Big Swing Face (Buddy Rich Big Band album)

Big Swing Face is a 1967 live album by the Buddy Rich Big Band. Its "The Beat Goes On" is a feature for Buddy Rich's daughter Cathy, whose vocal performance was overdubbed at United Recording in Hollywood. A reissue in 1996 doubles the listing with nine unreleased performances from the same engagement at the Chez Club in Hollywood.

Track listing

LP side A:

1. "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:57
2. "Big Swing Face" (Bill Potts) – 5:15
3. "Monitor Theme" (Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye) – 2:24
4. "Wack Wack" (Isaac "Redd" Holt, Donald Storball, Hysear Don Walker, Jimmy Young) – 3:04
5. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 4:30

LP side B:

1. "Mexicali Nose" (Harry Betts) – 2:49
2. "Willowcrest" (Bob Florence) – 4:55
3. "The Beat Goes On" (Sonny Bono) – 4:40
4. "Bugle Call Rag" (Billy Meyers, Jack Pettis, Elmer Schoebel) – 4:42

Bonus tracks on 1996 CD reissue:

1. <li value=10>"Standing Up in a Hammock" (Potts) – 2:32
2. "Chicago" (Fred Fisher) – 2:47
3. "Lament for Lester" (Jay Corre) – 2:30
4. "Machine" (Bill Reddie) – 3:45
5. "Silver Threads Among the Blues" (Don Piestrup) – 4:40
6. "New Blues" (Piestrup) – 4:38
7. "Old Timey" (Bob Florence) – 3:25
8. "Loose" (Bill Holman) – 4:05
9. "Apples (aka Gino)" (Arthur M. Wiggins) – 2:35

Personnel

Musicians

• Quinn Davis – alto saxophone
• Ernie Watts – alto saxophone and flute
• Jay Corre, Robert Keller – tenor saxophone and flute
• Marty Flax – baritone saxophone
• Bobby Shew, Yoshito Murakami, Charles Findley, John Scottile – trumpet
• Jim Trimble, John Boice – trombone
• Bill Wimberly – bass trombone
• Richie Resnicoff – guitar
• Ray Starling – piano
• James Gannon – double bass
• Buddy Rich – drums
• Cathy Rich – vocals
• Shorty Rogers – arranger: "Wack, Wack" and "The Beat Goes On"

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