Gene KRUPA And Buddy RICH - Gene Krupa Meets Buddy Rich 1955

Gene KRUPA And Buddy RICH - Gene Krupa Meets Buddy Rich 1955
1961 Issue 817 109-1

Jazz

On this 1955 album, instead of performing a drum battle as they'd previously done on Jazz At The Philharmonic tours, the two virtuosos complement each other's playing, combining their efforts in a very musical album featuring trumpet greats Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie, tenor giants Flip Phillips and Illinois Jacquet, and a rhythm section consisting of Ray Brown and Herb Ellis. Rich shows off his facile abilities on "Buddy's Blues," and Krupa displays his fine stick work on "Gene's Blues."

Overall, KRUPA & RICH is a truly enjoyable listen, whose interest extends beyond the purely percussive. Rich's obituaries claim that this album was one of his three favorite records, and Krupa extols it as well, in Leonard Feather's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAZZ.
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Ray Brown- Bass
Buddy Rich , Gene Krupa- Drums
Herb Ellis- Guitar
Oscar Peterson- Piano
Flip Phillips , Illinois Jacquet- Tenor Sax
Dizzy Gillespie , Roy Eldridge- Trumpet
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A1. Buddy's Blues 10:26
       Written-By - Rich
A2. Bernie's Tune 13:53
       Written-By - Bernie Miller , Leiber & Stoller
B1. Gene's Blues 7:43
       Written-By - Krupa
B2. Sweethearts On Parad 8:46
       Written-By - Lombardo , Newman
B3. I Never Knew 8:48
       Written-By - Carroll
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Gene KRUPA and Louis BELLSON - Duelo de Tambores 1960

Gene KRUPA and Louis BELLSON - Duelo de Tambores  1960

Jazz

Gene Krupa:
Drummer and swing band leader. Studied drums and performed with local Chicago groups, c. 1920; performed with the Austin High Gang, late 1920s; recorded with Red McKenzie's and Eddie Condon's Chicagoans and performed in jam sessions at the Three Deuces, 1927; worked with commercial groups, such as Red Nichols' Five Pennys, and free-lanced with the bands of Bix Beiderbecke, Benny Goodman, and saxophonist Adrian Rollini, 1930-34; joined Goodman's band and played on NBC-Radio's Let's Dance, 1934; left Goodman to form Gene Krupa Orchestra, 1938; drug charge led to disbanding of first group, 1943; briefly rejoined Goodman, 1943; joined Tommy Dorsey, 1944; organized own big band, 1944-51; toured with own trio/quartet, 1950s; played on soundtrack of film The Gene Krupa Story, 1959; led big band in Hollywood, 1963; came out of semi-retirement to lead own quartet at Plaza Hotel, 1967; performed at Newport Jazz Festival, 1972; appeared at the last reunion of original Goodman Orchestra, 1973.

Louie Bellson:
Louie Bellson didn't just make the drums swing—he made them sing.
Listen closely, and you could hear melody and phrase in the tintinnabulation of fast-flying sticks striking cymbals. All the while, his feet moved like crazy, articulating multiple rhythms on not one but two bass drums—a Bellson signature.
The distinctly lyrical approach of his playing, combined with the hyper-virtuosity of his technique, made Mr. Bellson arguably the last of the iconic swing drummers. His long résumé included important stints in bands led by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James and other deities in the kingdom of swing.
Mr. Bellson, 84, who grew up in the Quad Cities and developed his early career in Chicago, died Saturday, Feb. 14, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from Parkinson's disease, said his wife, Francine.
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01. The Mighty Two
02. The Three Drags
03. Paradiddle Song
04. Accent On Flamboyance
05. Rolls A La Bossa-Nova
06. The Mighty Two Alone Together

01. Rolls A La Bossa-Nova
02. More Flams
03. Swingin' The Rudiments
04. Cue Sticks
05. Two In One
06. Rhythmic Excursion
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