title: The Wailing Buddy Rich
text: # The Wailing Buddy Rich
  
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  The Wailing Buddy Rich is an album by jazz drummer Buddy Rich, released in 1955 on Norgran Records. The first two tracks were recorded on May 16, 1955, in New York; the remaining tracks were recorded with different personnel in Los Angeles on August 26.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  LP Side A
  
  * "The Monster"
  * "Sunday"
  
  LP Side B
  
  * "Smooth One"
  * "Broadway"
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Side A
  
  * Thad Jones – trumpet
  * Joe Newman – trumpet
  * Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
  * Frank Wess – tenor saxophone
  * Oscar Peterson – piano
  * Freddie Green – guitar
  * Ray Brown – bass
  * Buddy Rich – drums
  
  Side B
  
  * Sonny Criss – alto saxophone
  * Harry Edison – trumpet
  * Jimmy Rowles – piano
  * John Simmons – bass
  * Buddy Rich – drums
  