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Please come see me before you work on this again. Name? Resources? I need your wiki checklist please. Buddy Rich by Jacob W.

Bernard "Buddy" Rich was born in Brooklyn New York in September 30,1917. He was considered one of the best jazz drummer ever. But not only jazz he also was associated with big band, swing and bebop. He started playing at the age of 18 mouths and played until he passed away in April of 1997. Buddy also played a role as an actor, and appeared on late night talk shows. He also won many awards like the Downbeat Magazine Hall of Fame Award and the Jazz Unlimited Immortals of Jazz Award. When he was at the peak of his career being an actor he was the second most highest paid childrens entertainer in the world (after Jack Coogan). With acting aside lets talk about jazz. Bernard was in many bands and one was with the great Art Tatum and Lionel Hampton as a trio.

Buddy Rich had his own nightclub in New York City called "Buddy's Place."Bernard "Buddy" Rich took big band drumming to new heights, propelling ensembles with a stunning amalgam of endurance, velocity and speed and changed jazz forever. Buddy Rich, drummer and bandleader, entered the entertainment business at a young age, appearing in his parent's vaudeville act at age 2. He danced on Broadway by age 4, toured Australia at 6 and led his own band when he was 11. Rich began his big band work with Joe Marsala in 1937, followed by gigs with Bunny Berigan, Harry James, Artie Shaw and Benny Carter. When drummer Buddy Rich was performing with Tommy Dorsey's band he once played a three month stretch with one arm in a sling.

**Buddy Rich** - "// I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way. There were so many individual styles thirty or forty years ago. Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I ever listened to, in some form, influenced my taste //" (Modern Drummer1977)