Gene Krupa - At His Very Best

Gene Krupa was one of the all time great Jazz drummers. Born in 1909 in Chicago, he began playing drums as a child. In his youth he played along side Benny Goodman and Glen Miller before finding fame with Goodman and eventually leaving due to the inevitable clash of personalities. Teaming up with Tommy Dorsey was an emotional milestone which led to him forming a band of his own which he maintained through out the Forties and which forms the bulk of these recordings - his hey day. In the early Fifties he continued with a smaller group - normally a quartet.

1) Tutti-Frutti
2) Jeepers Creepers
3) Apurksody
4) Old Black Joe
5) Drummin' Man
6) Boog It
7) No Name Jive
8) Sergeant Was Shy
9) Rhumboogie
10) I Hear Music
11) Full Dress Hop
12) Deep in the Blues
13) Sweet Georgia Brown
14) Drum Boogie
15) Let Me Off Uptown
16) Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina
17) Stop! the Red Light's on
18) Bolero at the Savoy
19) Pass the Bounce
20) Starburst
21) Opus No. 1
22) Boogie Blues
23) In the Middle of May
24) Knock Me a Kiss
25) Tea for Two
26) Leave Us Leap
27) Disc Jockey Jump
28) Harriet
29) Dark Eyes
30) Up An' Atom
31) Calling Dr. Gillespie
32) I'll Never Be the Same
33) Birdhouse
34) It's Up to You
35) Lyonaise Potatoes and Some Pork Chops
36) Night and Day
37) Indiana
38) All By Myself
39) Love Is in My Heart
40) By the River St. Marie