"Not So Quiet Please" was Buddy Rich's featured number in the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra from 1942 to 1945.
He was also known to play this selection throughout the late 1940's with his own band. In 1948, The Buddy Rich Ochestra filmed a two-reel short for Universal Pictures featuring "Not So Quiet Please".
Singer and drummer Mel Tormé described this 1948 footage in his book "Traps the Drum Wonder - The Life of Buddy Rich," as follows: "His tom-tom work, interacting with the bass drum during this solo, results in one of the most exciting pieces of film ever shot of any musician." |