Rich Versus Roach


Rich versus Roach is a 1959 studio album by drummers Buddy Rich and Max Roach with their respective bands of the time. The album is mixed with each of the two bands in a different stereo channel. The Buddy Rich Quintet can be heard on the left channel, the Max Roach Quintet on the right.

Track listing

side A
  1. "Sing, [Sing, Sing (With a Swing)]" – 4:06
  2. "The Casbah" – 4:25
  3. "Sleep" – 3:15
  4. "Figure Eights" – 4:26
LP side B
  1. "Yesterdays" – 4:15
  2. "Big Foot" – 4:59
  3. "Limehouse [Blues (song)|Limehouse Blues]" – 3:42
  4. "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye" – 3:50
1986 CD re-issue with alternate versions:
  1. "Sing, Sing, Sing " – 4:22
  2. "Sing, Sing, Sing " – 4:08
  3. "The Casbah" – 4:28
  4. "The Casbah" – 4:58
  5. "Sleep" – 3:18
  6. "Figure Eights" – 4:30
  7. "Yesterdays" – 5:41
  8. "Big Foot" – 5:00
  9. "Big Foot" – 5:14
  10. "Limehouse Blues" – 3:56
  11. "Limehouse Blues" – 3:43
  12. "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye" – 3:57

Personnel

Rich's band
Roach's band
Production