Buddy Rich Discography & Songs

Album

1959 Rich Versus Roach

1 Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
2 The Casbah
3 Sleep
4 Figure Eights
5 Yesterdays
6 Big Foot
7 Limehouse Blues
8 Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goodbye

1961 Krupa and Rich

1 Buddy's Blues
2 Bernie's Tune
3 Gene's Blues
4 Sweethearts On Parade
5 I Never Knew

1962 Blues Caravan

1 Blowin' the Blues Away
2 BR Blues
3 Late Date
4 Caravan
5 Young Blood
6 I Remember Clifford

1966 The Sounds of '66

1 Sammy's Introduction
2 Come Back to Me
3 The Birth of the Blues
4 I Know a Place
5 What Did I Have That I Didn't Have?
6 Once in Love With Amy
7 What the World Needs Now Is Love
8 Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead
9 What Now My Love
10 What Kind of Fool Am I?
11 If It's the Last Thing I Do
12 Sammy's Closing
13 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

1974 The Roar of '74

1 Nutville
2 Kilimanjaro Cookout
3 Big Mac
4 Backwoods Sideman
5 Time Check
6 Prelude to a Kiss
7 Waltz of the Mushroom Hunters
8 Senator Sam

1974 Transition

1 Ham Hock Blues
2 Airmail Special
3 Ring Dem Bells
4 Avalon
5 E.G.
6 Fum

1975 Big Band Machine

1 Three Day Sucker
2 Tommy Medley: Eyesight to the Blind / Champagne / See Me, Feel Me / Miracle C
3 On Broadway
4 Pieces of Dreams
5 Ease on Down the Road
6 West Side Story Medley '75

1977 Class of '78

1 Birdland
2 Bouncin' With Bud
3 Cape Verdean Blues
4 Fiesta
5 Funk City Ola

1977 Lionel Hampton Presents: Buddy Rich

1 Moment's Notice
2 Giant Steps
3 Buddy's Cherokee
4 Take the "A" Train
5 I'll Never Be the Same
6 Latin Silk

1977 Plays and Plays and Plays

1 Ya Gotta Try
2 Tales of Rhoda Rat
3 'Round About Midnight
4 Time Out
5 No Jive
6 Lush Life
7 Party Time
8 Kong
9 Mickey Mouse

1978 When I Found You

1 When I Found You
2 Here's That Rainy Day
3 Cape Verdean Blues
4 Blues in the Night
5 Bluesette
6 You Are the Sunshine of My Life
7 Funk City Ola
8 I Won't Last a Day Without You
9 Lady Be Good

1980 The Bull

1 Sierra Lonely
2 Billy's Bounce
3 Chameleon
4 Howie's Tune
5 The Bull
6 Second Avenue Blue

1981 Europa Jazz

1 Avalon
2 Airmail Special
3 Ham Hock Blues
4 Ring Dem Bells
5 E.G.
6 Fum

1987 Compact Jazz: Buddy Rich

1 Jumpin' At the Woodside
2 Broadway
3 Yardbird Suite
4 Toot Toot Tootsie
5 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
6 Bloody Mary
7 From the Sticks
8 Late Date
9 Jump for Me
10 A Night in Tunisia

1988 The Legendary Buddy Rich

1 Red Snapper
2 Time Will Tell
3 Ballad of the Matador
4 Dancing Men
5 Cottontail
6 My One and Only Love
7 Manhattan

1990 The Greatest Drummer That Ever Lived with... the Best Band I Ever Had

1 Birdland
2 Bouncin' With Bud
3 Cape Verdean Blues
4 Fiesta
5 Funk City Ola

1991 One Night Stand

1 A Little Handicap
2 I Cover the Waterfront
3 Sombody Like You
4 Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
5 I'm Just a Lucky So and So
6 Daily Double
7 Poontang
8 I'm Always Chasing Rainbow
9 Just You, Just Me
10 It's About Time
11 Let's Blow
12 Feather Merchant
13 It's Only a Paper Moon
14 Dateless Brown
15 You've Got Me Cryin' Again
16 Rags to Riches
17 The Frim Fram Sauce
18 Cool Breeze

1991 Two Big Bands Play Selections From West Side Story & Other Delights

1 West Side Story
2 Kilimanjaro Cookout
3 Prelude to a Kiss
4 Waltz of the Mushroom Hunters
5 Pilatus
6 Foggy Night
7 Maria
8 Got the Spirit
9 At the Sound of the Trumpet

1992 No Jive

1 Ya Gotta Try
2 Tales of Rhoda Rat
3 No Jive
4 Lush Life
5 Party Time
6 Storm at Sunup
7 Love Me Now
8 Yearnin' Learnin'
9 A Piece of the Road Suite

1996 Big Swing Face

1 Norwegian Wood
2 Big Swing Face
3 Monitor Theme
4 Wack Wack
5 Love for Sale
6 Mexicali Nose
7 Willowcrest
8 The Beat Goes On
9 Bugle Call Rag
10 Standing Up in a Hammock
11 Chicago
12 Lament for Lester
13 Machine
14 Silver Threads Among the Blues
15 New Blues
16 Old Timey
17 Loose
18 Apples (a.k.a. 'Gino')

1998 A Night at Birdland

2000 Giant Steps

1 Moment's Notice
2 Giant Steps
3 Buddy's Cherokee
4 Take The 'A' Train
5 I'll Never Be The Same
6 Buddy's Room
7 My Funny Valentine
8 Latin Silk

2001 Rich à la Rakha

1 Khanda Kafi
2 Duet in Dadra
3 Rangeelā
4 Nagma E Raksh
5 Tal Sawari

2003 Buddy and Sweets

1 Yellow Rose of Brooklyn
2 Easy Does It
3 All Sweets
4 Nice Work If You Can Get It
5 Barney's Bugle
6 Now's the Time
7 You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me

2003 Rich and Famous

1 Red Snapper
2 Time Will Tell
3 Ballad of the Matador
4 Dancing Men
5 Cottontail
6 My One and Only Love
7 Manhattan

2003 That's Rich

1 High On An Open Mike
2 Donna Lee
3 What Is This Thing Called Love
4 Quiet Riot
5 I'll Never Be The Same
6 Hot String Beans
7 Neal's Deal
8 Your Father's Moustache
9 One O'Clock Jump
10 Encore
11 Blue Skies
12 I've Got News For You
13 A Man Could Be A Wonderful Thing
14 Good Bait
15 Just You, Just Me
16 I Believe
17 Little White Lies
18 That's Rich

2004 No Funny Hats

1 Intro
2 Grand Concourse
3 Bugle Call Rag
4 Tales of Rhoda Rat
5 Slow Funk
6 Someday My Prince Will Come
7 West Side Story Suite

2005 A Different Drummer

1 Superstar
2 Domino
3 Chelsea Bridge
4 Paul's Tune
5 Straight, No Chaser
6 Heaven on Their Minds
7 A Piece of the Road Suite

2005 Rich in London

1 Dancing Men
2 The Word
3 St. Mark's Square (A Special Day)
4 That's Enough
5 Little Train
6 Two Bass Hit
7 Theme From "Love Story"
8 Time Being
9 Buddy Rich Speaks

2006 Just Jazz: Together Again for the First Time

1 Yesterday
2 Soon It’s Gonna Rain / Here Is That Rainy Day
3 Blues in the Night
4 Bluesette
5 You Are the Sunshine of My Life
6 I Won’t Last a Day Without You
7 First Lady of Song

2006 Last Blues Album

1 Soft Winds
2 Sweet Georgia Brown
3 How Long
4 Courage
5 Alright

2007 The Monster

1 Sweets Opus No.1
2 Strike It Rich
3 Sportin' Life (a.k.a. Sweetie Pie)
4 The Monster
5 Sunday
6 The Yellow Rose of Brooklyn
7 Willow Weep for Me
8 Easy Does It
9 All Sweets
10 Nice Work If You Can Get It

2011 The Art Tatum, Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich Trio

1 What Is This Thing Called Love?
2 I'll Never Be the Same
3 Makin' Whoopee
4 Hallelujah
5 Perdido
6 More Than You Know
7 How High the Moon
8 This Can't Be Love
9 Stars Fell on Alabama
10 Lover Man
11 Prisoner of Love
12 Love for Sale
13 Body and Soul

2015 Birdland

1 Mexicali Nose
2 Birdland
3 Milestones
4 Just Friends
5 CTA
6 God Bless the Child
7 Moment's Notice
8 I Hear a Rhapsody
9 Three Day Suckers
10 Parthenia
11 Keep the Customer Satisfied

2016 The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

1 Jim Jam Stomp
2 The Carioca
3 One O'Clock Jump
4 Well, Git It!
5 I Want To Be Happy
6 I've Found A New Baby
7 Dateless Brown
8 Desperate Desmond
9 From Rags To Riches
10 Quiet Riot
11 Great Moments
12 A Little Handicap
13 That's Rich
14 Nellie's Nightmare
15 Daily Double
16 Four Rich Brothers
17 Leap Here
18 Sweet Georgia Brown
19 Now's The Time
20 Jumpin' At The Woodside

-- Richcraft

1 Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana)
2 Richcraft
3 Sweets Tooth
4 Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
5 Yardbird Suite
6 Cherokee
7 I Want a Little Girl
8 From the Sticks
9 Song of the Islands

-- Stick It

1 Space Shuttle (short version)
2 God Bless the Child
3 Best Coast
4 Sassy Strut
5 Something
6 Wave
7 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
8 Bein' Green
9 Space Shuttle (long version)

-- Swingin' New Big Band

1 Readymix
2 Basically Blues
3 Critic's Choice
4 My Man's Gone Now
5 Up Tight (Everything's Alright)
6 Sister Sadie
7 More Soul
8 West Side Story Medley
9 What'd I Say
10 Hoe Down
11 Step Right Up
12 Apples (aka Gino)
13 Chicago
14 In a Mellatone
15 Never Will I Marry
16 Lament for Lester
17 Naptown Blues

-- The New One

1 Away We Go (Allyn Ferguson)
2 Machine (Bill Reddie)
3 The Rotten Kid (Buddy Greco)
4 New Blues (Donall Piestrup)
5 Something for Willie (John Boice)
6 Standing Up in a Hammock (Bill Potts)
7 Chicago (Fred Fisher)
8 Luv (Gerry Mulligan)
9 I Can't Get Started (Vernon Duke/Ira Gershwin)
10 Group Shot (Donall Piestrup)
11 Diabolus (Allyn Ferguson)

-- This One's for Basie

1 Blue and Sentimental
2 Down for Double
3 Jump for Me
4 Blues for Basie
5 Jumpin' at the Woodside
6 Ain't It the Truth
7 Shorty George
8 9:20 Special