# Buddy or Hank?  Which was greater loss/greater influence?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 19, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-or-hank-which-was-greater-loss-greater-influence/760326 "2016-07-19T15:36:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-or-hank-which-was-greater-loss-greater-influence/760326/21 "2016-07-24T01:18:33Z")

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While his talent can’t be denied, the loss of Buddy Rich was not as great a blow to music as was that of Hank Jones.

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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-or-hank-which-was-greater-loss-greater-influence/760326/22 "2016-07-24T01:21:43Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> While his talent can’t be denied, the loss of Buddy Rich was not as great a blow to music as was that of Hank Jones.

Dude this was a Buddy Greco vs Hank Marvin thread. You got to read before you post.

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