The World’s Greatest Drummer

I started playing drums when I was 7 years old and Buddy Rich was my idol. I had every one of his big band albums and used to play along with them. We lived in a council flat in London, luckily we had understanding neighbours, since I used to practice pretty much every minute I wasn’t in school!

This is one of his greatest big band line ups with Don Menza.

Video: Buddy Rich Big Band