By the age of 12, Traps had to change his image. He barely attended school and had no formal musical training. “He never had a childhood,” says Rich’s sister Marge, quoted in Mel Torme’s biography Traps The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich. One could say that from infancy, music was his life.
By seven he had toured Australia, performing on snare, cymbals and bass drum and dressed in his little sailor suit.
After banging on his high chair with anything available, by the age of 18 months he was playing rhythmic patterns and joined the act as the celebrated “Traps the Drum Wonder.” By the age of four he was a seasoned veteran of the theater and the highest paid child performer of the time. The Best Of Buddy Rich: The Pacific Jazz Yearsĭrummer, Bandleader, Composer, Club Ownerĭrummer Buddy Rich, born on September 30, 1917, was performing with his parents’ vaudeville act soon after he began to walk. 1īuddy Rich, Live at The 1982 Montreal Jazz Festivalīurning For Buddy: A Tribute To The Music Of Buddy Richīurning For Buddy: A Tribute To The Music Of Buddy Rich, Vol. 2īuddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert, Vol. Louis Bellson, Art Blakey, Cozy Cole, Lionel Hampton, Elvin Jonesīuddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert, Vol. The Making Of Burning For Buddy (A Tribute To The Music Of Buddy Rich) 2 DVD Setīuddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concerts (2 DVDs) Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years Joe Williams, Dave Brubeck, Sarah Vaughan, Thelonious Monk, Joshua Redman The Buddy Rich Collector's Edition (2-Disc Set) We don't play requests: A musical biography/discography of Buddy RichĭownBeat - The Great Jazz Interviews (A 75th Anniversary Anthology) (Book)īuddy Rich Live At The 1982 Montreal Jazz Festival (includes Bonus CD) Mister, I Am the Band: Buddy Rich - His Life and TravelsĬharlie Parker, Flip Phillips, Buddy Rich Machito Henri Klickmannīuddy Rich's Modern Interpretation of Snare Drum Rudiments (Drums)īuddy Rich: Jazz Legend 1917-1987 : Transcriptions and Analysis of the Worlds's Greatest Drummer Traps, The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Richīuddy Rich, Henry Adler, F.