Buddy & Soul [Original recording remastered, Live]

Buddy Rich | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1969
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Live
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B00004TA3F
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,786 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buddy's Rock Album, June 25, 2000

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RICH N "Drum Boogie" (exit 156) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buddy & Soul (Audio CD)

In a sincere effort to do something diffeent in the big band mold, Buddy always had rock charts sprinkled through his sets. This album concentraites on those arrangments and though at times may sound corney, the precision and ability to swing these grooves are amazing. The energy of this live recording jumps off the disk especially on RUTH and GREENSLEEVES. The bonus cuts are a gas and could have been a CD all their own.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good reissue of an iffy album, June 1, 2001

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Fresh Scent (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buddy & Soul (Audio CD)

"Buddy and Soul" is probably the weakest of Buddy Rich's Pacific Jazz releases, and I'm not even speaking of the rock-oriented material. Buddy always led a powerful band, I'm sure that this one was no exception, but the sketchy recording quality on most of the songs makes the band sound kind of puny; you can hear Buddy just fine, but the rest of the band is poorly miked. Sometimes you can't even tell that a soloist is playing! There are exceptions, of course. "Greensleeves," "Meaning of the Blues," St. Petersburg Race," and "Ruth" are easily the best tracks. The rest are all kind of "blah," which isn't a word I would use to describe Buddy Rich.

As far as the bonus material goes, they're interesting and add to the running time, but the poor recording quality (and sometimes sloppy execution) will drive you nuts. Of these selections, an early version of "The Word" is a pretty good find.

I love the Pacific Jazz releases, and Bob Belden & Dean Pratt did a great job with all of them. I'm just in disbelief that this klunker could've come in between "Mercy Mercy" and "Keep The Customer Satisfied," my two favorite Buddy Rich releases.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buddy & Soul is Hot!, July 3, 2004

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Bill Richardson (Nuneaton, Warks United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buddy & Soul (Audio CD)

This album is just great and is a wake up call to all those stuck on stodgy swing. The arrangemants are highly original and Buddy should be applauded for taking the big band forward 20 years. It's a shame he didn't have more time to more records in this vein. The band is well up to his usual high standard and overall it's a very exciting listening.