Gene Krupa
Listen to, buy or share
Buy
7digital
iTunes
Amazon
eBay
-
344,226
scrobbles
-
66,344 listeners
Tags
Biography
Many consider Krupa to be one of the most influential drummers of the 20th century, particularly regarding the development of the drum kit. Many jazz historians believe he made history in 1927 as the first kit drummer ever to record using a bass drum pedal. His drum method was published in 1938 and immediately became the standard text. He is also credited with inventing the rim shot on the snare drum. Rhythm, the UK’s best selling drum magazine voted Gene Krupa the third most influential drummer ever, in a poll conducted for its February 2009 issue. Voters included over 50 top-name drummers
Krupa was born Eugene Bertram Krupa to Polish parents in Chicago, Illinois. He began playing professionally in the mid 1920s with bands in Wisconsin. He broke into the Chicago scene in 1927, when he was picked by MCA to become a member of “Thelma Terry and Her Playboys”, the first notable American Jazz band (outside of all-girl bands) to be led by a female musician. The Playboys were the house band at The Golden Pumpkin nightclub in Chicago and also toured extensively throughout the eastern and central United States.
Top Albums
-
Drum Boogie
24,250 listeners20 tracks
Released:
-
Gene Krupa - 20th Century Drum Master
2,276 listeners20 tracks
Released:
-
Drums Drums Drums
10,852 listeners20 tracks
Released:
-
A Proper Introduction to Gene Krupa: Up an' Atom
19,733 listeners21 tracks
Amazon MP3
Listening Trend
Start scrobbling and track your listening history
Last.fm users scrobble the music they play in iTunes, Spotify, Rdio and over 200 other music players.
Create a Last.fm profileShoutbox
-
jazzthieve
Spotify playlist Jazz: Bebop, Cool, Swing, Vocal, Fusion, Modal, Stride, Dixieland, Third Stream, Big Band, Hard Bop
-
FastClaps
MAESTRO
-
ehsmeng
Learned about the man from the movie "The Glenn Miller Story". There's a fantastic scene with Glenn-actor, Louis Armstrong and Gene Krupa in that movie.
-
Lachgast
Got to know him thanks to the Take The 'A' Train station. It includes only interpretations of the Jazz standard 'Take the A-train' (about 210 of them available on Last.fm): Check out this link: a-train fm!
-
pelebonham
drum legend
-
DJB-Jam
yeah,he got busted for using Green back in the day
-
vladimir34
One of the few.
-
duomosik
If you like jazz clarinet, you should probably check out our new album JOHANN! Full length previews and a free download! Bon swing!
-
Shinmeiryuougi
Incidently, he was one of the first major muscians to be busted for marijuana related charges.
-
Shinmeiryuougi
Gene really knew how to have fun, didn't he?
-
Garbagio
Now, back to Gene Krupa's Syncopated Style.
-
miss_tremond
How come the shoutbox is still empty?!!!! Anyway..Gene Krupa rules. Saw him in ball of fire...the scene with him playing Drum Boogie with matches is awesome!
Top Listeners
-
CoraWTD
Top Listener -
leah9779
Top Listener -
EmisareOffice
Top Listener -
baskl
Top Listener
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Gene Krupa from Universal Music.
