Burnin' Beat

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Burnin' Beat
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Studio album by
Released1962
RecordedJanuary 18–19, 1962
Genre Jazz
Length33:26
Label Verve
Producer Norman Granz
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Burnin' Beat is a 1962 studio album by drummers Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa, the sequel to their 1955 album Krupa and Rich . [3]

Contents

Track listing

LP side A

  1. "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie) – 2:20
  2. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 2:35
  3. "Duet" – 4:32
  4. "Night Train" (Oscar Washington / James R Forrest / Lewin C Simpkins) – 3:21
  5. "King Porter Stomp" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 3:24

LP side B

  1. "Perdido" (Ervin Drake, Hans J. Lengsfelder, Juan Tizol) – 2:24
  2. "Evolution" – 9:20
  3. "Hawaiian War Chant" (Ralph Freed, Leleiohaku, Ray Noble) – 5:30

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Watson, Jimmy (16 February 1963). "Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa: Burnin' Beat" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 101. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. Burnin' Beat at AllMusic