Jazz singer, drummer, author, and close friend of Buddy Rich, Mel Torme offers an intimate portrait of the drummer enriched with musical insight. Buddy’s story is one of a prodigy whose stage career began when he was eighteen months old. Considered by many the best drummer in the world, Rich’s life and career were jam packed with exciting events and triumphs. Torme doesn’t shy away from describing Rich’s cantankerous personality or the tribulations of his childhood.

Mel Torme is a world-renowned jazz vocalist, drummer, composer, movie actor, and author of It Wasn’t All Velvet: An Autobiography and The Other Side of the Rainbow: Behind the Scenes on the Judy Garland Television Series