Date: January 22, 1945
Location: Hollywood, CA
Label: Columbia
Gene Krupa & the Band That Swings With Strings
Murray Williams (cl, as), Francis Antonelli (as), Andy Pino, Charlie Ventura (ts), Stuart Olsen (bar), Bill Conrad, Don Fagerquist, Tony Russo, Joe Triscari (t), Leon Cox, Bill Cully, Pullman “Tommy” Pederson (tb), Ed Yance (g), Teddy Napoleon (p), Clyde Newcombe (b), Gene Krupa, Louis Zito (d), Ray Biondi, Teddy Blume, Victor Pariante, Jerome Reisler, Jacob Shulman (vn), George Grosman, Paul Powell (vl), Julius Ehrenworth (vc), Jerry Duane, Dave Lambert, Lillian Lane, Buddy Stewart (v)
Date: March 8, 1945
Location: Hollywood, CA
Label: Columbia
Gene Krupa Jazz Trio
Charlie Ventura (ts), Teddy Napoleon (p), Gene Krupa (d)
Date: June 1, 1945
Location: New York City, NY
Label: Columbia
Gene Krupa Jazz Trio
Charlie Ventura (ts), George Walters (p), Gene Krupa (d)
| CO-34921-1 | Stompin’ At The Savoy (Sampson, Webb, Goodman, Razaf) |
Columbia 78 10″: 38214 — Stompin’ At The Savoy/Body And Soul (1948) Columbia LP 10″: CL-6066 — Gene Krupa Dance Parade (1949) Columbia 45 7″: 4-38214 — Stompin’ At The Savoy/Body And Soul (1950) Columbia EP 7″: B-2519 — Gene Krupa Jazz Trio (1957) Ajaz LP 12″: AJAZ-211 — In Disco Order Volume 17 (1979) Murray Hill/CSP LP 12″: M-61366 — Spotlight On Drums (1983) Collectables CD: COL-CD-7490 — Boogie, Ballads, And Be-Bop: The Best Of The Columbia Years 1945-1949 (2002) |
| CO-34921-4 [alternate] |
Stompin’ At The Savoy (Sampson, Webb, Goodman, Razaf) |
Columbia CD: CK-44222 — The 1940’s – The Small Groups: New Directions (1988) Columbia LP 12″: CJ-44222 — The 1940’s – The Small Groups: New Directions (1998) |
Date: June 9, 1945
Location: Town Hall, New York City, NY
Label: Commodore
Gene Krupa-Charlie Ventura Trio
Charlie Ventura (ts), George Walters (p), Gene Krupa (d)
| A-4973/D-845 [live] |
Stompin’ At The Savoy (Sampson, Webb, Goodman, Razaf) |
Disc 78 12″: 2500 — Stompin’ At The Savoy/Body And Soul Jazztone LP 12″: J-1219 — Jazz Concert (1956) Mainstream LP 12″: 5/S-6004 — Town Hall Concert (1964) |
| A-4974/D-847-1 [live] |
Body And Soul (Green, Heyman, Sour, Eyton) |
Disc 78 12″: 2500 — Stompin’ At The Savoy/Body And Soul Jazztone LP 12″: J-1219 — Jazz Concert (1956) Mainstream LP 12″: 5/S-6018 — Town Hall Concert – Volume 2 (1964) Holiday 78 10″: 4001 — Body And Soul Pt. 1/Body And Soul Pt. 2 (1945) Book of the Month Records LP 12″: 61-7650 — 52nd Street Swing – The Commodore Years (1986) |
| A-4975 [live] |
Limehouse Blues (Braham, Furber) |
Mainstream LP 12″: 5/S-6018 — Town Hall Concert – Volume 2 (1964) Book of the Month Records LP 12″: 61-7650 — 52nd Street Swing – The Commodore Years (1986) |
All titles also on:
Atlantic LP 12″: SD2-310 — The Commodore Years: Town Hall Jazz Concert 1945 (1973)
Commodore LP 12″: CCL-7006 — Town Hall Concert 1945 (1988)
Commodore CD: CCD-7006 — Town Hall Concert 1945 (1988)
Mosaic LP 12″: MR20-134 — The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings Volume III (1990)
Date: June 11, 1945
Location: New York City, NY
Label: Columbia
Gene Krupa Jazz Trio
Charlie Ventura (ts), George Walters (p), Gene Krupa (d)
| CO-34935-1 | Three Men On Third (Krupa, Ventura, Walters) |
Columbia CD: CK-44222 — The 1940’s – The Small Groups: New Directions (1988) Columbia LP 12″: CJ-44222 — The 1940’s – The Small Groups: New Directions (1998) |
| CO-34936-5 [alternate] |
Limehouse Blues (Braham, Furber) |
Columbia CD: CK-44222 — The 1940’s – The Small Groups: New Directions (1988) Columbia LP 12″: CJ-44222 — The 1940’s – The Small Groups: New Directions (1998) |
| CO-34936-6 | Limehouse Blues (Braham, Furber) |
Collectables CD: COL-CD-7490 — Boogie, Ballads, And Be-Bop: The Best Of The Columbia Years 1945-1949 (2002) |
Date: June 14, 1945
Location: New York City, NY
Label: Columbia
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Murray Williams (cl, as), Johnny Bothwell (as), Steve Benoric, Charlie Ventura (ts), Stuart Olson (bar), Don Fagerquist, Vince Hughes, Tony Russo, Joe Triscari (t), Leon Cox, Bill Cully, Pullman “Tommy” Pederson (tb), Ed Yance (g), George Walters (p), Harry Babasin (b), Joe Dale, Gene Krupa (d), Buddy Stewart (v)
| CO-34970-1B | A Tender Word Will Mend It All – vBS (Fisher, Roberts) |
Columbia 78 10″: 36846 — A Tender Word Will Mend It All/Along The Navajo Trail (1945) |
| CO-34971-2B | Along The Navajo Trail – vBS (Markes, Charles, DeLange) |
Columbia 78 10″: 36846 — A Tender Word Will Mend It All/Along The Navajo Trail (1945) Collectables CD: COL-CD-7490 — Boogie, Ballads, And Be-Bop: The Best Of The Columbia Years 1945-1949 (2002) |
| CO-34972-1B | It’s Up To You (Finckel) |
Columbia 78 10″: 38296 — It’s Up To You/It’s Whatcha Do With Whatcha Got (1948) Collectables CD: COL-CD-7490 — Boogie, Ballads, And Be-Bop: The Best Of The Columbia Years 1945-1949 (2002) |
All titles also on:
Ajaz LP 12″: AJAZ-211 — In Disco Order Volume 17 (1979)
Date: June 19, 1945
Location: NBC Studios, New York City, NY
Label: V-Disc
Gene Krupa Jazz Trio
Charlie Ventura (ts), George Walters (p), Gene Krupa (d)
| VP-1400 | Dark Eyes (Traditional) |
V-Disc 78 12″: 507-B — Dark Eyes/Wire Brush Stomp (1945) Joyce Record Club LP 12″: LP-2008 — The Radio Discs Of Gene Krupa (1976) Giants Of Jazz LP 12″: GOJ-10069 — Ace Drummer Man (1978) |
| VP-1400 | Wire Brush Stomp (Krupa, Biondi) |
V-Disc 78 12″: 507-B — Dark Eyes/Wire Brush Stomp (1945) Joyce Record Club LP 12″: LP-2008 — The Radio Discs Of Gene Krupa (1976) Giants Of Jazz LP 12″: GOJ-10069 — Ace Drummer Man (1978) |
| JDB-298 | Stompin’ At The Savoy (Sampson, Webb, Goodman, Razaf) |
V-Disc 78 12″: 744-B — Stompin’ At The Savoy (1947) Joyce Record Club LP 12″: LP-2008 — The Radio Discs Of Gene Krupa (1976) |
| JDB-299 | The Man I Love (Gershwin, Gershwin) |
Classics CD: 1143 [FR] — The Chronogical Classics: Gene Krupa And His Orchestra – 1945 (2000) |
| JDB-299 | #10 Richie Drive (Krupa) |
Classics CD: 1143 [FR] — The Chronogical Classics: Gene Krupa And His Orchestra – 1945 (2000) |
| I Got Rhythm (Gershwin, Gershwin) |
Unissued |
Date: July 1945
Location: Hotel Astor roof, New York City, NY
Label: V-Disc
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Murray Williams (cl, as), Johnny Bothwell (as), Steve Benoric, Charlie Ventura (ts), Stuart Olson (bar), Don Fagerquist, Vince Hughes, Tony Russo, Joe Triscari (t), Leon Cox, Bill Cully, Pullman “Tommy” Pederson (tb), Ed Yance (g), George Walters (p), Harry Babasin (b), Joe Dale, Gene Krupa (d), Anita O’Day, Buddy Stewart (v)
| VP-1515 | Jose Gonzalez – vAO (Evans) |
V-Disc 78 12″: 543-B — Jose Gonzalez/Oh, Hot Dawg (1945) Joyce Record Club LP 12″: LP-2008 — The Radio Discs Of Gene Krupa (1976) Giants Of Jazz LP 12″: GOJ-10069 — Ace Drummer Man (1978) |
| VP-1515 | Oh, Hot Dawg – vAO (Krupa, Biondi) |
V-Disc 78 12″: 543-B — Jose Gonzalez/Oh, Hot Dawg (1945) Joyce Record Club LP 12″: LP-2008 — The Radio Discs Of Gene Krupa (1976) Giants Of Jazz LP 12″: GOJ-10069 — Ace Drummer Man (1978) Time/Life LP 12″: R139-37/OP-4537 — V-DISC: The Songs That Went To War (1992) |
| VP-1618 | Just A Little Fond Affection – vBS (Box, Cox, Ilda) |
V-Disc 78 12″: 585-B — Just A Little Fond Affection (1946) Joyce Record Club LP 12″: LP-2008 — The Radio Discs Of Gene Krupa (1976) |
| This Is It (Schwartz, Fields) |
Unissued | |
| It’s Up To You (Finckel) |
Unissued | |
| Tuxedo Junction (Feyne, Hawkins, Johnson, Dash) |
Unissued |
Date: August 21, 1945
Location: New York City, NY
Label: Columbia
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Johnny Bothwell, Adrian Tei (as), Charlie Kennedy, Charlie Ventura (ts), Stuart Olson (bar), Don Fagerquist, Vince Hughes, Tony Russo, Joe Triscari (t), Leon Cox, Bill Cully, Pullman “Tommy” Pederson (tb), Ed Yance (g), Teddy Napoleon (p), Irv Lang (b), Joe Dale, Gene Krupa (d), Anita O’Day, Buddy Stewart (v)
Date: September 26, 1945
Location: New York City, NY
Label: Columbia
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Bill Hitz, Harry Terrill (as), Charlie Kennedy, Charlie Ventura (ts), Sid Brown (bar), Don Fagerquist, Vince Hughes, Tony Russo, Pincus “Pinky” Savitt (t), Leon Cox, Andy Parker, Dick Taylor (tb), Frank Worrell (g), Teddy Napoleon (p), Irv Lang (b), Joe Dale, Gene Krupa (d), Anita O’Day, Buddy Stewart (v)
Date: October 23, 1945
Location: New York City, NY
Label: Columbia
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Charlie Kennedy, Harry Terrill (as), Charlie Ventura, Buddy Wise (ts), Joe Koch (bar), Don Fagerquist, Vince Hughes, Tony Russo, Pincus “Pinky” Savitt (t), Leon Cox, Nick Gaglio, Dick Taylor (tb), Frank Worrell (g), Teddy Napoleon (p), Irv Lang (b), Joe Dale, Gene Krupa (d), Anita O’Day, Buddy Stewart (v)
| CO-35335-1 | Tea For Two – vAO (Youmans, Caesar) |
Columbia 78 10″: 38345 — How High The Moon/Tea For Two (1948) Columbia LP 12″: KG-32663 — Gene Krupa, His Orchestra And Anita O’Day Featuring Roy Eldridge (1974) Realm Records LP 12″: V1-8184 — The Swinging Kings: Gene Krupa [RE] (1982) Columbia CD: CK-65625 — Let Me Off Uptown! (1999) |
| CO-35336-1A | Harriet (A Western Novelty Song – vAO, BS (Baer, Cunningham) |
Columbia 78 10″: 36890 — Harriet (A Western Novelty Song)/Are These Really Mine? (1945) Columbia LP 12″: KG-32663 — Gene Krupa, His Orchestra And Anita O’Day Featuring Roy Eldridge (1974) Collectables CD: COL-CD-7490 — Boogie,Ballads, And Be-Bop: The Best Of The Columbia Years 1945-1949 (2002) |
| CO-35337-2 | Yesterdays (Kern, Harbach) |
Columbia 78 10″: 36931 — Hop, Skip And Jump (Honey, Hurry, Hurry To Me)/Yesterdays (1945) Columbia EP 7″: B-2543 — Gene Krupa And His Orchestra (1957) Columbia Musical Treasuries LP 12″: P7S-5122 — Big Bands Revisited (1967) Columbia Special Products LP 12″: P-14714 — The Jazz Age Collection From Hathaway Columbia Special Products LP 12″: CSS-1506 — The Great Big Bands (1974) Columbia Musical Treasuries LP 12″: D/DS-144 — Remembrance (1976) Sony Music Special Products CD: A-10263 — The Great Big Bands (1992) |
All titles also on:
Ajaz LP 12″: AJAZ-219 — In Disco Order Volume 18 (1979)
Date: October 24, 1945
Location: New York City, NY
Label: Columbia
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Charlie Kennedy, Harry Terrill (as), Charlie Ventura, Buddy Wise (ts), Joe Koch (bar), Don Fagerquist, Vince Hughes, Tony Russo, Pincus “Pinky” Savitt (t), Leon Cox, Nick Gaglio, Dick Taylor (tb), Frank Worrell (g), Teddy Napoleon (p), Irv Lang (b), Joe Dale, Gene Krupa (d), Anita O’Day (v)
| CO-35242-1 [alternate] |
Lover (Rodgers, Hart) |
Collectables CD: COL-CD-7490 — Boogie, Ballads, And Be-Bop: The Best Of The Columbia Years 1945-1949 (2002) |
| CO-35242-3A | Lover (Rodgers, Hart) |
Columbia 78 10″: 36986 — Boogie Blues/Lover (1946) Columbia 78 10″: 38212 — Lover/Green Eyes (1948) Columbia EP 7″: ZTEP-26663 — Swing With: (1957) Columbia LP 12″: C2L-29 — Drummin’ Man (1963) Columbia Special Products LP 12″: CSP-107 — The Hot Ones Ajaz LP 12″: AJAZ-219 — In Disco Order Volume 18 (1979) Columbia Special Products LP 12″: P6-14954 — Big Band Bash (1979) Murray Hill/CSP LP 12″: M-61366 — Spotlight On Drums (1983) |
| CO-35342-1 | Hop, Skip And Jump (Honey, Hurry, Hurry To Me) – vAO (Keller, Livingston, Hoffman, Drake) |
Columbia 78 10″: 36931 — Hop, Skip And Jump (Honey, Hurry, Hurry To Me)/Yesterdays (1945) Ajaz LP 12″: AJAZ-219 — In Disco Order Volume 18 (1979) |