[Buddy] Rich’s solo is as exciting now as it has been for the last three decades. His rolls between tom-toms and bass still sound like thunder; his licks are still the cleanest and fastest in the world. I know every paradiddle and press roll by heart — and it still leaves me breathless.
Source: Newport Turns 25, by Arnold Jay Smith, Down Beat, September 7, 1978
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