Channel One Suite

Buddy Rich Big Band · 1968 · Composition by Bill Reddie, recorded live at Caesars Palace on July 7, 1968 (Mercy, Mercy).

Context

Suite composed and arranged by Bill Reddie, recorded live on July 7, 1968, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for the album Mercy, Mercy (Pacific Jazz, produced by Richard Bock). At 12 minutes 50 seconds, it is the centerpiece of the record and a showcase for Buddy Rich's drumming at the head of a big band that included Art Pepper and Don Menza. The album was reissued on CD by Blue Note in 1997 with three additional tracks.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Modern big bands, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.

By the same artist

• West Side Story Medley (1966)

Sources

• EN: Mercy, Mercy (album)

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