{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Richcraft | type = studio | artist = [[Buddy Rich]] | cover = BuddyRich_Richcraft.jpg | alt = | released = 1959 | recorded = April 9–10, 1959 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 33:59 | label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] | producer = Jack Tracy | prev_title = [[Buddy Rich in Miami]] | prev_year = 1959 | next_title = [[Rich Versus Roach]] | next_year = 1959 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternate release | type = studio album | cover = BuddyRich_TheRichRebellion_Wing.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = Wing Records LP cover }} {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = studio album | cover = BuddyRich_TheRichRebellion_iT.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = [[Allmusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r146256|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
'''''Richcraft''''' is a 1959 [[studio album|studio]] [[big band]] album by [[Buddy Rich]] and a big band / orchestra with arrangements by [[Ernie Wilkins]].<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r146256|label=Richcraft}}</ref> A nearly identical album, titled '''''The Rich Rebellion''''' was released by [[Wing Records]] without "I Want a Little Girl" but with two additional tracks from an April, 1960 (Septet) recording session ("That's Rich Man" and "Astronaut").<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury-records/discography-1960/ Buddy Rich Septet info at jazzdisco.org]</ref>
==Track listing== ===''Richcraft''=== LP Side A #"[[Back Home Again in Indiana|Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana)]]" ([[Ballard MacDonald]], [[James F. Hanley]]) – 3:38 #"Richcraft" (Ernie Wilkins) – 3:06 #"Sweets Tooth" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:01 #"[[Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!]]" ([[Ballard MacDonald]], [[Joseph Meyer (songwriter)|Joseph Meyer]], [[Billy Rose]]) – 3:04 #"[[Yardbird Suite]]" ([[Charlie Parker]]) – 2:59 LP Side B #"[[Cherokee (Ray Noble song)|Cherokee (Indian Love Song)]]" ([[Ray Noble]]) – 4:08 #"[[I Want a Little Girl (song)|I Want a Little Girl]]" ([[Billy Moll]], Murray Mencher) – 4:12 #"From the Sticks" (Ernie Wilkins) <ref>[http://microgroove.jp/mercury/MG20451.shtml microgroove.jp discography]</ref> – 4:42 #"Song of the Islands" (Charles E. King) – 4:09
===''The Rich Rebellion''=== LP Side A #"Indiana" ("Back Home Again In Indiana") – 3:38 #"That's Rich Man" – 5:26 #"Sweets Tooth" – 4:01 #"Song Of The Islands" – 4:09 #"From The Sticks" – 4:42 LP Side B #"Astronaut" – 7:36 #"Richcraft" – 3:06 #"Yardbird Suite" – 2:59 #"Cherokee" – 4:08 #"Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie" – 3:04
==Personnel== *[[Ernie Wilkins]] – [[arranger]] *[[Buddy Rich]] – [[drum kit|drum]]s, [[percussion]] *[[Phil Woods]] – [[alto saxophone]] *[[Earle Warren]] – [[alto saxophone]] *Steve Perlow – [[baritone saxophone]] *[[Benny Golson]] – [[tenor saxophone]] *[[Al Cohn]] – tenor saxophone *[[Harry "Sweets" Edison]] – [[trumpet]] *[[Emmett Berry]] – [[trumpet]] *Joe Ferrante – [[trumpet]] *Stan Fishelson – [[trumpet]] *[[Jimmy Nottingham]] – [[trumpet]] *[[Eddie Bert]] – [[trombone]] *[[Billy Byers]] – [[trombone]] *[[Jimmy Cleveland]] – trombone *[[Willie Dennis]] – [[trombone]] *[[John Bunch]] – [[piano]] *Sam Herman – [[guitar]] *Phil Leshin – [[double bass]] Septet (only) on "That's Rich Man" and "Astronaut": *[[Buddy Rich]] – drums *[[Marky Markowitz|Irving "Marky" Markowitz]] – [[trumpet]] *Willie Dennis – [[trombone]] *[[Seldon Powell]] – [[tenor saxophone]] *[[Mike Mainieri]] – [[vibraphone]] *[[Dave McKenna]] – [[piano]] *[[Earl May]] – [[Jazz bass|bass]]
==References== {{Reflist}} *Mercury MG 20451 (mono) *Mercury SR 60136 (stereo) *Wing SRW 16407 (stereo)
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