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

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