Keep the Customer Satisfied is a 1970 live album by the Buddy Rich Big Band, recorded at the Tropicana Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Track listing LP side A "Keep the Customer Satisfied" (Paul Simon) – 6:40 "Long Day's Journey" (Don Piestrup) – 4:42 Midnight Cowboy Medley: "He Quit Me Man"/"Everybody's Talkin'"/"Tears and Joys" Jeffrey Comanor) – 11:12 LP side B "Celebration" (Don Piestrup) – 3:35 "Groovin' Hard" (Don Menza) – 5:25 "The Juicer Is Wild" (Neil, Roger Neuman) – 4:32 "Winning the West" (Bill Holman) – 7:30 Bonus tracks on CD re-issues: "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 4:54 "Happy Time" (Mike Hughes) – 3:57 "The Nitty Gritty" (Lincoln Chase) – 4:07 "Straight and Narrow" (Don Piestrup) – 4:17 "Groovin' Hard" (Don Menza) – 5:54 "Cornerstone" (Ted Pease) – 4:45
Personnel The Buddy Rich big band Buddy Rich - drums Bob Suchoski - baritone saxophone Rick Laird - double bass Richie Cole - flute, alto saxophone Jimmy Mosher - alto saxophone Pat LaBarbera - tenor saxophone Don Englert - flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Tony Lada - secord trombone Rick Stepton - first trombone John Madrid - trumpet Joe Giorgiani Mike Price - lead trumpet George Zonce - second trumpet Meredith "Mick" McClain - piano Roger Neuman - arranger Bill Holman - arranger Michael Hughes Don Menza Ted Pease Don Piestrup - arranger Joe Sample Production Ron Wolin - cover design Reice Hamel - engineer Paul Wertheimer - liner notes Joel Moss - mixing Ron Waller - photography Richard Bock - producer Bob Belden - reissue producer, mixing Dean Pratt - reissue producer
References
Liberty / Pacific Jazz LST 11006 Liberty LBS 83334 Blue Note 23999