It’s great to hear this mix. it sounds like a mixing board mix so it’s not meant for recording, but for a live mix. The reason it’s great is, you can really hear the details of what buddy was doing, especially his incredible driving footwork on the bass drum. And of course, the astonishing crisp intensity, and power on his snare drum. To my ear, it looks like he was using Calf Heads and went back to his old sound from the glory days of the big bands like Tommy Dorsey etc. he must’ve realized that this is the best possible natural sound of Drums, and he might even be playing an old Slingerland Radio King set.
The Drums are mid '40s. The heads are coated Remo plastic. The snare was restored and was a gift. He liked it so much, he asked for the rest of the kit. Done with endorsement deals. He played these with Dorsey as a kid.
He was incredibly talented, but he was a supreme jackass of a person. I used to play with a couple of the guys from his band and they shared some stories about the guy, and he was really dislikable and nearly everyone in the band hated the guy
The old master, leading yet another great band-his final band here I believe. With his longtime great saxophone soloist Steve Marcus from the left, followed by my friend Mike Rubino next to Steve, and sadly, I can’t name any of the other players. They are all great, you had to be, to be hired by BR.
Thanks so much for posting this. I have never seen this footage of BR before. Two of the greats in different fields, although JL could play quite well. Cheers from Australia.
Problem with our Buddy was, he was just TOO good. Effortless. The content and his technical abilities were mind blowing. It got to the point we just expected to see something unbelievable.... and he NEVER disappointed.
I believe it’s Matt Harris. Check out this video of Harris talking about his gig as Buddy’s last pianist. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Lo8aU9vAfTQ.htmlsi=C_V9PiyOskynxxF9
