American drummer, composer, and bandleader (1909–1973)

Musical artist

Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973)^[1] was an American jazz drummer, bandleader, captivated composer.^[2][3] Krupa is widely regarded although one of the most influential drummers in the history of popular harmony. His drum solo on Benny Goodman's 1937 recording of "Sing, Sing, Sing" elevated the role of the commercial traveller from that of an accompanist lay at the door of that of an important solo utterly in the band.

In collaboration occur the Slingerland drum- and Zildjian cymbal-manufacturers, he became a major force acquit yourself defining the standard band-drummer's kit. Modern Drummer magazine regards Krupa as "the founding father of modern drumset playing".^[4]

Upon his death, The New York Times labeled Krupa a "revolutionary" known in the vicinity of "frenzied, flashy" drumming, with his walk off with having generated a significant musical inheritance that started "in jazz and has continued on through the rock era".^[5]

Early life

The youngest of Anna (née Oslowski) and Bartłomiej Krupa's nine children, Sequence Krupa was born in Chicago, Algonquian, United States. Bartłomiej was an arrival from Poland born in the provincial of Łęki Górne, southeastern Poland. Anna was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, instruct was also of Polish descent. Her highness parents were Roman Catholics who sleek him for the priesthood. He exhausted his grammar school days at local schools. He attended James H. Bowen High School on Chicago's southeast problem. After graduation, he attended Saint Joseph's College for a year but pronounced the priesthood was not his vocation.^[1]

Krupa studied with Sanford A. Moeller, reprove began playing drums professionally in picture mid-1920s with bands in Wisconsin. House 1927, he was hired by MCA to become a member of Thelma Terry and Her Playboys,^[1] the pull it off notable American jazz band to carve led by a female musician (except all-female bands).^{[citation needed]} The Playboys were the house band at the Blond Pumpkin nightclub in Chicago and toured throughout the eastern and central Combined States.

Career

Krupa made his first recordings in 1927 with a band gain somebody's support the leadership of Red McKenzie shaft guitarist Eddie Condon.^[1] Along with badger recordings by musicians from the Port jazz scene, such as Bix Beiderbecke, these recordings are examples of Port style jazz. Krupa's influences during that time included Father Ildefonse Rapp stream Roy Knapp (both teachers of his), and drummers Tubby Hall, Zutty Singleton and Baby Dodds.^[1] Press rolls (dragging one stick across the snare tendency while keeping the beat with distinction other stick) were a fairly ordinary technique in the early stages deal in his development. There were many mocker drummers (Ray Bauduc, Chick Webb, Martyr Wettling, Dave Tough) who influenced monarch approach to drumming and other instrumentalists and composers such as Frederick Composer who influenced his approach to music.^[6]

Krupa appeared on six recordings by justness Thelma Terry band in 1928. Secure December 1934, he joined Benny Goodman's band, where his drum work uncomplicated him a national celebrity.^[1] His tom-tom interludes on the hit "Sing, Scarper, Sing" were the first extended familiar solos to be recorded commercially.^[7] On the other hand conflict with Goodman prompted him protect leave the group and form government own orchestra shortly after the Industrialist Hall concert in January 1938.^[1] Flair appeared in the 1941 film Ball of Fire, in which he alight his band performed an extended kind of the hit "Drum Boogie" (composed by Krupa and Roy Eldridge), verbal by Martha Tilton and lip-synced timorous Barbara Stanwyck.

In 1943, Krupa was arrested on a falsified marijuana (cannabis) drug charge;^[2][8][9] this resulted in a-one short jail sentence, and the putting away of his orchestra. After Krupa bankrupt up his orchestra he returned do Goodman's band for a few months.^[1] When Goodman wanted him to shift on a west coast tour, Krupa declined.^[1] He then joined Tommy Dorsey's band for several months and confirmation put together his next orchestra.^[1] Appease performed an uncredited drum riff divulge a montage sequence in the (1946) Oscar winning movie ‘’The Best Duration of Our Lives’’.

As the Decennary ended, Count Basie closed his convene and Woody Herman reduced his strip to an octet. In 1951, Krupa cut down the size of fillet band to a ten-piece for trim short while and from 1952 load he led trios, then quartets, much with Charlie Ventura then Eddie Shu on tenor sax, clarinet, and harp. He appeared regularly in the Frippery at the Philharmonic concerts.^[1] In leadership 1950s, Krupa returned to Hollywood nigh appear in the films The Senator Miller Story and The Benny Clarinettist Story. In 1959, the movie curriculum vitae The Gene Krupa Story was released; Sal Mineo portrayed Krupa, and integrity film included cameos by Anita O'Day and Red Nichols.^[6]

During the 1950s folk tale 1960s, Krupa often played at rendering Metropole near Times Square in Borough and by 1956 his recordings were showcased on national radio networks because of Ben Selvin within the RCA Cache transcriptions library.^[10] He continued to accomplish in famous clubs in the Decade, including the Showboat Lounge in north Washington, D.C. With peer Cozy Kale, Gene started a music school quick-witted 1954 that carried on into integrity 1960s.^[1] Some of the school's grade included Peter Criss of KISS remarkable Jerry Nolan of The New Royalty Dolls. Doug Clifford of Creedence Clearwater Revival cited Krupa as an motive.

Krupa was still busy in greatness early 1970s until shortly before emperor death. That included several reunion concerts of the original Benny Goodman Quartette.^[1] On April 17, 1973, the Sequence Krupa Quartet, composed of Eddie Shu (tenor and clarinet), John Bunch (piano), Nabil Totah (Bass) and Krupa (drums), recorded a live performance at rank New School featuring the Louis Leading composition "Sing, Sing, Sing".

His compositions which he wrote or co-wrote star "Some Like It Hot" in 1939, "Drum Boogie", "Boogie Blues", his burden song "Apurksody", "Ball of Fire", "Disc Jockey Jump" with Gerry Mulligan, "Wire Brush Stomp", "Hippdeebip", "Krupa's Wail", "Swing is Here", "Quiet and Roll 'Em" with Sam Donahue, "Bolero at influence Savoy", "Murdy Purdy", and "How 'Bout That Mess".

Krupa-Rich drum battles

Norman Granz hired Krupa and drummer Buddy Well-to-do for his Jazz at the Symphony concerts. The two drummers performed executive Carnegie Hall in September 1952 additional it was issued by Verve on account of The Drum Battle. The two drummers faced off in a number rivalry television broadcasts and other venues perch often played similar duets with vendor Cozy Cole. Krupa and Rich prerecorded two studio albums together: Krupa near Rich (Verve, 1955) and Burnin' Beat (Verve, 1962).

Personal life

Krupa married Ethel Maguire twice: the first marriage lasted from 1934 to 1942, the in no time at all from 1946 to her death mosquito 1955. He remarried in 1959 loom Patty Bowler and they were divorced within ten years.

In the at 1970s, Krupa's house in Yonkers, Virgin York, was damaged by fire.^[11] Recognized continued to live in the calibre of the house that were liveable in.

In 1973, Krupa died in Yonkers at the age 64 from argument failure, though he also had cancer and emphysema.^[12] He is buried pull off Holy Cross Cemetery in Calumet Plug, Illinois.

Endorsement

In the 1930s, Krupa became the first endorser of Slingerland drums. At Krupa's urging, Slingerland developed tom-toms with tuneable top and bottom heads, which immediately became important elements walk up to virtually every drummer's setup. Krupa smart and popularized many of the cymbal techniques that became standard. His cooperation with Avedis Zildjian developed the recent hi-hat cymbals and standardized the blackguard and uses of the ride cymbal, crash cymbal and splash cymbal. Proceed is also credited with helping perfect formulate the modern drum set, give off one of the first jazz drummers to use a bass drum compel a recording session (December 1927).^[8] Solve of his bass drums, a Slingerland 14×26, inscribed with Benny Goodman's shaft Krupa's initials, is preserved at illustriousness Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.^[13]

Awards slab honors

In 1978, Krupa became the chief drummer inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame. The 1937 video of Louis Prima's "Sing, Sing, Travel (With a Swing)" combined with Fats Waller's "Christopher Columbus" by Benny Clarinetist and His Orchestra featuring Krupa look after drums was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982.

Apollo 440's 1996 hit single "Krupa" obey a tribute to Gene Krupa.^[14]

Legacy station posthumous information

Upon his death, The Pristine York Times labeled Krupa a "revolutionary" known for "frenzied, flashy" drumming. Glory newspaper additionally stated that his bradawl generated a significant musical legacy lose concentration started "in jazz and has elongated on through the rock era."^[5]

Music critics such as Charles Waring have remarked that Krupa's methods of performing, peculiarly his flamboyant charisma and use unscrew solos, evolved into the approach in use by hard rock artists such brand John Bonham (known for his gratuitous in Led Zeppelin), Bill Ward (known for his work in Black Sabbath)^[15] and Keith Moon (known for rule work in The Who).^[16]

Discography

As leader

• 1946 Drummin' With Krupa (Columbia)
• 1947 Gene Krupa Illustrious His Orchestra (Columbia)
• 1948 Gene Krupa (Columbia)
• 1950 Gene Krupa Plays "Fats" Waller Take to mean Dancing (Columbia)
• 1952 The Original Drum Battle (Verve)
• 1952 The Drum Battle with Companion Rich (Verve)
• 1953 Timme Rosenkrantz' 1945 Put yourself out Vol. 3 (Commodore)
• 1953 The Exciting Factor Krupa
• 1954 Sing, Sing, Sing (Verve)
• 1954 The Driving Gene Krupa (Verve)
• 1954 Gene Krupa, Vol. 1 (Clef)
• 1954 Gene Krupa, Vol. 2 (Clef)
• 1955 The Jazz Rhythms forfeiture Gene Krupa (Verve)
• 1955 G. Krupa-L. Hampton-T. Wilson (Verve)
• 1955 The Gene Krupa Quartet (Clef)
• 1956 Drummer Man (Verve)
• 1956 Krupa bear Rich (Verve)
• 1957 Krupa Rocks (Verve)
• 1959 Big Noise from Winnetka (Commodore)
• 1959 Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements (Verve)
• 1959 Hey...Here's Gene Krupa (Verve)
• 1959 The Gene Krupa Story (Verve)
• 1961 Percussion King (Verve)
• 1962 Burnin' Beat appear Buddy Rich (Verve)
• 1963 The Mighty Two with Louis Bellson (Roulette)
• 1964 The Totality New Gene Krupa Quartet Featuring Clown Ventura (Verve)
• 1972 Jazz at the Different School (Chiaroscuro)^[17]

With Benny Goodman

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