Mercy, mercy, mercy – Eric meets Buddy Rich – BIMHUIS, Amsterdam, 2023.

Mercy, mercy, mercy was composed by Joe Zawinul in 1966 for Cannonbal Adderly. It became a hit in the US in 1967. This arrangement was made by trombone player Phil Wilson who received a Grammy Award nomination for his arrangement.Buddy Rich recorded Mercy, Mercy, Mercy at Ceasers Palace in 1968 for his live album; Mercy, Mercy.
Our player GJ Binkhorst wanted to have a more inspiring beginning and end, so he changed it a bit.

Solo by Yuji Shi,

Amsterdam drummer Eric Schuijt always dreamt about playing the ‘Buddy Rich Big Band’ songs. So he studied what Buddy Rich made famous, meticulously looked at the breaks and the techniques and studied for hours in his drum studio along an Amsterdam canal.

After two years he formed the Eric meets Buddy Rich Big Band and gave a concert at the renowned BIMHUIS in Amsterdam.
Drums: Eric Schuijt
Musical director/conga’s, flute: Gerrit-Jan Binkhorst
Piano: Tico Pierhagen
Bass: Dave Breidenbach
Trumpet: Loet van der Lee, Lourens van der Zwaag, Jelle Janswaard, Nils Attermeyer
Sax: Werner Janssen, Floriaan Wempe, Giulio Jesi, Yuji Shi, Annette de Greeuw
Trombone: Jos van den Heuvel, Gerard Piera, Mathis Kaiser, Jakob Leban
Stagemanager: Jonna van Lierop

Thanks to Frank van Berkel and the staff of the BIMHUIS, Amsterdam, Efraim Trujillo, Ilja Reijngoud, Jasper van Damme, Sebastiano Terzuolo, Ron Oligschlager, Gaikza Otsoa Martinez, Alvaro Zarzuela, Johan van Loo of Eurosound, Hermen Gerrits, Q-factory.