MGV-8107: The Driving Gene Krupa

Title: The Driving Gene Krupa
Artist: Gene Krupa Sextet
Label: Verve
Catalog #: MGV-8107
Format: 12″ LP
Rel. Year: 1957
Issue Notes:
  1. Originally issued as Clef MGC-631 “The Gene Krupa Sextet #3” (1954)
  2. Reissue of Clef MGC-728 “The Driving Gene Krupa” (1956)
  3. Reissued as Verve/MGM V-8107 “The Driving Gene Krupa” (1961)
Track Date Matrix Title Time
A1 02/02/1954 1511-3 Ballad Medley:
 Dancing In The Dark (Dietz, Schwartz)
 The Nearness Of You (Carmichael, Washinton)
 You Are Too Beautiful (Rodgers, Hart)
 Tenderly (Lawrence, Gross)
 Autumn In New York (Duke)
11:37
A2 02/02/1954 1509-4 Who’s Rhythm
(Shavers)
3:56
B1 02/02/1954 1512-1 Second Helping Blues
(Shavers)
5:09
B2 02/02/1954 1506-2 Bloozy Woozy
(Shavers)
2:37
B3 02/02/1954 1508-2 Meddle My Minor
(Shavers)
3:02
B4 02/02/1954 1507-4 Windy
(Shavers)
3:47
Session Personnel
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (ts), Charlie Shavers (t), Bill Harris (tb), Teddy Wilson (p), Ray Brown (b), Gene Krupa (d)