VSTC-260: Percussion King [S]

Title: Percussion King
Catalog #: VSTC-260
Artist: Gene Krupa
Label: Verve/Ampex
Format: Reel-To-Reel [Stereo]
Rel. Year: 1961
Issue Notes:
  1. Originally released on vinyl as; Verve LP 12″: V/V6-8414 — Percussion King [M/S] (1961)
  2. Rereleased on vinyl as; Verve LP 12″: V/V6-8450 — Classics In Percussion [M/S] (1962)
Track Date Matrix Title Time
1 06/05/1961 61VK313 The Galloping Comedians
(Kabalevsky)		 4:04
2 06/05/1961 61VK312 American Bolero
(Brown)		 4:35
3 06/12/1961 61VK315 Espana Cani
(Marquina)		 2:32
4 06/16/1961 61VK319 Sabre Dance
(Khachaturian)		 4:20
5 06/05/1961 61VK314 Meadowland
(Knipper)		 2:50
6 06/12/1961 61VK317 Valse Triste
(Sibelius)		 4:08
7 06/12/1961 61VK316 Arab Dance (From “The Nutcracker Suite”)
(Tchaikovsky)		 3:10
8 06/16/1961 61VK320A Ritual Fire Dance
(de Falla)		 4:12
9 06/16/1961 61VK320 March (From “The Nutcracker Suite”)
(Tchaikovsky)		 4:05
10 06/16/1961 61VK318 Poet And Peasant Overture
(Von Suppé)		 3:40
Session Personnel
Danny Bank (f, ts), Nuncio “Toots” Mondello, Jerry Sanfino (as), Romeo Penque, Eddie Wasserman (ts), Bernie Glow, Jimmy Maxwell, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Joe Wilder (t), Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Tommy Mitchell (tb), Don Butterfield (tu), Hank Jones, Moe Wechsler (p), Milt Hinton (b), Gene Krupa (d), Elmer “Mousey” Alexander, Doug Allen, Joe Venuto (per), George Williams (arr, con)