Results for "Gene Krupa"

The Glenn Miller Story

April 17, 2009

The 1954 film starring James Stewart, The Glenn Miller Story traces Miller's rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful big band of his era. June Allyson is on hand as Miller's wife, Helen, who learns the value of patience when Glenn spends his wedding night jamming with Gene Krupa and Louis Armstrong. ...

The Gene Krupa Story

April 16, 2009

The Gene Krupa Story (1959) Review Published: December 26, 1959 THE word for “The Gene Krupa Story" is okay no less and certainly no more. Columbia's film biography of the king of hot jazz drummers arrived yesterday at the Forum with Sal Mineo in the title role, some dandy musical sequences and a plot ...

Louie Bellson: Tasteful Drummer, Sweeter Guy

by Jack Bowers
April 2, 2009

To say that drummer extraordinaire Louie Bellson, who left us on February 14, 2009 at age eighty-four, had a remarkable career would be to explicitly understate the record. Bellson's success at age 17 in a nationwide contest sponsored by one of his idols, Gene Krupa, and Slingerland Drums set the talented wunderkind on a path that ...

Louie Bellson Dies at 84

February 16, 2009

We regret to announce the unexpected passing of Louie Bellson on February 14, 2009. Tenative plans are for an L.A. area funeral, followed by funeral and burial in Moline, Illinois, his boyhood home. Details forthcoming. Condolences and cards to: Mrs. Louie Bellson c/o Remo, Inc. 28101 Industry Drive ...

Randy Brecker Quintet Honors Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" at the Kimmel Center

by Victor L. Schermer
February 11, 2009

Randy BreckerPerelman TheaterThe Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PAFebruary 7, 2009 Around the time that Miles Davis was recording the iconic album Kind of Blue in 1959, a kid from Philadelphia named Randy Brecker was learning to play trumpet, and not long after that, he entered the firmament ...

Leo Fender Honored Posthumously

February 7, 2009

The Recording Academy will bestow a technical award on the guitar maker whose instruments revolutionized pop music's sound. No invention since the phonograph more dramatically affected how popular music is made than Fender guitars, arriving as they did with the birth of rock 'n' roll. Buddy Holly was an early Fender convert; Jimi Hendrix used the ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Gene Krupa

January 15, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Gene Krupa's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Gene KrupaGene Krupa - drums, bandleader, (1909 - 1973) Gene Krupa was easily one of the most colorful personalities of the big band era. Despite his outrageous stage persona... more Website | Videos ...

Big Noise From Winnetka

Featuring the music of Gene Krupa
Duration: 4:06
January 15, 2009

Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements

By Gene Krupa

Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2005

The Gene Krupa Story

By Gene Krupa

Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2005