Customer Reviews

Swingin' New Big Band / Keep The Customer Satistfied

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This is a combination of (2) Pacific Jazz releases, one recorded at "The Chez" in Hollywood,1966, (Buddy's first recording with the new band), and the other from a live session at the Tropicana Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas, in 1970. The later session ("Keep The Customer Satisfied") was left intact, but in trying to cram TWO ALBUMS into ONE DISC, they actually (ugh!) EDITED the "Swingin' New Big Band" album, cutting a lot of the jazz solos OUT to save running time!! I can appreciate WHY this was done, but it's hard to FORGIVE it!!

Overlooking that sin, until now (Feb. 2001), this disc was worth getting just for the "Keep The Customer Satisfied" album...you couldn't get it anywhere else. The music is GREAT on BOTH of these albums and FORTUNATELY, NOW they have been remastered individually by former Rich sidemen, with EXTRA BONUS TRACKS never heard before and NOTHING edited out. Keep lookin', brother, THIS ONE AIN'T IT!!

Go find "Swingin' New Big Band" and "Keep The Customer Satisfied" in their individual and original form elsewhere on the website under "Buddy Rich" and BUY THEM!!! Don't waste your money on this one (unless you can only AFFORD to buy ONE CD). Get the ORIGINAL versions of each one SEPARATELY....you'll still get MORE for your MONEY!!

Both of these are five-star discs singularly. Together, they're a disaster. The record company that put out this CD made some egregious cuts in "Swingin' New Big Band" to make it fit on a disc with "Keep The Customer Satisfied," and left this customer completely dissatisfied. Longtime Buddy Rich fans know this material backwards and forwards and can't be fooled. Buy them separately.

A great selection of tunes on a difficult to find disk. It's Buddy Rich being Buddy Rich. A must-have for any fan of big band music. No one ever kicked a band like Buddy. Kneel down before the Master.

I've searched for this CD for several years. Today I bought it. This CD isn't as good as "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" but is worth the price just to get "Keep the Customer Satisfied". If you like great trumpet section play, you'll love this track.