Buddy Rich - Mr. Drums: The Buddy Rich Collection 1946-55

This 59-track 3-CD set comprises most of his studio recordings with his own band through 1946-47 for Mercury and on V-Disc, plus selected recordings through to 1955 with his own groups and with bands and small groups led by Charlie Parker, Flip Phillips, Count Basie, Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, Roy Eldridge and Harry James, variously appearing on the Mercury, Clef, Norgran, Verve, Pablo and Columbia labels.

Disc 1:
1) Quiet Riot - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
2) A Little Handicap - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
3) Dateless Brown - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
4) You Got Me Crying Again - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
5) Desperate Desmond - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
6) It Couldn't Be True - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
7) Quiet Riot - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
8) Baby, Baby All the Time - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
9) Route 66 - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
10) The Iggidy Song - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
11) It's About Time - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
12) Ready to Go Steady - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
13) Rich-ual Dance - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
14) Oop Bop Sh'bam - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
15) Nellie's Nightmare - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
16) Daily Double - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
17) What Is This Thing Called Love? - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
18) I Believe - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
19) Just You, Just Me - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
20) A Man Could Be a Wonderful Thing - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
21) Four Rich Brothers (Four Brothers) - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()

Disc 2:
1) The Carioca - Buddy Rich and His Orchestra ()
2) Star Eyes - Charlie Parker Quartet ()
3) Blues (Fast) - Charlie Parker Quartet ()
4) Lover - Flip Phillips Quartet ()
5) Flip's Boogie - Flip Phillips Quartet ()
6) Neal's Deal - Count Basie Octet ()
7) The Golden Bullet - Count Basie Octet ()
8) Hallelujah - Bud Powell Trio ()
9) Tea for Two - Bud Powell Trio ()
10) Bloomdido - Charlie Parker Quintet ()
11) Leap Frog - Charlie Parker Quintet ()
12) Blue Lou - Ray Brown Septet ()
13) Bebe - Flip Phillips Septet ()
14) Bright Blues - Flip Phillips Septet ()
15) After You've Gone - Charlie Ventura's Big Four ()
16) Lady Be Good - Count Basie Sextet ()
17) Count's Organ Blues - Count Basie Sextet ()
18) The Carioca - Flip Phillips Trio ()
19) Take the "A" Train - Flip Phillips Trio ()
20) Lady Be Good - Teddy Wilson Trio ()
21) Palladium Party - Harry James and His Orchestra ()
22) Airmail Special - Lionel Hampton Quartet ()

Disc 3:
1) How High the Moon - Lionel Hampton Quartet ()
2) Hernando's Hideaway - Harry James and His Orchestra ()
3) Sweets' Opus No. 1 - Buddy Rich All Stars ()
4) Bongos, Bass and Guitar - Buddy Rich All Stars ()
5) That's Rich (Strike It Rich) - Buddy Rich All Stars ()
6) Sporting Life (Sweetie Pie) - Buddy Rich All Stars ()
7) Just One of Those Things - New Jazz Sounds ()
8) Sweet Georgia Brown - Roy Eldridge Little Jazz ()
9) This Can't Be Love - The Lionel Hampton, Art Tatum and Buddy Rich Trio ()
10) Sonny and Sweets (Blues in the Closet) - Buddy Rich Quintet ()
11) The Two Mothers - Buddy Rich Quintet ()
12) Nice Work If You Can Get It - Buddy Rich Quintet ()
13) You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me - Buddy Rich Quintet ()
14) Now's the Time - Buddy Rich Quintet ()
15) The Yellow Rose of Brooklyn - Buddy Rich Quintet ()
16) All Sweets (Lester Leaps) - Buddy Rich Quintet ()