The Drum Battle

~ Release by Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Issues

The credit here are dubious at best. Rich features only on one cut, most of the others are only there on 4 of the cuts, etc.
Please don't blindly source data from other databases... :/

Annotation last modified on 2007-11-30 09:47 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 [introduction]
Norman Granz 0:43
2 Idaho
Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich 6:46
3 Sophisticated Lady
Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich 4:39
4 Flying Home
Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich 6:00
5 Drum Boogie
Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich 9:04
6 The Drum Battle
Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich 3:36
7 Perdido
Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich 5:01

Credits

CD 1

trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (1952-09-13) (track 7)
Charlie Shavers (1952-09-13) (track 7)
drums:
Gene Krupa (1952-09-13) (tracks 2–7)
Buddy Rich (1952-09-13) (tracks 6–7)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (1952-09-13) (track 7)
bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (1952-09-13) (track 7)
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (1952-09-13) (track 7)
Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist) (1952-09-13) (tracks 2–5)
piano:
Hank Jones (1952-09-13) (tracks 2–5)
Oscar Peterson (1952-09-13) (track 7)
tenor saxophone:
Flip Phillips (1952-09-13) (track 7)
Lester Young (1952-09-13) (track 7)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (track 4)
Lionel Hampton (track 4)
Juan Tizol (track 7)
Jesse Stone (track 2)
Duke Ellington (American composer, pianist, & jazz bandleader) (1932) (track 3)
guest vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (1952-09-13) (track 7)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (track 3)
De Lange (track 4)
Jesse Stone (track 2)
producer:
Norman Granz (tracks 1–7)
spoken vocals:
Norman Granz (1952-09-13) (track 1)
writer:
Roy Eldridge (track 5)
Gene Krupa (track 5)
Irving Mills (1932) (track 3)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd (track 4)
Duke Ellington Music (track 3)
Famous Music Corporation (track 3)
Mills Music, Inc. (track 3)
Regent Music (BMI) (track 4)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in New York, New York, United States (1952-09-13) (tracks 1–7)
later versions:
Perdido (with lyrics) (track 7)
live cover recording of:
Perdido (original instrumental version) (1952-09-13) (track 7)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Drum Boogie (Krupa jazz song) (1952-09-13) (track 5)
Flying Home (1952-09-13) (track 4)
Idaho (1952-09-13) (track 2)
Sophisticated Lady (1952-09-13) (track 3)
part of:
Sophisticated Ladies (1981 musical) (track 3)
referred to in medleys:
Medley: Sophisticated Lady / Rocks in My Bed (track 3)
version of:
Flying Home (Instrumental version) (track 4)