Buddy Rich was a phenominal player but could be a real ahole when it came to his band. (if anyone has nice stories to post please do so)
Here are some of the infamous buddy tapes in which he would be ranting at his band between shows. Wasn't easy playing for Buddy, he had hellacious standards and let you know about it.
on the bus
http://www.cis.rit.edu/~ejipci/Audio...ddy4_clean.mp3
on the bus again
http://www.cis.rit.edu/~ejipci/Audio...ddy3_clean.mp3
backstage
http://www.cis.rit.edu/~ejipci/Audio...ich/Buddy1.mp3
Story from a Buddy fan
"...it struck me as odd he neglected the tradition of introducing the members of
his band - having them each stand for a moment of recognition. It was while
he was speaking during his break a person in the front row yelled, "Hey
Buddy, how about introducing the band members." Without missing a beat Buddy
fired back, "That's not necessary. They all know each other by now." With
that, he climbed back on the riser, began the second half of the show and
never introduced the band members to the audience that night."