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Released
  
1971

Length
  
48:39

Rich in London (1971)
  
Conversations (1972)

Release date
  
1971

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
December 6–8, 1971

Producer
  
Richard Block

Artist
  
Buddy Rich

Label
  
BMG JAPAN

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Similar
  
Buddy Rich albums, Jazz albums

Rich in London a.k.a. Very Alive at Ronnie Scotts is a live album by Buddy Rich and his big band, recorded in 1971 at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. Not to be confused with the 1980 DRG Buddy Rich Big Band recording, Live at Ronnie Scott's.

Contents

Release history

The US LP release, Rich in London, contains 8 tracks plus a Rich monologue. The UK release, Very Alive at Ronnie Scotts, is a double LP containing an additional 5 tracks plus more examples of Rich talking to the audience. Both albums have been re-issued on CD. The Mosaic Records single CD re-issue of Rich in London includes 4 additional bonus tracks (4 of the "missing" 5 tracks from the UK "Very Alive..." release - all but "Superstar" - but not the additional Rich monologue).

Rich in London

LP Side 1

  1. "Dancing Men" (Pat LaBarbera) – 6:41
  2. "The Word" (Don Piestrup) – 6:03
  3. "St. Marks Square (A Special Day)" (LaBarbera) – 4:06
  4. "That's Enough" (Jon Hendricks) – 3:23
  5. "Little Train" (Herbie Phillips) – 6:26

LP Side 2

  1. "Two Bass Hit" (Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis) – 4:00
  2. "Theme from Love Story" (Francis Lai) – 5:50
  3. "Time Being" (Bill Holman) – 12:37
  4. Buddy Rich Speaks – 4:45

Very Alive at Ronnie Scotts

Disc 1

  1. "Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane) – 3:25
  2. "Watson's Walk" (LaBarbera) – 7:28
  3. "St. Marks Square (A Special Day)"
  4. "Little Train"
  5. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) – 5:26
  6. "The Words"
  7. "Dancing Men"
  8. Just Buddy Rich – 5:02

Disc 2

  1. "Superstar" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice) – 3:50
  2. "Love Story"
  3. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington) – 5:48
  4. "Two Bass Hit"
  5. Buddy Rich Introduces – 1:21
  6. "That's Enough"
  7. "Time Being"
  8. Buddy Rich Again – 4:47

Personnel

  • The Buddy Rich big band
  • Songs

    1Dancing Men6:37
    2The Word6:05
    3St Mark's Square (A Special Day)5:18

    References

    Rich in London Wikipedia