The Buddy Rich Big Band – “Channel 1 Suite” from the album “Mercy, Mercy”

Born Bernard Rich on 30 September 1917 in Manhattan. His father noticed that he could keep a steady beat with spoons at the age of one and by the time he was 18 months old he was playing drums in vaudeville billed as “Traps the Drum Wonder”. He was a bandleader by the time he was 11 years old.

“Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”

1) Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; 2) Preach and Teach; 3) Channel 1 Suite; 4) Big Mama Cass; 5) Goodbye Yesterday; 6) Acid Truth; 7) Alfie; 8) Ode to Billie Joe; 9) Chavala; 10) Mr. Lucky; 11) Chelsea Bridge

Buddy Rich – drums; Walter Namuth – guitar; Gary Walters – double bass, electric bass; Joe Azarello – piano; Charles Owens – alto saxophone; Art Pepper – alto saxophone; Pat LaBarbera – tenor saxophone; Don Menza – tenor saxophone; John Laws – baritone saxophone; Jim Trimble – trombone; Rick Stepton – trombone; Peter Graves – bass trombone; Al Porcino – trumpet; David Culp – trumpet; Kenneth Faulk – trumpet; Bill Prince – trumpet