Item Description: Buddy Rich, drums ; with various instrumentalists.
Recorded: RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Oct. 10, 1966 (nos. 6, 8, 17) ; remainder, recorded live at Chez Club, Hollywood, Sept. 29-30 and Oct 1-2, 1966.
Originally issued as PJ-20113 ; 9th-17th selections previously unissued.
Notes by Leonard Feather, Stan Kenton, and Dean Pratt in booklet.
Readymix / Bill Holman (3:22) -- Basically blues / Phil Wilson (5:39) -- Critic's choice / Oliver Nelson (3:28) -- My man's gone now / George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward (arranged by John Boice) (3:05) -- Up tight (everything's alright) / Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Steveland Judkins (arranged by Oliver Nelson) (2:49) -- Sister Sadie / Horace Silver (arranged by Jay Corre) (3:15) -- More soul / Oliver Nelson, King Curtis (4:19) -- West side story medley : Overture ; Cool ; Something's coming ; Somewhere / Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim (arranged by Bill Reddie) (10:48) -- What'd I say / Ray Charles (arranged by Oliver Nelson) (2:47) -- Hoe down / Oliver Nelson (3:17) -- Step right up / Oliver Nelson (3:17) -- Apples (aka Gino) / Arthur W. Wiggins (2:32) -- Chicago / Fred Fisher (arranged by Don Rader) (2:26) -- In a mellotone / Duke Ellington (arranged by Oliver Nelson) (3:47) -- Never will I marry / Frank Loesser (arranged by Don Piestrop) (2:40) -- Lament for Lester / Jay Corre (2:45) -- Naptown blues / Wes Montgomery (arranged by Oliver Nelson) (3:29).
Original sessions producer, Richard Bock ; reissue producers, Bob Belden, Dean Pratt.
Physical Description: 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (7 pages)
Production Credits: Original sessions producer, Richard Bock ; reissue producers, Bob Belden, Dean Pratt.