Live at Ronnie Scott's (Buddy Rich album)

Live at Ronnie Scott's
Live album by Buddy Rich
Released	1980
Recorded	21, 22 March, 1980
Genre	Jazz
Label	DRG Records
Producer	Jimmy Parsons
Buddy Rich chronology
Together Again: For the First Time (1978) Live at Ronnie Scott's (1980) The Buddy Rich Band (1981)
Alternative cover / title
The Man from Planet Jazz

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Buddy Rich, Live at Ronnie Scott's, also released as The Man From Planet Jazz, is a 1980 jazz big band recording made by the Buddy Rich Big Band at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. Not to be confused with the earlier 1971 Buddy Rich Big Band RCA double LP, Very Alive at Ronnie Scotts.

Track listing

LP side 1:

1. Intro / "Beulah Witch" (Don Menza) – 4:37
2. "Grand Concourse" (Bob Kaye) – 6:47
3. "Blues a la 88" (Bob Mintzer) – 6:23
4. "Saturday Night" (Mintzer) – 5:23

LP side 2:

1. "Slow Funk" (Mintzer) – 5:44
2. "Good News" (Mintzer) – 15:31

Personnel

• Buddy Rich – drums. leader
• Wayne Pedziwiatr – bass
• Ernest Vantrease – piano
• Jack Leibowitz – alto saxophone
• Andy Fusco – alto saxophone
• Kenneth Hitchcock – tenor saxophone
• Steve Marcus – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Bob Mintzer – baritone saxophone
• Bob Coassin – trumpet
• Mike Plumleigh – trumpet
• Simo Salimen – trumpet
• Bob Doll – trumpet
• Glenn Franke – trombone
• Roger Homefield – trombone
• Pete Beltran – bass trombone

References

• DRG 91427 (1994 CD re-issue)
• Live at Ronnie Scott's at allmusic.com
• The Man from Planet Jazz review at allmusic.com