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Carnegie Hall, New York City, 16 January 1938. An eager audience is keyed up with excitement, awaiting the first jazz concert at this prestigious classical music venue. At one time every drummer in ...

Big Noise From Winnetka ; Caravan.; Drum Boogie; Honeysuckle Rose; Moonlight in Vermont;The Shadow of Your Smile;Take the ‘A’ Train ; Alligator Crawl, featuring Dill Jones I recall reading somewhere ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Gene Krupa's birthday today! Gene Krupa was easily one of the most colorful personalities of the big band era. Despite his outrageous stage persona, Krupa was a serious ...

For today’s music youngsters, those folks younger than 60 years of age, the drummer first recalled probably is Ringo Starr of The Beatles. However, for us oldsters, the vibes of the swing era best ...

RED HOOK, N.Y. — Red Hook’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7765 will present a multi-media big band swing show, “The Gene Krupa Story,” on Saturday, Oct. 1, in the new Red Hook High School Auditorium.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The collection consists of printed materials relating to Gene Krupa and other big band musicians and band leaders, including Guy Lombardo and ...

Its jazz at its finest when former leader of the Glenn Miller Orchestra Tex Beneke superstar drummer Gene Krupa and clarinetist Jerry Wald join forces for the legendary performance captured here ...