"Krupa and Rich"

"Krupa and Rich"

Krupa and Rich

	Label: Verve Issue#: 314 521 643-2 Tracks: 7 Length:	Released: 1994 Format: CD Notes: Original release 1956
	Tracks: 01. Buddy's Blues 02. Bernie's Tune 03. Gene's Blues 04. Sweethearts On Parade 05. I Never Knew 06. Sunday 07. The Monster

Recorded in New York on May 16 and November 1, 1955. Includes liner notes by Sid Gribetz. This is part of Verve's Jazz At The Philharmonic series. Includes 2 bonus (Buddy Rich) tracks that did not appear on the original album. 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.