The first definitive biography of Gene Krupa, the most famous drummer on the planet, whose feverish rhythms defined the Swing Era, changed jazz music forever, spurred rock and roll, and influenced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Benny Goodman Band launch into their opening number, 'Don't Be That Way'. The drummer pushes the beat with urgent press rolls, ...

Gene Krupa "stole Benny [Goodman]'s thunder," says Kennith Kimery, executive producer of the SMithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. "In the end that cost him his job." Hugh Talman, NMAH, SI When I ...

It was a few months back when I took note of a black and white movie airing on the Turner Classic Movie channel that my parents were watching after supper. The title of the 1941 flick from RKO ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Collection documents the musical career of Gene Krupa, including a biography from a magazine. There are four souvenir programs from concerts by ...

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 ...

DRUMS WEEK 2025: 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 ...