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Gene Krupa and his Orchestraby Charles Garrod and Bill Korst Discography (Revised 1996) Volume 1 - (1935-1945) 64 pages - Price: $14.00 Volume 2 - (1946-1973) 51 pages - Price: $14.00 + $2.00 shipping per order Two volume discography listing Gene's recordings form 1935-1973. Includes LP index. Updated in 2000! To order direct from METOLIUS MUSIC (formerly Joyce Record Club) send name and address along with $14.00 per volume plus $2.00 shipping to: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World of Gene Krupaby Bruce H. Klauber 1990 Book - 214 pages Price: $20.00 post paid (autographed by the author) Klauber takes a different approach from the normal biography and uses reprints of old articles and interviews from magazines to help tell the Krupa Story. Also contains reviews of his working bands from 1938-1970, interviews with Gene's musical associates, collective personnel listing and a selected discography and filmography along with numerous photographs make this book a must-have. To order an autographed copy direct from Bruce Klauber send name and address along with $20.00 to:
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"Gene Krupa: 1964-1971" by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! This CD is comprised of three, separate sessions: The first is a series of four radio interviews done with WNEW's William B. Williams in conjunction with the release of "The Benny Goodman Quartet: Together Again" in 1964. In addition to Gene, William B. interviews Benny, Hamp and Teddy, and the whole thing is fascinating. The second session from 1970 is comprised of the virtually unknown session Gene did on television's "Dial M For Music" with Father Norman J. O'Connor. Most Krupa fans are familiar with the first "Dial M" of 1967. This is another one, with Eddie Shu, and it's wonderful. Finally, we have obtained an audience recording of the May 14, 1971 concert Gene did in Milford, CT with the Balaban & Cats dixieland group. They split the bill with none other than Woody Allen's "Galvanized Washboard Band" (not included on this CD). The sound on the third session does deteriorate as the liquid flows during the night, but Gene and the band are in fabulous form, and right now, this is the only record of Gene's many, latter-day appearances with this wild and wooly group 
"The Gene Krupa Jazz Trio In Japan"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! Sessions from Tokyo on April 18,22 and 23, 1952. While a good portion of this material was once issued on a Sunbeam LP years ago, these were transferred from the original Japanese Victor 78s with a new find: An unedited version of "Drum Boogie". 
"Gene Krupa: In Transition, 1949-1952"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! Presenting over an hour of rare Krupa music from one of the most crucial periods in his musical history. Though the big band era was over, Gene kept his going until 1951. On this CD, we have what were among Gene's final big band sessions from 1949 and 1950, and the first session of the "reconstituted" Gene Krupa Jazz Trio with Charlie Ventura and Teddy Napoleon from 1952. Some, but not all of these tracks were originally issued on the long, out-of-print LPs "Swingin' With Krupa" (RCA/Camden) and "The Gene Krupa Trio Collates" (Clef/10"). Bonus tracks are an ultra-rare Tonight Show appearance by Gene from 1962, where Gene plays a big band arrangement of his small-group feature "Caravan," is interviewed by the one and only Johnny Carson and has a drum battle with Carson. A must have. 
"Gene Krupa In Concert: 1971"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! Material that has never been listed in any Krupa discography, this is a live concert recorded at The Forman School in Litchfield, CT on May 29, 1971. It was recently discovered that about a dozen stereo LPs were privately pressed of this fabulous outing, and the actual producer of the concert found one and has given Bruce permission to issue it on CD. Here's Gene with the cream of New England-based "traditionally-oriented" musicians, playing songs like "China Boy," "Honeysuckle Rose," "Lester Leaps In," "At The Jazz Band Ball" and more. 
"The Benny Goodman Quartet at Saratoga: August 18, 1973"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc - 12 Tracks Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! Said to be Gene's last performance, this surprisingly above-average audience recording is nonetheless a hot and hard-swinging document of the Original Benny Goodman Quartet at its best. Benny, Hampton, Teddy Wilson and Slam Stewart romp through 12 tracks, and despite Gene's illness, he never sounded better and the Quartet never sounded more exciting. 
"The Gene Krupa Jazz Quartet: Staten Island: March 20, 1972"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc - 6 Tracks Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! A certifiable and previously undocumented find has Gene's working group--Eddie Shu, Knobby Totah and Marty Napoleon--romping through Sing Sing Sing, Caravan, Undecided, Body and Soul, Don't Be That Way and Drum Boogie. Decidedly on the low-fi side from an audience recording, this is well worth having if only because Gene is absolutely astounding! 
"Benny Goodman & Gene Krupa: 1937-1938"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc - 26 Tracks Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! When Columbia Records realized it had a surprise mega-hit on its hands with the early 1950s release of the 1938 Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, other record companies scoured their vaults for similar material, in an attempt to cash in. One company, the long-defunct MGM label, discovered a treasure trove of 1937-1938 live performances, many culled from the Goodman "Camel Caravan" radio series. These were issued around 1958 in a three-LP set entitled "The Benny Goodman Treasure Chest," and remain among the finest representations of the Goodman band in action, and of just how Gene Krupa perfected and defined the role of the big band drummer in jazz. This material has not been issued in any form until now. "Benny Goodman & Gene Krupa: 1937-1938 Performances" is a private edition CD from Bruce Klauber and JazzLegends.com made expressly for interested collectors of Gene Krupa's music. And there is, quite simply, no better representation of Gene's drumming with Benny. The three LPs have been compressed into one CD with 26 tracks, with the only omissions being a few tracks on the original that didn't feature Gene and several ballads. This is an absolute must have. 
"Gene Krupa Discoveries: 1942-1967"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc - 15 Tracks Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! Includes 15 of the rarest Krupa radio and TV airshots. Gene's on radio with Talulah Bankhead, Harry James, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy and Groucho Marx. The three titles with Flip Phillips and Teddy Napoleon--the legendary Vesterhas, Sweden "test pressings" for the Selecta label--are being issued for the first time in the world! There's two appearances on The Mike Douglas Show of the mid-1960s, and two cuts made in 1956 for Verve that represent Gene's first and last foray into the "rock 'n' roll" market. This is a must-have for any Krupa fan, with 75 minutes of fabulous music. Note that some of the sound isn't up to "hi-fidelity" standards, but the music certainly is. 
"Gene Krupa: The Great 1960's Quartets"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc - 6 Tracks Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! These sessions represent the "holy grail" of unreleased Krupa material, now on CD - or in any form - for the first time. Session One from 1961: Gene Krupa, Eddie Wasserman, Dave Pearlman and John Bunch from The Steel Pier in Atlantic City playing "Don't Be That Way" and "Three Little Words." Session Two from 1963: Gene Krupa, Charlie Ventura, John Bunch and Knobby Totah from The London House in Chicago playing "Tickle Toe" and "Cry Me A River." Session Three from 1964: Gene Krupa, Charlie Ventura, John Bunch and Eddie DeHaas from the Grant Heights NCO Club in Tokyo, Japan playing "Big Noise from Winnetka" and a 17-minute version of "Stompin' at the Savoy." Fifty minutes of incredible playing. These sessions have never been issued anywhere in any form. Complete with detailed notes. Note that this has been remastered - but not "over-processed" - some of the sound is not digital state-of-the-art, but the music is priceless. 
"Krupa/Dorsey/Goodman: The Lost Sides - 1944, 1946 & 1951"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc - 10 Tracks Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! After Gene's 1943 legal troubles were behind him, he spent a short time with Benny Goodman's band then to everyone's surprise joined Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra. Once available 40 years ago in a limited edition 20th Century-Fox LP, the best of the Krupa/Dorsey sides is now here on CD. Session One from February 1944: Swing High, Opus One, Wagon Wheels, I Never Knew, Losers Weepers, The Minor Goes a Muggin' and We'll Git It! It's fabulous hearing Gene play Buddy Rich's showpieces! Session Two from July 26, 1946: The Benny Goodman Radio Show, with the following cuts: Krupa/Goodman dialogue, I Want To Go Where You Go (Goodman Trio with pianist Joe Bushkin), Drum Lesson with Krupa, Goodman and Peter McDonald with Don't Be That Way (drum battle with Krupa & Louis Bellson). Issued briefly years and years ago as an LP on the Sunbeam label. Session Three from April 1, 1951: The Benny Goodman Trio (Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa) Plays for the Fletcher Henderson Fund playing "I Found a New Baby." Released on an LP in 1951 and out-of-print for nearly 50 years! 
"The Gene Krupa Jazz Quartet at JATP / Chicago: 10/2/55"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! "The Gene Krupa Jazz Quartet at JATP / Chicago: 10/2/55," has acquired something of legendary status over the years, if only because the Quartet's portion of the JATP show has never been issued properly, widely and in one piece. Indeed, "Drum Boogie" only appeared briefly on the mail-order American Recording Society label around 40 years ago. The other three tunes, "Sleepy Lagoon," "How High The Moon" and "Sing Sing Sing" came out for about a minute on a budget LP compilation under the title of "Hall of Fame Jazz Greats." Here's the whole, 37-minute-plus program on CD in its entirety for the first time, complete with introduction by Norman Granz. Those who have heard this, including Whitey Mitchell, testify that Gene was in his absolute pristine prime before a hometown crowd, and never played better...or faster! 
"MORE RARE GENE: 1952 to 1972"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc - 10 Tracks Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! Although this material has been floating around for some time among real die-hard collectors, Bruce Klauber wanted to offer it to those who haven't heard all of this fabulous material in a "private edition" compact disc format. First session is the Krupa Jazz Trio in Japan, from April 18, 1952: "Drum Boogie", "My Blue Heaven", "Stompin' On The Ginza" (really Ten Ritchie Drive), "Tokyo Express", "Badger's Party", "Moon Over The Ruined Castle" (skips on master) and "How High The Moon", which is inexplicably a live cut. Second rarity is from the Ford Star Time television show of Feb 9, 1960, entitled "Those Swingin' Singin' Years." Ronald Reagan gives the intro to the reconstituted Krupa Orchestra playing "Drum Boogie" with Anita O'Day on vocals. Third session is one in which Bruce claims is the most exciting ever heard, (and he should know because he was in the Radio City Music Hall audience in 1972 when it happened.) Gene is at full-strength here in a jam session format on "Symphony Sid" and "Honeysuckle Rose" with Roy Eldridge, Bud Freeman, Bobby Hackett, Jim Hall, Larry Ridley and Benny Carter. 51 minutes of Gene at his best, offered on a collector-to-collector basis with no rights given or implied. As usual, these come from rare tapes and old vinyl, so the only thing state-of-the-art is the music! 
"America's Youngest Drumming Sensation:Joey Preston's Sextette" by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc Price: ONLY $5.00 when purchased with any CD or Video below! Sometime in January of 1946 during a radio guest shot with Benny Goodman, Gene gave a comedic drum lesson to an eight-year-old drummer named Joey Preston. The kid wasn't bad, and this infamous track has been issued various times in various forms over the years. On June 27, 1947, a small record company out of Hollywood called Modern Records issued a six-record set, all 78rpm of course, of something called "America's Youngest Drumming Sensation: Joey Preston's Sextette." The songs are "China Boy," "Indian Love Call," "I Got Rhythm," "Undecided" (Preston sings!), "The Man I Love" and "Riff-Raff Boogie" (Preston plays piano), with a personnel made up of Preston, Irving Ashby, Milt Raskin, Nick Pelico and Frankie Catalano. Preston was 10 years old in 1947 and his playing sounds much the same as it did on the aircheck with Krupa, but I will say that his time is pretty good as was his technique for the time. The sound is what you'd expect from a 53-year-old set of 78s, but if anyone out there is interested, Bruce Klauber has put all 16 minutes of young Master Preston on CD, which is available for $5.00 when purchased with any other item (book, video or CD) from him.
"The Gene Krupa Trio with Benny Carter andOscar Peterson at JATP" by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! This new 38-minute CD contains the impossible-to-find Krupa/Carter/Peterson Trio at JATP in New York on September 23, 1953. This was originally on the three-volume JATP Volume Nine. The second half of the program finds the same trio on November 18, 1953 in Tokyo, Japan. This was first issued on LP, very briefly for some reason, on Pablo in 1977 and very briefly again on a two-CD set from Pablo. Evidently, the CD set is either out-of-print or very difficult to obtain. There are two great extended solos by Gene, some wild stride piano throughout by Oscar and of course, the elegance of Benny Carter. A must have for any Krupa fan! 
"The Gene Krupa Big Band in Canada: 1971"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! This never-before-released, newly-discovered television special broadcast in Canada, features Gene with the Guido Basso Big Band, Rob McConnell, and Eugene Amaro. Though "Dark Eyes" is heard and seen on our new video--"Gene Krupa: Swing, Swing, Swing!"--this is the complete, stereo broadcast with full band. Tracks include "Drum Boogie," "Sing Sing Sing," "Leave Us Leap," "Boogie Blues" and more, plus a great interview with Gene. Two amazing bonus tracks included are "Wham!" and "Flyin' Home," never before issued titles from the Krupa/Rich outing "Burnin' Beat" of 1962. Over a half-hour of superb music with Gene at his best and where he belongs: with a big band! 
"RARE GENE: 1945 to 1965"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc - 7 Tracks Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! A compilation of rare, unissued and alternate takes of the Trio and Quartet including, 1) "Jingle Bells," Ventura/Krupa/Napoleon live radio broadcast from 12/12/45, Hotel Sherman in Chicago, never before issued. 2) "St. Louis Blues," Ventura/Krupa/Napoleon in a rare alternate take done on 1/19/52 for the "Gene Krupa Trio Collates" session, issued only on the 45rpm EP. 3) "Drum Boogie," Eddie Shu/Bobby Scott/Whitey Mitchell at Jazz At The Philharmonic concert of 10/2/55. Never issued as a part of Norman Granz' Verve/Clef JATP series, previously available only on the American Recording Society label, ARS #416. 4) "Sing Sing Sing Part One and Two," Eddie Wasserman, Ronnie Ball, Jimmy Gannon, issued as a double-sided Verve 45rpm single and on the rare Metro MS518. Recorded December, 1958. 5) "Theme," "Flyin' Home," "Dark Eyes" (partial) New Year's Eve at NY's one and only Metropole Cafe' on 12/31/65 with Gene, Carmen Leggio, Dick Wellstood and Eddie DeHaas. Briefly issued years ago as an LP on the under-the-counter Broadcast Tributes label #0006. Over one-half hour of swinging Gene at his absolute best and available only from Bruce Klauber.
"Dial 'M' For Music"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc - 10 Tracks Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! The Complete 1967 TV performance available for the first time on CD with Rare Bonus Tracks from Germany, featuring Eddie Shu, Bennie Moten, Hal McKinney and Gene playing Theme, Flyin' Home, Big Noise From Winnetka, Interview with Gene by Father Norman J. O'Connor, Moonlight In Vermont, Caravan and Sweet Georgia Brown. Issued briefly 11 years ago on audio cassette--and some filmed portions seen on the "Gene Krupa: Jazz Legend video-- here it is for the first time on CD and digitally remastered. Bonus tracks are High Falutin' and Sweet Georgia Brown, featuring Eddie Wasserman, Ronnie Ball, Jimmy Gannon and Gene, recorded live in Karlsruhe, Germany on May 29, 1959 complete with German introductions. 
"Gene Krupa Live At The Chester Inn"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc - 10 Tracks Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! A wild and woolly Dixieland session recorded in Chester, New Jersey on the afternoon and evening of July 24, 1970. Gene is in unbelievable form here, soloing on virtually every song, from a date that was made available very briefly and only on audio cassette almost ten years ago! Now over an hour's worth of the best of the two shows is here and available on CD. Songs: Alice Blue Gown/After You've Gone/Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (Medley); Dippermouth Blues; Who's Sorry Now; Honeysuckle Rose; I Found A New Baby; They'll Be Some Changes Made, China Boy; Louisiana, Hindustan, Honeysuckle Rose #2. This stellar and very rare limited edition CD is available only from Bruce Klauber! 
"Last 'LIVE' Recordings of the GK Jazz Trio"by Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Disc - 9 Tracks Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! Gene, Charlie Ventura and Teddy Napoleon--now available for the first time on CD directly from us! Recorded and broadcast over a three-night span live from New York city, probably the famed Basin Street night club, these recordings represent the final recorded evidence of the "original" Krupa Jazz Trio. Briefly and sporadically issued on the "under-the-counter" Ozone label over 20 years ago, with "Marty" Napoleon erroneously listed as the pianist (Marty's brother Teddy is actually on piano), this rare and exciting set is now available in a private edition/limited circulation CD for the first time, directly from us. There are several skips and pops that were on the original acetates and original LP issue, but The Jazz Trio swings here like never before. Includes: Fines Idea, The Man I Love, Please Don't Talk About Me, St. Louis Blues, Idaho, Stardust, Dark Eyes, Yesterdays and Stompin' At The Savoy. An absolute must have! 
"Gene Krupa In Concert"by Bruce H. Klauber 1998 Compact Disc - 7 Tracks Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! Never-before-issued-on-CD recording of Gene Krupa in concert in a traditional jazz setting around 1971 with the Detroit-based Six Star International Jazz Band. 
"Bruce Klauber Salutes the Legends of Jazz Drumming"by Bruce H. Klauber 1998 Compact Disc - 9 Tracks Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide! Bruce Klauber's tribute to Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Cozy Cole, Art Blakey, Joe Morello, Jo Jones, Sonny Payne, Max Roach and Ray Bauduc. 
Gene Krupa - Limited Edition/Private Circulation CDsby Bruce H. Klauber Limited Edition Compact Discs Price: NOW $20.00 post paid worldwide!
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"George White's Scandals"(1945) Limited Edition (collector-to collector) VHS Video Price: NOW $30.00 post paid worldwide! This 1945 film starring Joan Davis, Gene Krupa, Charlie Ventura and The Band That Swings with Strings is now available in its entirely for the first time in this pristine, private edition for collectors only. This great musical comedy features the full version of "Leave Us Leap" and several fabulous production numbers. No rights given, offered, or impled. Click here for more information on this movie. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Hollywood Hotel"(1937) Limited Edition (collector-to collector) VHS Video Price: NOW $30.00 post paid worldwide! Though most Gene Krupa and Benny Goodman collectors have seen some of clips from this famous 1937 film (or perhaps remember seeing it on television), most of the Goodman/Krupa clips and/or the film itself were edited versions. Bruce knows this first hand, because he was only allowed to use an edited version of "Sing Sing Sing" in his video, "Gene Krupa: Jazz Legend." But here, Bruce is offering for the first time on video the complete, 101-minute film, starring Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, and in their first of many screen appearances, Benny Goodman's Orchestra featuring Gene Krupa. And yes, there is actually a film clip of Krupa briefly singing "Hooray For Hollywood." This is offered as a "transfer service" on a collector-to-collector basis only, on a private edition, with no rights given, offered or implied. Click here for more information on this movie. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Beat The Band"(1947) Limited Edition (collector-to collector) VHS Video Price: NOW $30.00 post paid worldwide! Not commercially available on video, this 67-minute featurette from 1947 has been struck from a pristine, 16mm film print, and it's available exclusively from JazzLegends.com. Among the rarest and most sought-after of the Krupa films, "Beat The Band" features Krupa in a number of tunes, including a "live" drum solo and thee famous "boiler room" sequence where Gene drums on the steam pipes. Seen within the band are Red Rodney, Gerry Mulligan, Teddy Napoleon, Buddy Wise and Charlie Kennedy. Click here for more information on this movie. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Gene Krupa: Raw Footage By Request, 1971 and 1973"by Bruce H. Klauber 2001 Limited Edition (collector-to collector) VHS Video Price: NOW $30.00 post paid worldwide! "Gene Krupa: Raw Footage By Request, 1971 and 1973" was compiled in response to hundreds of queries about the availability of these two sessions on film. The first, shown only in part in various cities via CBS TV on June 27, 1973, is the complete and unedited CBS footage (complete with film starts, stops and cuts) of the original Benny Goodman Quartet's rehearsal for Carnegie Hall. Though the audio and visual quality are less than state-of-the-art, this record of four legends at work, filmed less than three months before Gene's death, is priceless. The Canadian "In The Mood" broadcast was filmed in 1971. Yes, there is a time code in the center of the screen (and believe us, this is the only way this will likely ever be released anywhere), but fortunately, it's light in color and doesn't obscure the otherwise fine picture, stereo sound and wonderful music. This was possibly the last time Gene ever played his big band charts--including "Leave Us Leap," "Sing Sing Sing," "Boogie Blues" and others, and he is in absolutely marvelous form. "Gene Krupa: Raw Footage By Request" is over 50 minutes of raw rarity and raw excitement! This video is a private edition offered on a collector-to-collector basis only, with no rights given, offered or implied. This will not be listed on Bruce's www.JazzLegends.com web site. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic Jazz Drummers: Swing and Beyondby Bruce H. Klauber 2001 VHS Video - Color & B/W - Stereo/Mono HI-FI Price: NOW $30.00 post paid worldwide! also available from Hudson Music and on 
This exciting follow-up to Hudson Music's Classic Drum Solos and Drum Battles features over 20 of the legendary giants and unsung greats of jazz percussion in solos, in "battle" and in the jazz groups they helped make famous. Spanning over five decades of music - covering the eras of Dixieland, Swing, Bop, Big Band and Hard Bop - in rarely seen film clips from live concerts, feature films and television shows. Highlights include Sid Catlett with Louis Armstrong, Ray Bauduc with Jack Teagarden, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich with their own orchestras, Gus Johnson with the rarely-heard Count Basie small group, Joe Harris with the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Panama Francis with Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton's Band, never-before-seen solo footage of Philly Joe Jones, a small-group example of Stan Levey, the groundbreaking bop of Kenny Clarke and many others. Also as a bonus track: The only existing film of that influential New Orleans' pioneer, the one and only Warren "Baby" Dodds. (Also available on DVD. Click here for more info) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic Drum Solos and Drum Battlesby Bruce H. Klauber 2000 VHS Video - Color & B/W - Stereo/Mono HI-FI Price: NOW $30.00 post paid worldwide! also available from Hudson Music and on
Fifteen of the true "Legends of Jazz Drumming" in astounding extended solos and in rare, never-before-seen drum duels filmed over the last four decades, featuring: Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Sonny Payne, Art Blakey, Ed Shaughnessy, Sam Woodyard, Joe Morello, Chico Hamilton, and more. (Also available on DVD. Click here for more info) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic Drum Solos and Drum Battles - vol. 2by Bruce H. Klauber 2001 VHS Video - Color & B/W - Stereo/Mono HI-FI Price: NOW $30.00 post paid worldwide! also available from Hudson Music and on
Classic Drum Solos Volume 2 features fifteen thunderous drum solos from legends like Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Papa Jo Jones, Art Blakey, Shelly Manne, Sonny Payne, Sam Woodyard, Rufus “Speedy” Jones, and others, spanning the years 1947 to 1989; many never before released on home video. Bonus clips include Bobby Troup’s “history of the jazz drum set,” from 1958 and a great segment featuring The Gene Krupa Jazz Trio impersonating Russian musicians from 1946! (Also available on DVD. Click here for more info) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gene Krupa: Swing Swing Swing!by Bruce H. Klauber 1999 VHS Video - Color & B/W - Stereo/Mono HI-FI Price: NOW $30.00 post paid worldwide! also available from Hudson Music and on
This video contains over one hour and over a dozen complete filmed performances of Gene, covering the years 1937 to 1972, including a rare, filmed interview with Gene himself. Featured performers include Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Lionel Hampton, Anita O'Day, Roy Eldridge and many others. Songs include "Drum Boogie", "Thanks For The Boogie Ride", "Dark Eyes", "Sing, Sing, Sing" and more. (Also available on DVD with bonus footage. Click here for more info)
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Gene Krupa Jazz Legend Seriesby Bruce H. Klauber 1993 VHS Video - Color & B/W - Stereo/Mono HI-FI Price: WAS Gene Krupa Jazz Legend Series brings the music and contributions of Krupa into focus with rare footage from the 1940's and still photographs documenting Krupa's career. Featured is an interview with Krupa himself, commentary from Louie Bellson and narration from Steve Allen. Clips of Krupa playing with some of his celebrated colleague are also represented. The tape culminates in a flat-out drum battle with Buddy Rich. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Legends of Jazz Drumming [Part 1: 1920-1950]by Bruce H. Klauber 1996 VHS Video - Color & B/W - Stereo/Mono HI-FI Price: WAS Hosted by Louie Bellson and Jack DeJohnette, this singular, 63-minute documentary traces the history of jazz drumming in America from its earliest, pre1920 roots to the advent of the be-bop revolution. Rare filmed performances from Baby Dodds, Paul Barbarin, Chick Webb, Dave Tough, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa (in a clip not seen on any other video), Sid Catlett, Jo Jones, Kenny Clarke and more. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Legends of Jazz Drumming [Part 2: 1950-1970]by Bruce H. Klauber 1996 VHS Video - Color & B/W - Stereo/Mono HI-FI Price: WAS Hosted by Jack DeJohnette with Louie Bellson's commentary, this 73-minute program focuses on the most exciting period in the evolution of jazz percussion. With film footage of Max Roach, Shelly Manne, Joe Morello, Art Blakey, Sonny Payne, Sam Woodyard, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Tony Williams and more. Video Ordering Info: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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