The Drum Battle

The Drum Battle
Live album by Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich
Released 1960
Recorded September 13, 1952, at Carnegie Hall, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Verve MG V-8369
Producer Norman Granz
Gene Krupa chronology
The Gene Krupa Story
(1959)The Gene Krupa Story1959		 The Drum Battle
(1960)		 Chicago...And All That Jazz!
(1961)Chicago...And All That Jazz!1961
Buddy Rich chronology
The Driver
(1960) The Driver1960		 The Drum Battle
(1960) The Drum Battle1960		 Playtime
(1961) Playtime1961

The Drum Battle – Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich at JATP (later issued as The Original Drum Battle!) is a 1960 live album by drummers Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, recorded at a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert at Carnegie Hall in 1952.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic[1]

Lindsay Planer writing on Allmusic wrote of the opening tracks that "While Smith drives the band, Krupa is front and center with his antagonistic percussive prodding. "Idaho" is marked with Jones' rollicking post-bop mastery as he trades solos with Smith and can be heard quoting lines from Monk before yielding to Smith. The cover of Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady" sparkles from beginning to end. Jones' opening flourish sets the tenure as Smith settles into a smoky lead, containing some nice syncopation and regal augmentation from Jones. ...The tempo is significantly stepped up on a cover of Benny Goodman's "Flying Home," which is full of high-spirited playing and garners a sizable reaction from the audience." Fitzgerald's performance on "Perdido" was described by Planer as "hot steppin' and definitive" and that her performance on the song featured "authority, class, and most of all, soul".[1] Rich and Krupa's performance on "The Drum Battle" was described by Planer as a "mile-a-minute wash of profound percussion".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Idaho" (Jesse Stone) – 7:26
  2. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 4:35
  3. "Flying Home" (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton) – 6:02
  4. "Drum Boogie" (Gene Krupa, Roy Eldridge) – 9:20
  5. "The Drum Battle" (Norman Shrudlu) – 3:20
  6. "Perdido" (Ervin Drake, Hans J. Langsfelder, Juan Tizol) – 3:30

Personnel

Production

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Drum Battle at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "The Drum Battle". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
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