Benny Greb plays Buddy Rich (In a Mellow Tone)

This is the first of a cppl of clips that i will post from the BuddyRich tribute concert that i did with the Royal College of Music BigBand in London.

it was such a joy to play this material and i hope you have fun checking it out too.

pls understand that i will not post everything in full length cause of copyright reasons

Thanks again to everyone at the college and Guy Barker (Leader)
nd of course Buddy Rich for the inspiration
also to Gregg Bissonette who was the first that i saw to play this song so beautifully.

filming: Florian Schmuck
editing : Florian Schmuck /Adam Tuminaro
sound: Sven Peks
photo: Gerhard Kühne

[ubernoob]

I love how benny went full benny and added lowkey metal fills to the piece. Excellent.

[bennygrebofficial]

thank you all so much for your kind comments! we all know those are big shoes to fill, but as always all you can do is doing your thing as good as you can, while respecting the heritage....thank you for understanding that. gonna upload another one now :-) have a great day everyone.

[ChrisBairDrums]

When I saw and heard BENNY GREB play for the first time. It really blew my mind. I hadn’t seen anything like that ever before in my life and I didn’t understand anything he was doing. But I understood that I really really like this. ❤️ lol
Anyways, Buddy and Benny are both sooo incredible. Thanks for the inspiration man!

[bryeap]

i love how benny still kept with his signature drum sounds rather than some crazy high tunings...

[lentzintl]

1:25, he and the band so tight with each other I got a dopamine hit hearing it!

[danlc]

Benny keeping this great music alive and exposing it to the new generation.

Well done, sir!

[davidsimonis]

Wow.
Simply wow.
That's how to swing a Buddy Rich tune!

[livefast]

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a drummer with a better feel and approach than this. He plays perfect without sounding robotic, in the pocket while shining and playing complex sticking, and constantly changes the approach to the same groove as if the previous beat was just a lapse in time until the next one came to mind. A+ playing

[Zebendrums]

Awsome!!! You killed Nice Job!!! Just sounds amazing!!! Thanks for it!!

[B.Davis]

From 1:47 to 2:18 he put on From everything to when he switched up the groove, kept the snare hits constant with the trumpets, took out the kick in certain, etc. Just pure genius! Sure the musicians in this band love playing with you lol.

[gryd]

man. by far the best drummer in my opinion. benny greb is something else

[yusufsupriyadi]

He played that song on his way & style . . . Thank you, Benny . . .

[roybeckerman]

So unusual seeing a modern day drummer, using such a minimalistic kit..
Brilliant..!

[lafly]

Was lucky enough to be at this concert. His playing was flawless throughout.

[rogerwelsh]

One of the most musical drummers playing today

[pleeeo]

A DAMN GEORGOUS SOUND!!!! i cant stop watching this... absolutely insane this whole orchestra...

[LittleDrummerChannel]

Beautifully done by all!!
Benny, could this be a possible future full concert DVD?
All the best my friend and thanks for sharing your passion and knowledge!

[robertoney]

I’m flabbergasted saw Buddy Rich live in 1983 ... even met him ..autograph ...shook his hand ....I wanted to burn my sticks ...It hurts me now that I never embraced jazz like I should of . I was playing the club Circuit. Big clubs small clubs holiday Inns....you know....but seeing this I think I’m hooked !!! You are phenomenal my friend ...Thank You !!

[RobertVandenberg]

One of the reasons that I love to see drummers playing with Buddy Rich Big Band is seeing them playing in a suit you won't see every day. :-)

[Mrhadatte]

The Mercy mercy album changed my life back in junior high in the late 90's. The guy was a genuine master, and Neil's burning for buddy project was such a beautiful celebration of man's career that will forever impact the way we play drums, much like this performance. Thanks for honoring him on stage, I'm have no doubt he would have only yelled at you a little about coping all Gregg Bissonette's best licks haha