Big Swing Face (Buddy Rich Big Band album)
Big Swing Face is a 1967 live album by the Buddy Rich Big Band. Its "The Beat Goes On" is a feature for Buddy Rich's daughter Cathy, whose vocal performance was overdubbed at United Recording in Hollywood.[2] A reissue in 1996 doubles the listing with nine unreleased performances from the same engagement at the Chez Club in Hollywood.[2]
| Big Swing Face | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | June 1967[1] | |||
| Recorded | February 22–25 and March 10, 1967 | |||
| Venue | Chez Club, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:16 | |||
| Label | Pacific Jazz | |||
| Producer | Richard Bock | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Track listing
LP side A:
- "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:57
- "Big Swing Face" (Bill Potts) – 5:15
- "Monitor Theme" (Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye) – 2:24
- "Wack Wack" (Isaac "Redd" Holt, Donald Storball, Hysear Don Walker, Jimmy Young) – 3:04
- "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 4:30
LP side B:
- "Mexicali Nose" (Harry Betts) – 2:49
- "Willowcrest" (Bob Florence) – 4:55
- "The Beat Goes On" (Sonny Bono) – 4:40
- "Bugle Call Rag" (Billy Meyers, Jack Pettis, Elmer Schoebel) – 4:42
Bonus tracks on 1996 CD reissue:
- "Standing Up in a Hammock" (Potts) – 2:32
- "Chicago" (Fred Fisher) – 2:47
- "Lament for Lester" (Jay Corre) – 2:30
- "Machine" (Bill Reddie) – 3:45
- "Silver Threads Among the Blues" (Don Piestrup) – 4:40
- "New Blues" (Piestrup) – 4:38
- "Old Timey" (Bob Florence) – 3:25
- "Loose" (Bill Holman) – 4:05
- "Apples (aka Gino)" (Arthur M. Wiggins) – 2:35
Personnel
Musicians
- Quinn Davis – alto saxophone
- Ernie Watts – alto saxophone and flute
- Jay Corre, Robert Keller – tenor saxophone and flute
- Marty Flax – baritone saxophone
- Bobby Shew, Yoshito Murakami, Charles Findley, John Scottile – trumpet
- Jim Trimble, John Boice – trombone
- Bill Wimberly – bass trombone
- Richie Resnicoff – guitar
- Ray Starling – piano
- James Gannon – double bass
- Buddy Rich – drums
- Cathy Rich – vocals
- Shorty Rogers – arranger: "Wack, Wack" and "The Beat Goes On"
References
- Billboard June 3, 1967
- Big Swing Face at AllMusic
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1210. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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