Now it’s time to move aside from the rock side of drumming, it’s time to look at a little jazz. Of all the influencing drummers in the jazz world, there is none better than the great buddy rich. Known for never practicing outside of a performance buddy rich was a man on extreme talent.
Born on September 20, 1917 buddy rich began his drumming career at the age of one when his father saw that he could keep a steady beat with spoons that were lying around the house. At 18 month Buddy rich officially started playing the drums. Although out his childhood he began to join big bands and become the bandleader. In jazz bands are a little different then rock bands, they consist of trumpets, saxophones, a bass guitar and a pianist. Another thing to look at is the style of play by jazz bands rather than rock bands, jazz bands have a more laid back style but can come at you with an upbeat hit that you can’t help but move your feat too. As we take a look in the past jazz was the style of music that started it all, in the 1920’s jazz and blues started the trend of all music that we have today. Buddy rich is a man that I can honestly say took jazz and shaped it into the upbeat type of music it is today. Once buddy rich got behind the kit there was no stopping the pure genius that was produced by his playing. He was truly the greatest jazz drummer of all time.
I read your blog earlier today and between then and now I have watched a few videos of Buddy Rich. Buddy rich is amazing. One of the videos was a drum battle/ duet deal with Gene Krupa. It seems like these guys were way ahead of their time. I would have never thought that back in the 1960s anyone would play the drums like that. I just think it is awesome. I can see how our modern music shaped from the early jazz.
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