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Vor 5 Tagen · The first drummer inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1978. Gene Krupa is regarded as the “Father of Modern Drumming”. Krupa’s innovative use of dynamics and accents and improvisation set the standard for future generations of jazz drummers, inspiring musicians like Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson. His influence helped ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Gene Krupa. Gene Krupa, the legendary swing-era drummer, is celebrated for transforming drumming into a focal point of jazz and popular music. Often credited with bringing drums to the forefront ...
Vor 6 Tagen · Gene Krupa's recordings for a four-month period are traced on this CD in the Classics "complete" series. The first eight formerly rare selections feature the Gene Krupa Trio with the extroverted (and sometimes too enthusiastic) tenor saxophonist Charlie Ventura and pianist George Walters; three of the numbers were originally V-discs, three others were not released until the LP era, and the two ...
Vor 5 Tagen · “Even though I’m a rock drummer, I think I’m different for having been influenced by Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, and other great masters of the ’40s and ’50s. I tend to be more of a tom-tom drummer than most rock players because of the influence of guys like Gene Krupa. I tend to avoid the kick/hat/snare thing as much as possible ...
Vor 4 Tagen · In 1999, Gia told me: “He and Bing were really close and … they were buddies and carrying on at the racetrack. Louis told me that’s how he wrote ‘Sing, Sing, Sing.’. Louis and Bing Crosby were at the track and they were winning and having a good time and Bing started singing and Louis said ‘Sing, Bing, Sing!’”.
Vor 4 Tagen · My current favourite jazz drummer is Joe Farnsworth who plays a three-piece kit with no floor toms. I wouldn’t expect Roger to play with a small kit, but both Roger and Joe have much respect for jazz drummers like Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich and Max Roach, as I do too.
Vor 15 Stunden · Among the many highlights, we learn of the impact he made arranging and composing for the big bands of Gene Krupa, Claude Thornhill and Elliot Lawrence in the mid to late ’40s, his captivating contributions to the Miles Davis Nonet Birth of the Cool sessions (1949) and the formation of the groundbreaking pianoless quartet with trumpeter Chet Baker in the early ‘50s, which foreshadowed the ...
