Buddy Rich Plays and Plays and Plays is a big band jazz album recorded by Buddy Rich and released by RCA Records in 1977. The album marked his last for the label. Plays and Plays and Plays was nominated for the Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band at the 20th Annual Grammy Awards in 1978, but lost to Prime Time by Count Basie.
Track listing LP side A: "Ya Gotta Try" (Sammy Nestico) – 3:31 "Tales of Rhoda Rat" (Bob Mintzer) – 5:42 "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 6:41 arr. Dick Lieb "Time Out" (Don Menza) – 7:53 LP side B: "No Jive" (Bob Mintzer) – 5:55 "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:05 "Party Time" (Bob Mintzer) – 5:31 "Kong" (C. Brown, E. Korvin, M. Baier, R. Punch) – 4:57 "Mickey Mouse" (Jimmie Dodd) – 2:32
Personnel Buddy Rich – drums Alan Gauvin – saxophone Dean Palanzo – saxophone Steve Marcus – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Bob Mintzer – tenor saxophone, flute Mauro Turso – saxophone David Stahl – trumpet Dean Pratt – trumpet John Marshall – trumpet Ross Konikoff – trumpet Clinton Sharman – trombone Rick Stepton – trombone Dave Boyle – bass trombone Joshua Rich – guitar Steve Khan – guitar on "Kong" Barry Kiener – keyboards Jon Burr – bass Will Lee – bass on "Kong" Errol "Crusher" Bennett – congas on "Kong" Gwen Guthrie – vocals (on "Kong") Josh Brown – vocals (on "Kong") Lani Groves – vocals (on "Kong") K. R. Grant – vocals (on "Mickey Mouse")
References
RCA CPL1-2273 (1977 LP) BMG 37435 (2005 CD) Wounded Bird Records 2273 (2008 CD) BGO (Beat Goes On) Records (2010 '2-fer' re-issue / compilation together with Speak No Evil) ...Plays and Plays and Plays at discogs.com