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Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973) was an American jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer. [2] [3] Krupa is widely regarded as one of the most influential drummers in the history of popular music.
Some fine drumming and miming from a true original. Surely an inspiration to both Keith Moon and Cosmo Kramer.
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Gene Krupa, all'anagrafe Eugene Bertram Krupa (Chicago, 15 gennaio 1909 – Yonkers, 16 ottobre 1973), è stato un batterista statunitense, bandleader di big band jazz, ed esponente di primo piano dell'età del jazz, uno dei primi batteristi ad acquisire una vasta popolarità.
8 nov 2019 · His drum solo on "Sing, Sing, Sing" (1937) elevated the role of the drummer from an accompanying line to an important solo voice in the band. In collaboration with the Slingerland drum and ...
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Gene Krupa (born January 15, 1909, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died October 16, 1973, Yonkers, New York) was an American jazz drummer who was perhaps the most popular percussionist of the swing era. After the death of his father, Krupa went to work at age 11 as an errand boy for a music company.
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28 feb 2019 · We’ll leave Gene Krupa at the end of the decade – just twenty-one years old and already fast becoming known as one of America’s most exciting young drummers – about to embark upon a career that at its peak would see him an international celebrity and one of the most garlanded musicians in the history of jazz up that point.
“Krupa was the first star drummer, the percussionist who transformed the drums from merely time-keeping to a prominent role as a solo instrument,” says John Edward Hasse, curator of American ...
