Mercy, Mercy (album)

Mercy, Mercy
Live album by Buddy Rich
Released	1968
Recorded	July 7, 1968
Venue	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas Boulevard
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:28
Label	Pacific Jazz
Producer	Richard Bock
Buddy Rich chronology
Rich à la Rakha (1968) Mercy, Mercy (1968) Buddy & Soul (1969)

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Mercy, Mercy is a 1968 live album by the Buddy Rich Big Band, recorded at Caesars Palace.

Track listing

LP side A

1. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:34
2. "Preach and Teach" (Johnny Burch) – 4:06
3. "Channel One Suite" (Bill Reddie) – 12:50

LP side B

1. "Big Mama Cass" (Don Sebesky) – 3:22
2. "Goodbye Yesterday" (Don Piestrup) – 6:18
3. "Acid Truth" (Don Menza) – 5:50
4. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:49
5. "Ode to Billie Joe" (Bobbie Gentry) – 3:39

Bonus tracks added to 1997 Blue Note CD reissue

9. "Chavala" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 5:20
10. "Mr. Lucky" (Jerry Livingston, Henry Mancini) – 5:47
11. "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) – 5:09

Personnel

The Buddy Rich big band

• Buddy Rich - drums
• Walter Namuth - guitar
• Gary Walters - double bass, electric bass
• Joe Azarello - piano
• Charles Owens - alto saxophone
• Art Pepper - alto saxophone
• Pat LaBarbera - tenor saxophone
• Don Menza - tenor saxophone
• John Laws - baritone saxophone
• Jim Trimble - trombone
• Rick Stepton - trombone
• Peter Graves - bass trombone
• Al Porcino - trumpet
• David Culp - trumpet
• Kenneth Faulk - trumpet
• Bill Prince - trumpet

Arrangers:

• Don Menza
• Allyn Ferguson
• Charles Owens
• Don Piestrup
• Bill Reddie
• Don Sebesky
• Phil Wilson

Production

• Bob Belden - producer
• Richard Bock - producer
• Dean Pratt - producer
• Bill Porter – engineer
• Gabor Halmos - cover design
• David Redfern - photography
• Ron Waller - photography
• Peter Whorf - photography

References

• Pacific Jazz ST 20133
• Blue Note 54331 (1997 CD re-issue)
• Mercy, Mercy at discogs.com