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Are You Ready for This?
Studio album by Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich
Released	1971
Recorded	January 18, 1965
Genre	Jazz
Label	Roost / Roulette
Louie Bellson chronology
Explorations (1964) Are You Ready for This? (1965) Thunderbird (1965)
Buddy Rich chronology
Burnin' Beat (1962) Are You Ready for This? (1965) Swingin' New Big Band (1966)

Are You Ready for This? is a studio album by jazz drummers Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson, recorded in Japan together with the George Kawaguchi Big Band. Album cover art is by Jack Lonshein.

This recording of "Slides and Hides" includes 22 minutes of soloing by the two drummers and was also included as side 4 of the 1979 European double-LP compilation album, Louis Bellson, With Bells On!

Track listing

LP side A

1. "Slides and Hides Part 1"

LP side B

1. "Slides and Hides Part 2"

arrangement: Benny Carter

Personnel

• Louie Bellson – drums
• Buddy Rich – drums
• Blue Mitchell – trumpet
• Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
• Gene Taylor – acoustic bass
• Toshiko Mariano (Toshiko Akiyoshi) – piano
• The George Kawaguchi Big Band

References

1. Gramophone magazine, March 1972 review of Are You Ready For This?
2. Louis Bellson, With Bells On! (1979) Pye / Vogue VJD 564 – double LP

• Roost Records albums
• Buddy Rich albums
• Louie Bellson albums
• 1965 albums
• Roulette Records albums
• Albums arranged by Benny Carter