- Audio CD (10 Aug 2010)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Import Music Services
- ASIN: B0000046SZ
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 92,029 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Masters.,
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This review is from: Krupa And Rich (Audio CD)
Drum battles between Krupa and Rich were always exciting,but this has something more.It is not a battle,more a collaboration. Although both swing-based their styles are very different.Rich was an unleashed monster whose subtler touches were often overlooked,whilst Krupa was the most musical of drummers who also had a magic that made the simplest beat something special.The two drummers loved each other,and it shows on this album.Their individual tracks are great but Bernie's Tune is the killer.Free-flowing,inventive and exciting drumming leading in to great solos from the guys in the ensemble. When the other musicians kick in Krupa remains to back them and then Rich takes over for the final choruses.This section shows most markedly their two styles....Krupa driving along with bass drum accents that are a joy,and then Buddy taking over and using more "top". And listen to how the ensemle reacts.Great solos from swingers like Roy Eldridge,modernists like Oscar Peterson,and be-boppers like Dizzy Gillespie showing that good jazz is good jazz regardless of style. These are masters at work.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beat generation.....,
By Claptout (Shetland, U.K.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Krupa And Rich (Audio CD)
This is a great jazz album, full stop.
What would have been a good drums orientated record, has been made into a fantastic CD of a couple of swinging sessions with the addition of the two extra trax (Sunday and Monster). These balance out the album beautifully, making it a fine listen for fans of trumpet, sax, piano and drums. I read Jack Kerouac's "On The Road" to this set, playing it again and again, and it was the perfect musical partner. Krupa and Rich: driving and exuberant. As relentless as Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty's American road-trips. The band blowing exhilarating, breathless improvisational jazz that was every way the musical equivalent of Kerouac's stream of consciousness......
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4.6 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews) 41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Drummer Men,
By "jaricco" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Krupa And Rich (Audio CD)
This is without a doubt the finest collaboration between the two most famous drummers ever. There is no sense of competition on this album, just wonderful, swinging interplay between these two giants. When one looks at Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa, one can make an analogy to Art Tatum and Count Basie on the piano. Rich, like Tatum, was simply the greatest technician on his respective instrument that ever lived. No one has even come close to duplicating what he did on the drums. Krupa, on the other hand, was a master of pure swing just like his counterpart on the piano, William Basie. Krupa could make the drums sing like any other instrument as his sticks literally danced on the drums. Krupa could play a simple beat and turn it into a mesmerizing mantra, whether it be on his snare or on the floor tom. What makes this album so special is that each drummer sticks to what he does best, and the result is an extremely even matchup. Krupa responds to Rich's thunderous technique with playful, entertaining, and always hard-swinging magic. And add the fact that the band on this session consists of trumpet giants Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge, tenor saxophonists Illinois Jacquet and Flip Phillips, and a rhythm section of Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, and Herb Ellis, this album cannot help but swing like mad.
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Krupa & Rich,
By Adam Brown - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Krupa And Rich (Audio CD)
This is an awesome CD filled with solos from the two most famous names in jazz drumming. Both drummers bring their bands to record a drum battle. Many talented musicians are also on this CD such as Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Elridge, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, and many others. With over 71 minutes of an awesome studio session, it is well worth the money.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The BEST of the best...,
By R. Bell "RB" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Krupa And Rich (Audio CD)
With the exception of the goof-ball who doesn't know how to use the Amazon artist search process, others who have commented have nailed this CD as one of the all-time best jazz albums. Like my colleague in Portland, I first heard this album on vinyl WAY back in the 1960s, and then acquired it in about 1965 (still have it, too--now, it's in a frame on the wall in my studio). As a 40+ year drummer with distinct affinity for swing and jazz, I consider this to be a technical study in performance. Krupa and Rich trading 4s and 8s is a wonderful primer on how seamlessly two performers can do what they do best.
If you have only one drumming CD in your collection, this is the one it should be. There is none better and you will bless the jazz-gods that you got your hands on it. My own son, aged 29 (also a drummer) even went and got his own copy---who would have ever thought that a 60 year old performance would still maintain its currency for modern drummers? |
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