V/V6-8484: The Original Drum Battle [M/S]

Title:	The Original Drum Battle
Artist:	Gene Krupa / Buddy Rich
Label:	Verve
Catalog #:	V/V6-8484
Format:	12″ LP
Rel. Year:	1962
Issue Notes:	Recorded “LIVE” from JATP performances given on 9/13/52 at Carnegie Hall, NYC. Originally released as part of Mercury LP 12″: MG-VOL. 15 — Jazz At The Philharmonic, Vol. 15 (1953) Reissue of; Verve LP 12″: MGV-8369 — The Drum Battle: Gene Krupa And Buddy Rich At JATP (1960) Reissue of; Verve/MGM LP 12″: V-8369 — The Drum Battle: Gene Krupa And Buddy Rich At JATP (1961) Released on CD as; Verve CD: 314 559 810-2 — The Drum Battle: Gene Krupa And Buddy Rich At JATP (1999)

Track	Date	Title	Time
A1	09/13/1952	Idaho (Stone)	6:46
A2	09/13/1952	Sophisticated Lady (Ellington, Parish, Mills)	4:39
A3	09/13/1952	Flying Home (Hampton, Goodman)	5:56
B1	09/13/1952	Drum Boogie (Krupa, Eldridge)	9:04
B2	09/13/1952	The Drum Battle (Shrdlu)	3:36
B3	09/13/1952	Perdido (Tizol, Drake, Lengsfelder)	5:01

Collective Personnel
Benny Carter, Willie Smith (as), Joe “Flip” Phillips, Lester Young (ts), Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers (t), Barney Kessel (g), Hank Jones, Oscar Peterson (p), Ray Brown (b), Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich (d), Ella Fitzgerald (v)