Buddy Rich & the Big Band Machine - Speak No Evil

2008 reissue of this album from the Jazz legend, originally released in 1976. Buddy Rich was a legendary jazz drummer, some say the greatest of all time. He has issued lots & lots of albums over the years. Wounded Bird Album Description

Another Buddy Rich classic.....

Funky , swank and oozing cool, I've always enjoyed Buddy's late 60's / 70's progressive side, much more inventive than standard swing. November 9, 2008

Speak no evil about "Speak no evil".

Wounded Bird is a record company dedicated to the reissue of lost albums, albums that the major would not reprint for a reason or another, but that are very sought by the collectors, generally speaking. This is the case with "Speak no evil" by the great, late, Buddy Rich, as we all know, the world's greatest drummer. This album was released in the seventies and you can clearly feel the influence of the period on Buddy's charts choice. The arrangements are all on the funky jazzy side. It's not the big band sound one commonly associate with a Jazz musician such as Buddy was. This is something different. Very often there's a back beat feel but everything still swings in Buddy's hands. "Speak No Evil" music is still explosive like the best Buddy's efforts but it has a strong funky feel that personally I like very much. There are even some vocalists that make nice choruses sometimes behind the band. Among the musicians involved here you'll find a great Kenny Barron at the electric piano. I know that most Buddy's lovers would find this album weak, due to its funky feeling, but I don't agree. Buddy was splendid everything he played. "Speak no evil" makes no exception! (The cover is very beautiful and inside you'll find the famous Buddy's picture in a lovely Kung Fu suite! Very Kill Bill, very Tarantino!!!) October 12, 2008

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