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    era". The youngest of Anna (née Oslowski) and Bartłomiej Krupa's nine children, Gene Krupa was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Bartłomiej was...
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  • The Gene Krupa Story (also known as Drum Crazy) is a 1959 biopic of American drummer and bandleader Gene Krupa. The conflict in the film centers on Krupa's...
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    after receiving many offers from white swing bands, Eldridge joined Gene Krupa's Orchestra, and was successfully featured with rookie singer Anita O'Day...
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  • drummer who says: "Now back to Gene Krupa's syncopated style!". This line was sampled in 1997 in Apollo Four Forty's song Krupa. The first Collector's Edition...
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    Parker (Bird and Diz, 1950). In 1955, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich recorded the collaboration album titled Krupa and Rich, which featured the song "Bernie's...
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    jazz drummer, but cites jazz musicians Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, and Buddy Rich, as well as rock drummers Keith Moon, Ian Paice, and John...
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    Bonham. A mostly self-taught drummer, Bonham was influenced by Max Roach, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. While he was primarily known for his hard-rock style during...
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    2018) was an American jazz trombonist who toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, and Frankie Carle. He played on over 250 recordings and released...
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  • Dawid Krupa (born 1980), Polish cyclist Emil Krupa-Krupinsky (1872-1924), German portrait painter, genre painter and graphic artist Gene Krupa (1909–1973)...
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  • brand. Slingerland is strongly associated with jazz drummers, such as Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, who played signature instruments made by the company....
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    scene. As time passed, he began to emulate jazz and big band musicians Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. In 1994, Peart became a friend and pupil of jazz instructor...
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    ten days of her stay there. While performing at the Off Beat, she met Gene Krupa, who promised to call her if Irene Daye, then his vocalist, ever left...
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  • being influenced by the likes of Sonny Payne, Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Max Roach and Art Blakey, as well as other jazz influenced drummers like...
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    copies and was awarded a gold disc. He starred as drummer Gene Krupa in the movie The Gene Krupa Story (1959), directed by Don Weis with Susan Kohner, James...
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    supporting roles in films including Gidget (1959) and its sequels, The Gene Krupa Story (1959), All the Young Men (1960), The Guns of Navarone (1961), and...
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    Oliver also had roles in several theatrical features, including The Gene Krupa Story (1959), BUtterfield 8 (1960) and The Caretakers (1963). By the late...
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  • the 1938 musical film That Certain Age. The song was also recorded by Gene Krupa and His Orchestra with Irene Daye on the vocals, and Geraldo and His Orchestra...
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  • Jadakiss, rapper, member of The LOX Ekrem Jevrić, Montenegrin singer, rapper Gene Krupa (1909–1973), drummer Clayton LeBouef (born 1954), actor Stagga Lee (born...
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    trombone of Jack Teagarden, the trumpet of Harry James, the drums of Gene Krupa, and the vibes of Lionel Hampton.[citation needed] The popularity of many...
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  • death in 1971 at age 53 from cancer, in Greenville, South Carolina. Gene Krupa, Gene Krupa and His Orchestra 1939–1940 (Classics, 1995) Charlie Spivak, Charlie...
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    with singer Connee Boswell He hired ex-bandleader and drummer Gene Krupa after Krupa's arrest for marijuana possession in 1943. In 1942, Artie Shaw broke...
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    restricted to the smaller, 14x14 floor toms. The floor tom was popularized by Gene Krupa in the 1950s, using a 16x16. The floor tom is also used as a small bass...
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    Phil 2012 The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America Gene Krupa Voice, documentary 2013 Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Slade Wilson...
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  • as a sideman, for musicians such as Wild Bill Davison, Eddie Condon, Gene Krupa, Dick Wellstood, and Kenny Davern. Balaban opened the third incarnation...
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  • "Drum Boogie" is a 1941 jazz "boogie-woogie" standard, composed by Gene Krupa and trumpeter Roy Eldridge and originally sung by Irene Daye, soon replaced...
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    1960s, including co-starring with Sal Mineo in both Dino (1957) and The Gene Krupa Story (1959). In her best-known role, Kohner played Sarah Jane in Imitation...
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    Budd Johnson, "Ya! Ya!" (Black and Blue, 1970) Gene Krupa, The Exciting Gene Krupa (Clef, 1953) Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, The Drum Battle (Verve, 1960)...
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    cymbals originally developed and named as part of the collaboration between Gene Krupa and the Avedis Zildjian Company. The current Zildjian Swish Knocker is...
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  • Polish-American drummer Gene Krupa and is almost completely instrumental. The only lyrics in the entire song are "Yeah yeah" and "Now back to Gene Krupa's syncopated...
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    to change his style to bebop, moving on to play with Claude Thornhill, Gene Krupa, and Woody Herman. He was Jewish. He accepted an invitation from Charlie...
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