On Carnegie Hall, Jan. 16, 1938, the Benny Goodman Orchestra swung its way into big band history. Gene Krupa, pounding out “Sing, sing, sing,” on the tom toms, made his own bit of big band history ...

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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. The Benny ...

The Master of Drums Elizabeth J Rosenthal 320 Pages ISBN: 978-0-8065-4320 Kensington Publishing Company 2025 In the interests of full disclosure, I spent an extended period with Gene Krupa as an ...

RED HOOK, N.Y. — Red Hook’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7765 will present a multi-media big band swing show, “The Gene Krupa Story,” on Saturday, Oct. 1, in the new Red Hook High School Auditorium.

The American Museum of Natural History called it a “lecture and demonstration” on The Origins of Primitive Rhythms. But what a thousand Manhattan youngsters heard one day last week was a thumping, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue Jazz Band, the American Music Repertory Ensemble and the Lab Jazz Band will pay tribute to drummers including Gene Krupa during an 8 p.m. Friday (Nov. 17) concert in ...

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