O baterista de jazz e bandleader Bernard "Buddy" Rich nasceu no bairro do Brooklyn em Nova York no 30 de Junho ou 30 de Setembro de 1917. Existem controversias biográficas quanto a data certa. Foi considerado o melhor baterista do mundo, por sua técnica, velocidade e habilidade de improvisação.
Foi seu pai quem percebeu, logo cedo, o talento de Buddy para os ritmos, ao notar que ele conseguia manter uma batida constante com as baquetas, quando tinha apenas, um ano de idade. Com apenas 18 meses começou a dar sinais efetivos de seu talento e foi chamado de O Menino Maravilha da Bateria. Aos onze estava se apresentando como bandleader.
Jamais recebeu qualquer tipo de instrução musical. Em 1937 uniu-se ao grupo de Joe Marsalas e em seguida tocou com Bunny Berigan (1938), Artie Shaw (1939),Tommy Dorsey (1939,42,45,54,55), Benny Carter (1942), Harry James (1953-1956),Les Brwon, Charlie Ventura e Jazz at The Philarmonic, como também chegou a liderar sua propria banda.
De 1966 até sua morte, liderou uma big band que fez muito sucesso, mesmo numa época em que a popularidade das big bands, não chegava nem perto àquela dos anos 30 e 40.
Conhecido por seu perfeccionismo, o baterista tinha fama de mau humorado. Nos intervalos das apresentações, costumava gritar com os musicos da banda, durante as viagens de onibus, ao ponto de alguns deles gravarem sorreteiramente alguns de seus ataques de raiva.
Buddy faleceu em abril de 1987 e reza a lenda que ao ser perguntado pela enfermeira se alguma coisa o estava incomodando respondeu: " Sim, Country Music". Foram as suas ultimas palavras.
Buddy Rich plays the drums
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgaD54YcXpA
Jazz drummer and bandleader Bernard "Buddy" Rich was born in the Brooklyn ,New York on either June 30 or September 30,1917 (various biographies differ as to the date)–April 2 1987). Rich was billed as "the world's greatest drummer" and was known for his technique, speed, and ability to improvise.
It was his father who initially realized Buddy's talent for rhythm, when Buddy could keep a steady beat with a drumstick at the age of one! He began playing drums in vaudeville when he was 18 months old, billed as Traps the Drum Wonder. At eleven he was performing as a bandleader. He received no professional drum instruction.
In 1937 he entered jazz with Joe Marsala's group, then played with Bunny Berigan (1938), Artie Shaw (1939), Tommy Dorsey (1939–1942, 1945, 1954–1955), Benny Carter (1942), Harry James (1953–1956), Les Brown, Charlie Ventura, and Jazz at the Philharmonic, as well as leading his own band and performing with all-star groups. For most of the period from 1966 until his death, he led a successful big band in an era when the popularity of big bands had waned from its peak in the 1930s and 40s.
Always a perfectionist, Buddy was known to have a bad temper. Between gigs, he was notorious for screaming at band members on the tour bus, to the point where band members began surreptitiously tape-recording his outbursts. On one occasion, he got so angry at trombonist David Panichi that he fired him right on the bus — going so far as to order the bus to pull over to drop him off on the highway. However, Buddy's outrageous temper was overlooked by most because of his undeniable skill as a musician and his reputation for being very accommodating towards his fans.
Buddy Rich died April 2, 1987. Reportedly, his last words (replying to a nurse, who asked if anything was bothering him) were: "Yes ... country music!"
It was his father who initially realized Buddy's talent for rhythm, when Buddy could keep a steady beat with a drumstick at the age of one! He began playing drums in vaudeville when he was 18 months old, billed as Traps the Drum Wonder. At eleven he was performing as a bandleader. He received no professional drum instruction.
In 1937 he entered jazz with Joe Marsala's group, then played with Bunny Berigan (1938), Artie Shaw (1939), Tommy Dorsey (1939–1942, 1945, 1954–1955), Benny Carter (1942), Harry James (1953–1956), Les Brown, Charlie Ventura, and Jazz at the Philharmonic, as well as leading his own band and performing with all-star groups. For most of the period from 1966 until his death, he led a successful big band in an era when the popularity of big bands had waned from its peak in the 1930s and 40s.
Always a perfectionist, Buddy was known to have a bad temper. Between gigs, he was notorious for screaming at band members on the tour bus, to the point where band members began surreptitiously tape-recording his outbursts. On one occasion, he got so angry at trombonist David Panichi that he fired him right on the bus — going so far as to order the bus to pull over to drop him off on the highway. However, Buddy's outrageous temper was overlooked by most because of his undeniable skill as a musician and his reputation for being very accommodating towards his fans.
Buddy Rich died April 2, 1987. Reportedly, his last words (replying to a nurse, who asked if anything was bothering him) were: "Yes ... country music!"
He is interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
Reference - All Music
No comments:
Post a Comment