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“Buddy Rich once told me that he was the loneliest man in the universe.”

The Torment of Buddy Rich: A Biography by John Minahan

Traps, The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich by Mel Torme

October 10, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

CBR14Bingo: Minds (I read both of these as I continued my personal psychological study of Buddy Rich’s mind) Buddy Rich is arguably the best drummer to ever live. I was first introduced to his work about a year ago when he was mentioned in a biography of Frank Sinatra I was reading; the two of them had at least one fistfight when they were in Tommy Dorsey’s band together. As I have a fascination with mid-century men with terrible tempers (Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster) I […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #biography, big band music, cbr14bingo, drums, jazz, John Minahan, Mel Torme

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:89 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #biography, big band music, cbr14bingo, drums, jazz, John Minahan, Mel Torme ·
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