Speak No Evil (Buddy Rich and the Big Band Machine album)

Speak No Evil
Studio album by Buddy Rich
Released	1976
Recorded	RCA Studios, New York
Genre	Jazz, Jazz fusion
Label	RCA
Producer	Richard Evans
Buddy Rich chronology
Big Band Machine (1975) Speak No Evil (1976) Buddy Rich Plays and Plays and Plays (1977)
Compilation / re-issue
2-fer BGO re-issue of Speak No Evil with Plays and Plays and Plays

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Speak No Evil is a jazz album recorded by Buddy Rich and released in 1976. It was Rich's first release for RCA Records since 1972's Stick It.

Track listing

LP side A:

1. "Speak No Evil" (Richard Evans) – 3:44
2. "Yearnin' Learnin'" (Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Philip Bailey) – 5:38
3. Medley – 11:00
   1. "Storm at Sunup" (Gino Vanelli) – 6:37
   2. "Love Me Now" (Gino Vanelli) – 4:23

LP side B:

1. "Fight the Power" (Chris Jasper, The Isley Brothers) – 6:00
2. "They Just Can't Stop It (The Games People Play)" (Bruce Hawes, Charles Simmons, Joseph Jefferson) – 3:55
3. "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)" (Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy, Natalie Cole) – 3:04
4. "Sneakin' Up Behind You" (David Sanborn, Don Grolnick, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Will Lee) – 3:21
5. "How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)" (Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer, David Rubinson) – 3:51

Personnel

• Buddy Rich – drums
• Bob Cranshaw – bass
• Morris Jennings – drums and percussion
• Ross Traut – guitar
• Kenny Barron – electric piano
• Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
• David Tofani – alto saxophone
• Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone
• Steve Marcus – tenor saxophone
• Turk Mauro – baritone saxophone
• Danny Moore – trumpet
• Victor Paz – trumpet
• Lew Soloff – trumpet
• Jon Faddis – trumpet
• Janice Robinson – trombone
• Wayne Andre – trombone
• Tom "Bones" Malone – trombone
• Dave Taylor – bass trombone
• Howard Johnson – tuba
• Vivian Cherry – vocals
• Lani Groves – vocals
• Rhetta Hughes – vocals

References

• RCA AFL1-1503, APL1-1503
• Speak No Evil at discogs.com