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Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich

album by Rush

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ3647408 ↗
Source-derived summary

Burning for Buddy, Volume 1 is a 1994 Buddy Rich tribute album produced by Rush drummer/lyricist Neil Peart. The album is composed of performances by various rock and jazz drummers, all accompanied by the Buddy Rich Big Band. A follow-up Burning for Buddy...Volume 2 recording was released in 1997 and both recording sessions were also covered in a 5-hour documentary video released on VHS in 1996, reissued on DVD in 2006, The Making of Burning for Buddy....

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich” as album by Rush. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Burning, Buddy and Tribute.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 1997, 1996, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Burning, Buddy and Tribute providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich”, the useful work is to connect “album by Rush” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3647408. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994, 1997, 1996 and 2006.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.