| Keep the Customer Satisfied | ||||
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| Live album by Buddy Rich | ||||
| Released | 1970 | |||
| Recorded | March 30–April 1, 1970 | |||
| Venue | Tropicana Resort & Casino, Las Vegas | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:36 (LP) 71:30 (CD) | |||
| Label | Pacific Jazz | |||
| Producer | Richard Bock | |||
| Buddy Rich chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   |
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
- ^ Keep the Customer Satisfied at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- Liberty / Pacific Jazz LST 11006
- Liberty LBS 83334
- Blue Note 23999