Krupa and Rich

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Krupa and Rich
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Released1956
Recorded1 November 1955
Genre Jazz
Length49:40
Label Clef/Verve [1]
Producer Norman Granz
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Krupa and Rich is a 1956 studio album by jazz drummers Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, released on Norman Granz' Clef Records. Krupa and Rich play on two different tracks each and play together only on "Bernie's Tune." Krupa and Rich would record again for Verve Records; their album Burnin' Beat was released in 1962.

Contents

A 1994 CD re-issue from Verve included two Buddy Rich bonus tracks. [4]

Track listing

LP side A

  1. "Buddy's Blues" (Buddy Rich) – 10:27
  2. "Bernie's Tune" (Bernie Miller, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 13:54

LP side B

  1. "Gene's Blues" (Gene Krupa) – 7:44
  2. "Sweethearts on Parade" (Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman) – 8:47
  3. "I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn) – 8:51

Bonus tracks on 1994 CD re-issue

  1. "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Nathan "Ned" Miller, Jule Styne) – 10:48
  2. "The Monster" (Harry "Sweets" Edison) – 11:06

Personnel

on CD bonus tracks:

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References

  1. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440229169 via Google Books.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 849. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Krupa and Rich at AllMusic