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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2015-03-27 04:39

From another thread, referring to Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich: "The difference between Benny and Buddy was Benny was always practicing, and I never saw Buddy practice, he just sat down and played at a level beyond anyone."

Is it known / supposed / accepted that Buddy Rich didn't practice, or rarely practiced? I would find that amazing. I mean, I already find Rich's playing amazing, but that would be amazing squared.

Perhaps he played so frequently that performance was practice enough? Or was Rich just a *natural*?

Are there other examples of great musicians who practiced unusually little? (I don't mean like Mozart, who when very young reportedly shocked even his father when he sat in on 2nd violin in a quartet, and when questioned about how well he played with no practice on the instrument, replied, "Surely you don't need to practice for SECOND violin?") I'm wondering about musicians in today's world, people I might have heard.

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