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Buddy Rich Net Worth
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The main source of income: Musicians
Total Net Worth at the moment 2024 year – is about $47,4 Million.
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Buddy Rich information Birth date: September 30, 1917 Death date: 1987-04-02 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Profession:Soundtrack, Actor, Music Department
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How tall is Buddy Rich – 1,76m.
How much weight is Buddy Rich – 80kg
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Biography,Early lifeRich was born in Brooklyn to Jewish-American parents Bess (nee Skolnik) and Robert Rich, both vaudevillians.:6 His talent for rhythm was first noted by his father, who saw that Buddy could keep a steady beat with spoons at the age of one. He began playing drums in vaudeville when he was 18 months old, initially billed as Baby Traps the Drum Wonder. At the peak of Richs childhood career, he was reportedly the second-highest paid child entertainer in the world (after Jackie Coogan).At age 11, he was performing as a bandleader. He received no formal drum instruction and went so far as to claim that instruction would only degrade his musical talent. He also never admitted to practicing, claiming to play the drums only during performances and was not known to read music.Jazz careerBuddy Rich in New York City in August 1946Rich first played jazz with a major group in 1937 with Joe Marsala and guitarist Jack Lemaire. He then played with Bunny Berigan (1938) and Artie Shaw (1939), and even instructed a 14-year-old Mel Brooks in drumming for a short period when playing for Shaw. At 21, Rich participated in his first major recording with the Vic Schoen Orchestra (the band that backed the Andrews Sisters). In 1938, he was hired to play in Tommy Dorseys orchestra, where he met and performed with Frank Sinatra. In 1942, Rich left the Dorsey band to join the United States Marine Corps, in which he served as a judo instructor, never saw combat, and was discharged due to medical reasons. He rejoined the Dorsey group after leaving the Marines two years later. In 1946, Rich formed his own band with financial support from Sinatra, and continued to lead different groups on and off until the early fifties.:92, 95In addition to Tommy Dorsey (1939–42, 1945, 1954–55), Rich also played with Benny Carter (1942), Harry James (1953–56–62, 1964, 1965), Les Brown, Charlie Ventura, and Jazz at the Philharmonic, as well as leading his own band and performing with all-star groups including Charlie Parker and his Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk (on the Bird and Diz masterpiece album, 1950). In the early fifties Rich played with Dorsey and began to perform with trumpeter Harry James, an association which lasted until 1966. In 1966, Rich left James to develop a new big band. For most of the period from 1966 until his death, he led successful big bands in an era when the popularity of big bands had waned from their 1930s and 1940s peak. In this later period, Rich continued to play clubs, but stated in multiple interviews that the great majority of his big bands performances were at high schools, colleges and universities, with club performances done to a much lesser degree. Rich also served as the session drummer for many recordings, where his playing was often much more understated than in his own big-band performances. Especially notable were Richs sessions for recordings of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, on which he worked with pianist Oscar Peterson and his famous trio featuring bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis. In 1968 Rich collaborated with the Indian tabla player Ustad Alla Rakha in the studio album Rich a la Rakha by Buddy Rich and Alla Rakha.West Side Story SuiteThe Buddy Rich Big Band in the 1940sPerhaps his most popular later performance was a big-band arrangement of a medley derived from Leonard Bernsteins West Side Story, first released on the 1966 album Swingin New Big Band. The West Side Story Suite is a complex big-band arrangement which highlights Richs ability to blend the rhythm of his drumming into his bands playing of the musical chart. Penned by Bill Reddie, Rich received the West Side Story arrangement of Leonard Bernsteins melodies from the famed musical in the mid-1960s and found it challenging. It consists of many difficult sections which feature 4/4 and 6/8 time signatures, it took almost a month of constant rehearsals to perfect. It later became a staple in all his performances, clocking in at various lengths from seven to fifteen minutes. In 2002, a DVD was released called The Lost West Side Story Tapes that captured a 1985 performance of this along with other numbers.[11]Channel One SuiteAfter the West Side Story Suite, Richs most famous performance was the Channel One Suite by Bill Reddie. Like the West Side Story Suite, the Channel One Suite generally was a quite long performance ranging from about 12 minutes to about 26 minutes and usually contained two or three drum solos. A recording of one of his live performances was released in January 2001, which contained a 26-minute Channel One Suite.[12]A live recording of the Channel One Suite is featured on the 1968 Buddy Rich Big Band album, Mercy, Mercy, recorded at Caesars Palace in 1968. The album received acclaim as the finest all-round recording by Buddy Richs big band.[13]TV appearancesIn the 1950s, Rich was a frequent guest on The Steve Allen Show and other television variety shows.[14] Beginning in 1962, Rich was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Merv Griffin Show, among others, and appeared with his big band on British television, on Michael Parkinsons talk show Parkinson and on the Terry Wogan Show (the last time on October 29, 1986, several months before Richs death).[15] Rich starred in a 1967 summer replacement television series called Away We Go along with singer Buddy Greco and comedian George Carlin.[16]In 1973, PBS broadcast and syndicated Richs February 6, 1973, performance at the Top of the Plaza in Rochester, New York. It was the first time thousands of drummers were exposed to Buddy in a full-length concert setting, and many drummers continue to name this program as a prime influence on their own playing.[17] One of his most widely seen television performances was in a 1981 episode of The Muppet Show, in which he engaged Muppet drummer Animal (played by Ronnie Verrell) in a drum battle.[18] Richs famous televised drum battles also included Gene Krupa, Ed Shaughnessy and Louie Bellson.[18]On an episode of Michael Parkinsons British talk show, Parkinson kidded Rich about his Donny Osmond kick, by claiming that Rich was the president of The Osmonds fan club.[19]DeathBuddy Rich continued touring and performing until the end of his life. On April 2, 1987, he died of heart failure following surgery for a malignant brain tumor. He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.[20] He was 69.
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