Blues Caravan

Blues Caravan is a 1962 studio album by Buddy Rich and a sextet. Rich later took this sextet on a United States Department of State tour of the Far East and Asia.[2]

Blues Caravan
Studio album by Buddy Rich
Released	February 1962
Recorded	August 14–16, 1961
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:39
Label	Verve
Producer	Creed Taylor
Buddy Rich chronology
Playtime (1961) Blues Caravan (1962) Burnin' Beat (1962)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

LP side A

1. "Blowin' the Blues Away" (Horace Silver) – 8:40
2. "B.R. Blues" (Buddy Rich) – 3:14
3. "Late Date" (Maynard) – 5:12

LP side B

1. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 9:44
2. "Young Blood" (Mike Mainieri) – 5:59
3. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 3:35

Personnel

• Wyatt Ruther - double bass
• Buddy Rich - drums
• Sam Most - flute
• Johnny Morris - piano
• Rolf Ericson - trumpet
• Mike Mainieri - vibraphone

Production

• Creed Taylor - audio production
• Roy de Carava - cover photo
• Dick Olmstead - engineer
• Ken Druker - executive producer
• Dom Cerulli - liner notes
• Hollis King - reissue art director
• Sherniece Smith
• Kip Smith - reissue mastering
• Bryan Koniarz - reissue producer

References

1. Dryden, Ken (2011). "Blues Caravan - Buddy Rich | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
2. Blues Caravan at AllMusic

• Verve V/V6 8425 (mono/stereo)