Are You Ready for This?
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| Gramophone magazine March, 1972 | "Technically...breath-taking..." |
Are You Ready for This? is a 1965 studio album by jazz drummers Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson, recorded in Japan together with the George Kawaguchi Big Band. Album cover art is by Jack Lonshein.
This recording of "Slides and Hides" includes 22 minutes of soloing by the two drummers and was also included as side 4 of the 1979 European double-LP compilation album, Louis Bellson, With Bells On![1][2]
Track listing
LP side A
- "Slides and Hides Part 1"
LP side B
- "Slides and Hides Part 2"
arrangement: Benny Carter
Personnel
- Louie Bellson – drums
- Buddy Rich – drums
- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
- Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
- Gene Taylor – bass
- Toshiko Mariano (Toshiko Akiyoshi) – piano
- The George Kawaguchi Big Band
References
- Roost RST 2263
- Roulette 2432 003