Buddy Rich, Live at Ronnie Scott's, also released as The Man From Planet Jazz, is a 1980 jazz big band recording made by Buddy Rich at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. It is not to be confused with the earlier 1971 RCA double LP, Very Alive at Ronnie Scotts.
Track listing LP side 1: Intro / "Beulah Witch" (Don Menza) – 4:37 "Grand Concourse" (Bob Kaye) – 6:47 "Blues a la 88" (Bob Mintzer) – 6:23 "Saturday Night" (Mintzer) – 5:23 LP side 2: "Slow Funk" (Mintzer) – 5:44 "Good News" (Mintzer) – 15:31
Personnel Buddy Rich – drums. leader Wayne Pedziwiatr – bass Ernest Vantrease – piano Jack Leibowitz – alto saxophone Andy Fusco – alto saxophone Kenneth Hitchcock – tenor saxophone Steve Marcus – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Bob Mintzer – baritone saxophone Bob Coassin – trumpet Mike Plumleigh – trumpet Simo Salimen – trumpet Bob Doll – trumpet Glenn Franke – trombone Roger Homefield – trombone Pete Beltran – bass trombone
References
DRG 91427 (1994 CD re-issue) Live at Ronnie Scott's at allmusic.com The Man from Planet Jazz review at allmusic.com