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His Technique[edit]

Add to the "Technique" Section the following: His technique is so advanced, it won’t help anyone to divine how he held his sticks; mostly, he used the traditional grip, R.H. palm down, L.H. palm up. No one has the chops he had; He once hurt his right hand and for a month, he played lots of gigs using just his left hand; no one noticed; his playing was still superb. Go figure.Eweezeke (talk) 03:31, 8 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

When I saw him live, late in his life, he played so fast that he made the drumhead smoke (the phrase "He's smokin'" became real for me at that moment). Any cites on this phenomena would add to the page. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:59, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Walkman[edit]

I just made a small edit removing "Walkman" from the personality section where it was cited as being used to clandestinely record Buddy. In the edit comment I said that early eighties Walkmans were not capable of recording. Just discovered there was a Walkman Sport that could record. Didn't know that. I stand corrected, but it was an Aiwa that was actually used, not a Walkman, which really isn't relevant to the point in the article anyway so I didn't use the brand name and simply inserted "compact cassette recorder." SentientParadox (talk) 20:24, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

World War II service[edit]

Although Rich served in the United States Marine Corps during the World War II era, no reliable sources found as of yet state that he served overseas in a war zone during the war or had a significant role during the war as a civilian. Accordingly, Category:American people of World War II was removed from the article. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 11:00, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Band names[edit]

Bands led by Buddy Rich have been billed as the "Buddy Rich Orchestra", the "Buddy Rich Big Band", the "Buddy Rich Band", "The Big Band Machine" (similarly here) and "'The Best Band I Ever Had'". I thought that the "Orchestra" variant referred only to 1945–48; however, I found it on the cover art of the 1999 re-issue When I Found You. Are all the band names synonymous? Are there other names as well? — BarrelProof (talk) 18:25, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The programmes I have, of his tours in the UK between 1981 and 1984, were billed as "Buddy Rich & The Buddy Rich Orchestra", if that is of any interest. Poltair (talk) 10:00, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The 1973 concert program found here also has "Buddy Rich & Orchestra". — BarrelProof (talk) 20:20, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Didn’t knock rock drummers?[edit]

“ Mel also was familiar with Buddy's dislike of rock music, but he states that "when some of these rock drummers came to greet Buddy after a show, he was always charming and polite. And he never, at least in my presence, disparaged them in any way."

So who was it said Ringo Starr was ‘adequate at best’, please ? 2001:8003:2341:5400:B98A:EF40:FD67:7D51 (talk) 09:29, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Gee whiz - I mean - maybe anybody who's ever heard him? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.224.73.221 (talk) 07:49, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Recording dates, release dates[edit]

Another example of recording dates being included with release dates. We only need the latter. Having both isn't necessary and creates confusion. Vmavanti (talk) 21:09, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]