Big Swing Face (Buddy Rich Big Band album)

Big Swing Face
Live album by Buddy Rich
Released	June 1967
Recorded	February 22–25 and March 10, 1967
Venue	Chez Club, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:16
Label	Pacific Jazz
Producer	Richard Bock
Buddy Rich chronology
The Sounds of '66 (1966) Big Swing Face (1967) The New One! (1968)

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

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:

10. "Standing Up in a Hammock" (Potts) – 2:32
11. "Chicago" (Fred Fisher) – 2:47
12. "Lament for Lester" (Jay Corre) – 2:30
13. "Machine" (Bill Reddie) – 3:45
14. "Silver Threads Among the Blues" (Don Piestrup) – 4:40
15. "New Blues" (Piestrup) – 4:38
16. "Old Timey" (Bob Florence) – 3:25
17. "Loose" (Bill Holman) – 4:05
18. "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"