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Artist:
Gene Krupa
Title:
Drummer Man
Info: It is highly likely that many of the twelve tracks on this LP will seem familiar. In the 30s and 40s when Gene Krupa broke away from Benny Goodman and established his own big band these numbers were heard daily. Indeed many of them were released by Columbia Records on 78rpm shellac discs. When Krupa signed a lucrative contract which was offered to him by Norman Granz from the Verve jazz label in the mid-Fifties and went on tour with Jazz At The Philharmonics the idea was born to re-record the numbers using hi-fi. Young arrangers were commissioned to revamp the familiar themes and former stars such as the trumpeter Roy Eldridge and the singer Anita O'Day were brought into the studio. History has it that nothing brought Gene Krupa more pleasure than making this new recording. and his pleasure is clearly discernible on both sides of the album. It begins with "Let Me Off Uptown" a witty dialogue between voices and trumpet and
Label: Verve
This item was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 July, 2007
Krupa, Gene - Drummer Man - LP
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