''Big Band Machine'' is a jazz album recorded by

Buddy Rich Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, ...

and his

big band A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s and ...

, released on the Groove Merchant Record label in 1975.

Track listing

LP side A: #"Three Day Sucker" (Lofgreen) – 6:50 #"Tommy Medley" ( Townshend) – 12:26 ##" Eyesight to the Blind" ##"Champagne" ##"See Me, Feel Me" ##"Miracle Cure" ##"Listening to You" LP side B: #" On Broadway" (

Mann Mann may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Mann'' (film), a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama * Mann (chess), a variant chess piece * ''Mann'' (magazine), a Norwegian magazine * Mann (rapper), Dijon Shariff Thames (born 19 ...

, Weil, Leiber, Stoller) – 3:48 #" Pieces of Dreams" ( Legrand) – 4:30 #" Ease On Down the Road" ( Smalls) – 3:30 #"''

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a Musical theatre, musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a Book (musical theatre), book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo an ...

'' edley'75" ( Bernstein, Sondheim) – 5:27 bonus tracks added to 2003 CD re-issue (P-Vine, Japan): #

"Nik Nik" – 2:52 #"Layin' it Down" – 2:50 bonus tracks added to 2005 CD re-issue (LRC Records): #

"Playhouse" (Albam) – 6:26 #"Lush Life" (Loose) – 4:09 *''"Three Day Sucker" arranged by Lofgreen'' *''"Tommy" Medley arranged by Michael Longo'' *''"On Broadway" arranged by Dave Marowitz'' *''"Pieces of Dream" arranged by Richard Lieb'' *''"Ease on Down the Road" arranged by David Berger'' *''"West Side Story" Medley arranged by Bill Reddie''

Reception

The

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awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic Review
accessed July 2, 2012

Personnel

* William "Bill" Blount –

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

player cited incorrectly in liner notes as Bill "Blaut" * Peter Yellin – alto saxophone * Steve Marcus – tenor saxophone,

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a small, high-pitched member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in the 1840s by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. Built in B♭ an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly small ...

Bob Mintzer Robert Alan Mintzer (born January 27, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. Early life Mintzer was born and raised in a Jewish family in New Rochelle, New York, on January 27, 1953. He attended the Inte ...

–

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

* Roger Rosenberg –

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass saxophone, bass. It is the lowe ...

* Lloyd Michels – trumpet * Charles Camilleri – trumpet * Danny Hayes – trumpet * Richard Hurwitz – trumpet * Ross Konikoff – trumpet * Barry Maur – trombone * Gerald Chamberlain – trombone * Anthony Salvatori –

bass trombone The bass trombone (, ) is the bass instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments. Modern instruments are pitched in the same B♭ as the tenor trombone but with a larger bore, bell and mouthpiece to facilitate low register playing, and u ...

* Cliff Morris – guitar *

Cornell Dupree Cornell Luther Dupree (December 19, 1942 – May 8, 2011) was an American jazz fusion and Rhythm and blues, R&B guitarist. He worked at various times with Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis, and Steve Gadd, appeared on ''L ...

– guitar * Wayne Wright – guitar * Greg Kogan –

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

* Ben Brown – bass *

– drums * Ray Armondo – congas

References

*Groove merchant GM 3307 (1975 LP) *Simitar Distribution 1290 (1999 CD) *P-Vine Records 23460 (2003 CD) *LRC Records 24105 (2005 CD)
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