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Cat. No. 2921E: GENE KRUPA ~ THE CLASSIC TRACKS. TEMPO DMCD252

Cat. No. 2921E: GENE KRUPA ~ THE CLASSIC TRACKS. TEMPO DMCD252

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25 ORIGINAL RECORDINGS.

GENE KRUPA (EUGENE BERTRAM KRUPA) IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL DRUMMERS IN THE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC. HIS DRUM SOLO ON BENNY GOODMAN'S 1937 RECORDING OF "SING, SING, SING", ELEVATED THE ROLE OF THE DRUMMER FROM THAT OF AN ACCOMPANIST TO THAT OF AN IMPORTANT SOLO VOICE IN THE BAND.

IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SLINGERLAND DRUM AND ZILDJIAN CYMBAL MANUFACTURERS, HE BECAME A MAJOR FORCE IN DEFINING THE STANDARD BAND DRUMMER'S KIT. MODERN DRUMMER MAGAZINE REGARDS GENE AS THE "FOUNDING FATHER OF MODERN DRUMSET PLAYING". UPON HIS DEATH, THE NEW YORK TIMES LABELED GENE A "REVOLUTIONARY' KNOWN FOR "FRENZIED, FLASHY" DRUMMING, WITH HIS WORK HAVING GENERATED A SIGNIFICANT MUSICAL LEGACY THAT STARTED "IN JAZZ AND HAS CONTINUED ON THROUGH THE ROCK ERA".

THIS ALBUM FEATURES 25 RECORDINGS MADE FROM JULY 1938 THROUGH TO JANUARY 1945 ON WHICH GENE PLAYED DRUMS FOR VARIOUS BANDS. ABSOLUTE CLASSICS ******

TRACK LISTING: Rhythm Jam / Tutti Frutti / Apurksody / Quiet And Roll 'Em / Jungle Madness / Old Black Joe / Drummin' Man / Say Si Si / Love's In My Heart / The Sergeant Was Shy / Who? / Rhumboogie / Drum Boogie / Green Eyes / Let Me Off Uptown / After You've Gone / Rockin' Chair / The Walls Keep Talking / Bolero At The Savoy / Thanks For The Boogie Ride / Ball Of Fire / That's What You Think / The Drummer's Band / Massachusetts / Leave Us Leap.  

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