did a fantastic job that night; his playing on “In A Mellow Tone” swings harder than almost anything else from the show, and he goes very hard on this chart: The…
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