indicates availability on compact disc. This listing only includes selected Lp, Ep, and CD releases and is not meant to be a complete guide. I have included pull-down menus with track listings for certain albums. With the amount of recordings available, reduncancy is inevitable. A large percentage of these albums are out-of-print, including some of the CDs. With a little searching, you should be able to find them through a good used record store. Recordings as a Sideman Eddie Condon - Chicago Style (ASV Living Era CD AJA 5192) Features 2 tracks from Gene's first recording session in 1927, as well as 4 cuts from 1928. Other sidemen include Frank Teshemacher, Bud Freeman and Jack Teagarden. This is a historical landmark in drumming! Also features the drumming of Sid Catlett & George Wettling. Track Listing for above Sugar Nobody's Sweetheart There'll Be Some Changes Made I've Found A New Baby Oh! Baby Indiana That's a Serious Thing I'm Gonna Stomp Mr. Henry Lee The Minor Drag Harlem Fuss Margie Oh, Peter, You're So Nice! Who's Sorry Now? Madame Dynamite Home Cooking Wolverine Blues Jazz Me Blues Love Is Just Around the Corner Carnegie Jump Easy to Get China Boy I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of my Jelly Roll Ballin' the Jack A Good Man is Hard to Find pt 3 A Good Man is Hard to Find pt 4 Bix Beiderbecke - 1924-1930 (DRG 36183) Early dates featuring Bing Crosby, Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey & others. Track Listing for above At the Jazz Band Hall Copenhagen Royal Garden Blues Mississippi Mud Sorry Take Your Tommorrow Goose Pimples Wa-Da-Da Rhythm King Since My Best Girl Turned Me Down There'll Come A Time Barnacle Bill the Sailor Deep Harlem Rockin' Chair I Like That Jazz Me Blues Bix Beiderbecke - At the Jazz Band Ball (ASV/Living Era 5080) Early dates featuring Bing Crosby, Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey & others. Fats Waller - Fats Waller and His Buddies (Bluebird 61005-2) 1927-29 recordings featuring Red Allen, James P. Johnson, Eddie Condon & others. Coleman Hawkins - 1929-1934 (Classics 587) Features John Kirby, Red Allen, Pee Wee Russell, Muggsy Spanier & others. Billie Holiday - The Legacy Box 1933-1958 (Columbia C3K-47724) 3 disc set covers Holiday's career. With Count Basie, Red Allen, Chu Berry & others. Benny Goodman - 1931-1933 (Classics 719) Features Bunny Berigan, Teagarden, Ray Bauduc, Glenn Miller & others. Benny Goodman and The Giants of Swing (Prestige 7644) - 1933-35 recordings featuring Jack Teagarden. Track Listing for above Texas Tea Party Ain't Cha Glad Dr. Heckle & Mr. Jibe I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues The Last Roundup Jazz Me Blues Three Little Words Blues of Israel Doin' the Uptown Lowdown Sweet Lorraine In De Ruff Jazz Me Blues The Complete Benny Goodman, Vol. 1 (1935) (RCA AXK2-5505) -Early dates with Goodman, features first Trio recordings. Benny Goodman - Stompin' at the Savoy (Bluebird 61067-2) 1935-38 Recordings arranged by Count Basie & Fletcher Henderson, featuring Bunny Berigan. Benny Goodman - The Birth of Swing (Bluebird 61038-2) 3 disc set featuring all of Goodman's 1935-36 recordings. I won't list the entire track listing but this baby is packed! Total of 71 tracks including lots of alternate takes. Benny Goodman - Airplay (Doctor Jazz AGK-40350) 1936-38 live broadcasts featuring full band, trio & quartet. Davey Tough plays drums on 11 cuts. Track Listing for above I Want to Be Happy Swing Low Sweet Chariot Body & Soul Dinah Stompin' At the Savoy Shine Japanese Sandman An Apple a Day Some of These Days Goodbye Chicago Moten Swing You're Blase I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams Stardust Russian Lullabye In a Mist Margie You Go to My Head You're Driving Me Crazy Lullabye in Rhythm Bumble Bee Stomp Benny Goodman Trio & Quartet - The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings (BMG 09026-68764-2) 3 disc set of every small group recording from July 1935 to April 1939. Includes 20 alternate takes, booklet with several pics and picture discs. Disc 3 features Davey Tough on drums. A must have collection! Track Listing for above After You've Gone Take 1 After You've Gone Take 2 Body & Soul Take 1 Body & Soul Take 2 Who? Someday, Sweetheart China Boy More Than You Know All My Life Oh, Lady Be Good Nobody's Sweetheart Too Good to be True Moonglow Take 1 Moonglow Take 2 Dinah Exactly Like You Vibraphone Blues Sweet Sue, Just You Take 1 Sweet Sue, Just You Take 2 My Melancholy Baby Tiger Rag Take 1 Stompin' At the Savoy Take 1 Stompin' At the Savoy Take 2 Whispering Tiger Rag Take 2 Tiger Rag Take 3 Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider Tea for Two Runnin' Wild Avalon Take 1 Avalon Take 2 Handful of Keys Take 1 Handful of Keys Take 2 The Man I Love Smiles Liza Where or When Silhouetted in the Moonlight Vieni, Vieni, Vieni Take 1 Vieni, Vieni, Vieni Take 2 I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas Take 1 I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas Take 2 Bei Mir Bist Du Schon Part One Take 2 Bei Mir Bist Du Schon Part One Take 1 Bei Mir Bist Du Schon Part Two Take 1 Sweet Lorraine The Blues in Your Flat Take 1 The Blues in Your Flat Take 2 The Blues in My Flat Sugar Take 1 Sugar Take 2 Dizzy Spells Opus 1/2 I Must Have That Man Sweet Georgia Brown 'S Wonderful Take 1 'S Wonderful Take 2 Pick-A-Rib Part One Take 1 Pick-A-Rib Part One Take 2 Pick-A-Rib Part Two Take 2 I Cried for You Take 1 I Cried for You Take 2 I Know That You Know Take 1 I Know That You Know Take 2 Opus 3/4 Take 1 Opus 3/4 Take 2 Benny Goodman - On the Air 1937-1938 (Columbia/Legacy 4883) 2 disc set of live material previously released on 1937-38 Jazz Concert #2. Also includes several unreleased live recordings with full band, trio & quartet. Also features the drumming of Davey Tough and Buddy Schutz. Track Listing for above Introduction/Let's Dance Ridin' High Moten Swing Nice Work If You Can Get It Vibraphone Blues The Sheik of Araby Peckin' Sunny Disposish Nagasaki Whispers in the Dark St. Louis Blues Life Goes to a Party Sugar Foot Stomp Moonglow I'm a Ding Dong Daddy I Hadn't Anyone Til You Bumble Bee Stomp Down South Camp Meetin' The Naughty Waltz Sweet Leilani Vieni, Vieni Sometimes I'm Happy Roll 'Em King Porter Stomp Have You Met Miss Jones? Limehouse Blues Shine Always When Buddha Smiles Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day Laughing at Life Running Wild You Turned the Tables On Me Darktown Strutters Ball My Gal Sal Bugle Call Rag Mama, That Moon is Here Again Clarinet Marmalade Time On My Hands Stardust In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree Benny Sent Me Everybody Loves My Baby Moonlight on the Highway Josephine Killer Diller Someday Sweetheart Caravan Goodbye Benny Goodman - 1938 Bill Dodge All-Star Recordings Complete (Circle 111) Remastered tracks featuring Jack Jenney on trombone. Benny Goodman Live At Carnegie Hall (Columbia Jazz Masterpieces G2K 40244) Legendary 1938 recording featuring full band, Trio and Quartet. The first jazz concert performed at Carnegie Hall and one of the most important recordings in the history of jazz. If you get one Krupa recording, this should be the one. Track Listing for above Don't Be That Way One O'Clock Jump Sensation Rag I'm Coming Virginia When My Baby Smiles At Me Shine Blue Reverie Life Goes To A Party Honeysuckle Rose Body & Soul Avalon The Man I Love I Got Rhythm Blue Skies Loch Lomond Blue Room Swingtime In The Rockies Bei Mir Bist Du Schon China Boy Stompin' At the Savoy Dizzy Spells Sing Sing Sing Big John's Special Benny Goodman At Carnegie Hall - Complete (Columbia/Legacy C2K 65143) Same as above with 2 extra songs previously unavailable (Sometimes I'm Happy, If Dreams Come True). Also includes Buck Clayton's infamous 3rd chorus on "Honeysuckle Rose" which was edited from the original release, along with Freddie Green's unamplified guitar solo. The Original Benny Goodman Trio & Quartet Sessions Vol. 1 (Bluebird Treasury Series 5631-2-RB) Studio recordings from 1935-37. Track Listing for above After You've Gone Body & Soul Who Someday Sweetheart China Boy More Than You Know All My Life Oh Lady Be Good Nobody's Sweetheart Too Good to be True Moonglow Dinah Exactly Like You Vibraphone Blues Sweet Sue-Just You My Melancholy Baby Tiger Rag Stompin' At the Savoy Whispering Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider Tea For Two Runnin' Wild Benny Goodman and his Orchestra - Sing, Sing, Sing (Bluebird Treasury Series 5630-2-RB) Big Band recordings from 1935-38. Track Listing for above King Porter Stomp Sometimes I'm Happy Basin Street Blues If I Could Be with You Goody Goody Christopher Columbus Sing Me A Swing Song Anything For You These Follish Things Remind Me of You Down South Camp Meeting Bugle Call Rag Goodnight My Love He Ain't Got Rhythm I Want to Be Happy Roll 'Em Thanks for the Memory Don't Be That Way One O'Clock Jump Ti-Pi-Tin Sing Sing Sing Goodbye Benny Goodman - Way Down Yonder (1943-1944) (Vintage Jazz Classics 100) Recordings made for WWII servicemen. Original recordings & outtakes. The Benny Goodman Story (MCA MCAD-4055) 1956 Film soundtrack recreates Goodman's golden era. Track Listing for above Let's Dance Down South Camp Meetin' King Porter Stomp It's Been So Long Roll 'Em Bugle Call Rag Don't Be That Way You Turned the Tables On Me Goody Goody Slipped Disc Stompin' At The Savoy One O'Clock Jump Memories of You China Boy Moonglow Avalon And the Angels Sing Jersey Bounce Sometimes I'm Happy Shine Sing Sing Sing Benny Goodman - Together Again (Bluebird 6283-2-RB13) 1963 Reunion with Teddy Wilson & Lionel Hampton. Track Listing for above Seven Come Eleven Say It Isn't So I've Found A New Baby Somebody Loves Me Who Cares Runnin' Wild I've Got It Bad & That Ain't Good Dearest I'll Get By Four Once More Benny Goodman - King of Swing 1958-1967 (Accord 300152) Features a myriad of top names. Dinah Shore, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel & others. Charlie Christian - 1939-1941 (Best of Jazz 4032) Compilation featuring Count Basie, Goodman, Jo Jones, Cootie Williams & many others. Lionel Hampton - Compact Jazz (Verve 833287) All star recordings from 1954-55 featuring Gene on a few tracks. Track Listing for above Flying Home The Man I Love Je Ne Sais Pas The High & the Mighty China Boy On the Sunny Side of the Street That Old Black Magic Moonglow Gladys Airmail Special Eddie Condon - The Town Hall Concerts (Jazzology JCD-1001/1002, 1003/1004, 1005/1006, 1007/1008, 1009/10) Five 2 cd sets of Condon's legendary traditional jazz all-star bands. Available directly through Jazzology. Norman Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic - Hartford 1953 (Pablo Live 2308-240) Features Gene on "Cottontail" with all-star band, includes Charlie Shavers, Roy Eldridge, Flip Phillips, Willie Smith and others. Track Listing for above Cottontail - Jam Session Air Mail Special-Oscar Peterson Quartet Swinging on a Star-Oscar Peterson Quartet The Man I Love-Oscar Peterson Quartet 7 Come 11-Oscar Peterson Quartet D.B. Blues-Lester Young I Cover the Waterfront-Lester Young Up-N-Adam-Lester Young Cozy Cole - Drum Beat for Dancing Feet (Coral CRL 757423) Highly commercial 1962 production featuring Cole, Krupa, Ray McKinley and Panama Francis. Orchestra directed by Henry Jerome. Track Listing for above I Could Have Danced All Night Dream You're the Top I Love Paris Night & Day You Do Something To Me Smoke Gets In Your Eyes I'll Get By Begin the Beguine Once In Love With Amy Dancing In The Dark What Is This Thing Called Love Eddie Condon - Live At The New School (Chiaroscuro CR 110) - Gene's final officially released recording from April 1972. Features Wild Bill Davison, Kenny Davern and Dick Wellstood. Recordings as a Leader Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - The Chronogical 1935-38 (Classics 754)The first cd in an excellent series from France's "Classics" label. Features every recording from Gene Krupa & his Chicagoans with Benny Goodman & Israel Crosby, Gene Krupa's Swing Band with Goodman, Roy Eldredge & Chu Berry, and Gene's first Orchestra from 1938. Track Listing for above The Last Round Up Jazz Me Blues Three Little Words Blues Of Israel I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music Mutiny In The Parlour I'm Gonna Clap My Hands Swing Is Here Grandfather's clock Prelude To A Stomp One More Dream The Madam Swings It I Know That You Know Feelin' High And Happy Fare Thee Well, Annie Laurie Jam On Toast If It Rains, Who Cares? Wire Brush Stomp What Goes On Here There's Honey On The Moon Tonight Meet The Beat Of My Heart My Own You're As Pretty As A Picture Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - The Chronogical 1938 (Classics 767)Complete collection of Gene's 1938 band featuring Vido Musso & Irene Day. Track Listing for above Rhythm Jam Nagasaki Any Time At All Tutti Frutti Tell Me With Your Kisses Bye Bye Blues After Looking At You Love Doesn't Grow On Trees Walkin' And Swingin' Since My Best Girl Turned Me Down Wait Until My Heart Finds Out Jeepers Creepers Say It With A Kiss Lightly And Politely Bolero At The Savoy Murdy Purdy Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-E I Won't Believe It Never Felt Better, Never Had Less An Old Curiosity Shop Apurksody Do You Wanna Jump, Children? Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - The Chronogical 1939 (Classics 799)22 recordings featuring Irene Day & Floyd O' Brien. Track Listing for above The Lady's In Love With You Some Like It Hot Quiet And Roll 'Em The Madam Swings It Dracula My Hands Are Tied Variety Is The Spice Of Life Foo For Two Hodge Podge Swanee River Challenger Chop Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair Don't Be Surprised You Taught Me To Love Again Down By The Old Mill Stream Jungle Madness Guess I'll go Back Home This Summer You And Your Love Moonlight Serenade Old Black Joe Whisper While We Dance Sweetheart, Honey, Darlin', Dear Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - The Chronogical 1939-40 (Classics 834)23 track collection features trumpeter Corky Cornelius & guitarist Ray Biondi. Track Listing for above My Old Kentucky Home Take Your Love I Like To Recognize The Tune All Dressed Up Spic And Spanish On The Beam Symphony In Riffs After All You're A Lucky Guy Vagabond Dreams Drummin' Man I'd Love To Call You My Sweetheart Three Little Words Marcheta Blue Rhythm Fantasy Part 1 Blue Rhythm Fantasy Part 2 A Lover Is Blue I've Got No Strings The Rumba Jumps I've Got My Eyes On You The Woodpecker Song A Lovers Lullaby It Happened In Kaloha Boog It Gene Krupa & his Orchestra "The Radio Years" 1940 (Jazz Unlimited JUCD 2021) Live remote recording from Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook features Corky Cornelius and Floyd O'Brien. Includes announcer Bill Abernathy repeatedly referring to Gene as "America's #1 Drummer Boy, Gene Kruper." Track Listing for above Apurksody Bugle Call Rag Pyramid I've Got No Strings Indian Summer Starlit Hour Cherokee It's a Blue World/Apurksody Apurksody Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-E Bluebirds In the Moonlight This Changing World Foo For Two On a Little Street in Singapore Birth of Passion I've Got My Eyes on You In the Mood Apurksody The Gene Krupa Story (Proper Records U.K) 4 CD set, not to be confused with the film soundtrack, containing 99 songs from 1938 to 1947. Studio recordings and airchecks with varying sound quality. Drums Drums Drums - Gene Krupa (Castle MAC CD 362) Studio recordings and previously unreleased live dates from 1939 to the mid-forties. Features Roy Eldridge, Leo Watson and Red Rodney. Track Listing for above Drummin' Man Leave Us Leap Drum Boogie Boogie Blues Bolero At The Savoy Lover Massachusetts Symphony In Riffs Opus One After You've Gone Do You Wanna Jump Children? Tuxedo Junction Boog-It Body & Soul That's What You Think Wire Brush Stomp Nagasaki Disc Jockey Jump Rhumboogie How High the Moon Drummin' Man (Columbia C2L-29) - Excellent 1938-1949 anthology. Features 2 Lps and booklet. Track Listing for above Apurksody Drummin' Man Rhythm Jam Quiet and Roll 'Em Tutti Frutti Sweetheart, Honey, Darlin', Dear Tuxedo Junction Drum Boogie Bolero at the Savoy Let Me Off Uptown Rockin' Chair Massachusetts After You've Gone Skylark Knock Me A Kiss That's What You Think Leave Us Leap What's This? Dark Eyes Body & Soul Opus #1 How High the Moon Boogie Blues Lover Starburst Gene's Boogie Disc Jockey Jump There Is No Breeze Calling Dr. Gillespie I Should Have Kept On Dreaming Up an Atom Lemon Drop Gene Krupa & His Orchestra (Jazz Hour JH-1044) - Excellent collection of airchecks from 1939 to 1943, featuring Roy Eldridge, Charlie Ventura and Buddy DeFranco. Includes lots of funny banter between Gene and the announcer. Track Listing for above Introduction/Cherokee Dialog My Prayer Three Little Words Ciribiribin Lilacs In The Rain Dialog On Drumming I'd Like to Call You My Sweetheart Marcheta Dialog Symphony In Riffs Introduction/On the Beam I'd Like to Recognize the Tune Krupa History I Want a Big Fat Mama Who Blue Skies I Had the Craziest Dream Wire Brush Stomp Slender, Tender & Tall Blue Rhythm Fantasy Drum Boogie Buster's Last Stand Ventura-Eldridge Improvising Knock Me A Kiss Stuff In Your Cuff Uptown - Roy Eldridge with the Gene Krupa Orchestra featuring Anita O'Day. (Columbia Jazz Masterpieces CK 45448) 1941-1949 material showcases Roy Eldridge's days with Krupa. Track Listing for above Green Eyes Let Me Off Uptown Kick It! After You've Gone Rockin' Chair Amour Stop! The Red Light's On Watch the Birdie The Walls Keep Talking Skylark Bolero at the Savoy Thanks For the Boogie Ride Keep 'Em Flying Pass the Bounce Ball of Fire Harlem on Parade Knock Me A Kiss Barrelhouse Bessie from Basin Street That Drummer's Band "Murder" He Says Bop Boogie Watch Out! Swiss Lullaby Why Fall in Love With a Stranger? Gene Krupa Jazz Trio (Columbia Hall of Fame Series B2519) - 7" EP features 4 cuts with Charlie Ventura & Teddy Napoleon. Track Listing for above Body & Soul Stompin' At The Savoy Dark Eyes After You've Gone Gene Krupa & his Orchestra 1944-46 (Hep 16) - Live big band recordings featuring strings. With Charlie Ventura and Red Rodney. Track Listing for above Blue Moon There's No You It's Up to You I Do it All Over Again Wirebrush Stomp No.2 Lover Chickery Chick Leave Us Leap Hop, Skip and Jump We'll Gather Lilacs Tea for Two These Foolish Things Limehouse Blues The Man I Love Out of Nowhere Town Hall Concert (Commodore CCD 7006) - out-of-print. Excellent all around concert featuring GK Jazz Trio, Bill Coleman Quartet, Teddy Wilson with Flip Phillips and the Stuff Smith Trio. Track Listing for above Stardust-Bill Coleman Quartet Stomping at the Savoy-GK Trio Body & Soul-GK Trio Limehouse Blues-GK Trio Where or When-Teddy Wilson I Know That You Know-Teddy Wilson Perdido-Stuff Smith Trio Bugle Call Rag-Stuff Smith Trio Desert Sands-Stuff Smith Trio Sweet & Lovely-Teddy Wilson Quintet I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me-Teddy Wilson Quintet Drummin' Man (Columbia CL2515 10"Lp) - previously released first Big Band recordings. Track Listing for above Drummin' Man Drum Boogie Manhattan Transfer Wire Brush Stomp Marcheta Bolero At the Savoy Gene Krupa & his Orchestra On the Air (Aircheck 35) - 1944-46 radio broadcasts, 1943 V-Discs. That Drummer's Band (Epic/Encore Series EE22027) - 1940-1942. Challenging the Challenger (First Herd FH 35) - 1945 Big Band with string section. Gene Krupa V-Disc Recordings (IMC/Movieplay) - WWII recordings made for servicemen, features GK Jazz Trio and Gene announcing a few cuts. Track listing on cd insert is out of order, with various typos and also has "Boogie Blues" titled as "Ooh Hot Dog"(as does the original V-Disc 78). Nevertheless is a great, rare recording. Track Listing for above Intro Gene Krupa Stompin' At the Savoy Ooh Hot Dog(Boogie Blues) Opus 3 Hodge Podge Liza Fish Market That Drummer's Band Drum Boogie Intro Gene Krupa #2 Wire Brush Stomp Dark Eyes The Very Thought of You Just a Little Fond Affection Let Me Off Uptown Gene Krupa & his Orchestra with Anita O'Day and Roy Eldridge (Verve 2008) Norman Granz' produced 1956 reunion. Gene Krupa - Drummer Man (Verve MGV-2008) Reunion band with Roy Eldridge & Anita O'Day from 1956. Track Listing for above Let Me Off Uptown Rockin' Chair Opus 1 Fish Fry Drummin' Man Drum Boogie Boogie Blues Leave Us Leap Slow Down Wire Brush Stomp That's What You Think After You've Gone Gene Krupa (Columbia Special Products JCL 753) - Big Band recordings from 1940-47, featuring Roy Eldridge & Anita O'Day. Track Listing for above After You've Gone "Murder" He Says Tuxedo Junction Drum Boogie Disk Jockey Jump Massachusetts Let Me Off Uptown Slow Down Boogie Blues That's What You Think Knock Me A Kiss Leave Us Leap Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - Krupa Swings (Encore P 14379) - Unissued and re-issued Big Band recordings from first band, 1938-42. Track Listing for above The Madam Swings It Symphony In Riffs Time Out The Birth of Passion Tuxedo Junction No Name Jive St. Louis Blues The Babe Takes A Bow Full Dress Hop How Do! Bolero At The Savoy Beaver King Krupa - Gene Krupa Orchestra (Swing Treasury 106) - Live 1945 recordings feature Charlie Ventura, Anita O'Day and Buddy Stewart. Track Listing for above Up and Atom Blue Lou Lover There's No You Challenging the Challenger King Porter Stomp Harriet Bolero At The Savoy Futurama I Walked In With My Eyes Wide Open It's Up To You Every Human Out You Go One O'Clock Jump Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - Hollywood Palladium Jan. 18, 1945 (Canby CACD-1003) Poor quality radio broadcasts with Charlie Ventura & Buddy Stewart. Track Listing for above Whispering Some Day Soon Wire Brush Stomp #2 I Should Care Moontide What's This Please Don't Say No Challenging the Challenger Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - What's This? 1946 Vol. 1 (Hep CD 26) Featuring Red Rodney and the GK Jazz Trio with Charlie Ventura. Track Listing for above Indiana My Old Flame Up and Atom Wings on my Shoes Calling Dr. Gillespie They Didn't Believe Me Stompin' At the Savoy What's This Begin the Beguine My Ideal Love's In My Heart Tea for Two Bolero at the Savoy Leave Us Leap Star Dust King Porter Stomp I'll Never Be The Same Wire Brush Stomp Otto Make That Riff Staccato You Go To My Head Lyonnaise Potatoes & Some Porkchops Lover Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - It's Up To You 1946 Vol.2 (Hep CD 46) Another excellent release from England's Hep label. Features arrangements by Eddie Finkel & Gerry Mulligan. Recordings of full band and Jazz Trio. Track Listing for above Blue Lou Summertime Hodge Podge Boogie Blues Bugle Call Rag Ain't Nowhere The Man I Love 10 Ritchie Drive It's Up to You Yesterdays Margie Night & Day By the River St. Marie These Foolish Things Duke Ellington Medley I Hear You Screamin' Baby, Won't You Please Come Home How High the Moon Birdhouse It's A Good Day You Be You Dear Old Southland Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - Hop, Skip and Jump 1946 Vol.3 (Hep CD 51)Third disc in the Hep series features 1946 & 1947 studio and broadcast recordings. Recordings of full band and Jazz Trio. Track Listing for above All By Myself That Old Devil Moon Yes, Yes My Honey How Deep Is The Ocean Hop, Skip & Jump Out of Nowhere What Is This Thing Called Love Some Day Soon U.S.O. And Then I Looked At You Bolero At The Savoy King Porter Stomp Old Folks At Home Idaho Where Or When In the Moon Mist Dark Eyes Sweet Lorraine He's Funny That Way (Otto Make That) Riff Staccato Come To The Mardi Gras As Long As I'm Dreaming Leave Us Leap Hot Drums - Gene Krupa (Stack-O-Hits Lp AG 9048) (Classic CD 7776) - previously unreleased(as of the Lp's 1981 release) live Big Band performances from the late 40's. Also available on CD. Track Listing for above Gene's Boogie Drum Boogie Futurama G-Bop Lemon Drop Birdhouse Samaba Pennies From Heaven Disc Jockey Jump Let Me Off Uptown Gene Krupa-Marty Napoleon-Charlie Ventura (Ozone 25) - Budget Lp of bootlegged trio performance from 1952. Teddy Napoleon actually plays piano, not Marty. Track Listing for above Fine's Idea The Man I Love Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone St. Louis Blues Idaho Stardust Dark Eyes Yesterdays Stomping at the Savoy The Original Drum Battle - Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich (Verve V6-8484) JATP recordings from 1952 and 1954. Featuring Lionel Hampton and Oscar Peterson. Also available on cd under the original Lp title, "The Drum Battle", on Verve 314 559 810-2. Track Listing for above Idaho Sophisticated Lady Flying Home Drum Boogie The Drum Battle Perdido Jazz At the Philharmonic - Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich The Drum Battle (Verve 815 146 1) - Repackaging of "The Original Drum Battle" with slightly different track listing. Featuring Lester Young and Buddy DeFranco. Track Listing for above Cottontail Flyin' Home Drum Boogie The Drum Battle Perdido Jazz At The Philharmonic In Tokyo 1953 (Pablo Live PACD-2620-104-2) - Great 2 cd set features Oscar Peterson and Benny Carter with the GK Trio. Gene's solo on "Stompin' At the Savoy" is incredible! Also includes Ella Fitzgerald and the JATP All-Stars. Track Listing for above Tokyo Blues-JATP All-Stars Cotton Tail-JATP All-Stars Ballad Medley-JATP All-Stars That Old Black Magic-Oscar Peterson Trio Tenderly-Oscar Peterson Trio Up-Oscar Peterson Trio Sushi-Oscar Peterson Trio Alone Together-Oscar Peterson Trio Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home-Oscar Peterson Trio Indiana-GK Trio Cocktails For Two-GK Trio Don't Be That Way-GK Trio Stompin' at the Savoy-GK Trio On the Sunny Side of the Street-Ella Fitzgerald Body & Soul-Ella Fitzgerald Why Don't You Do Right-Ella Fitzgerald Lady Be Good-Ella Fitzgerald I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good-Ella Fitzgerald How High the Moon-Ella Fitzgerald My Funny Valentine-Ella Fitzgerald Smooth Sailin'-Ella Fitzgerald Frim Fram Sauce-Ella Fitzgerald Perdido-Ella Fitzgerald with the JATP All-Stars Gene Krupa Quartet and Max Roach/Clifford Brown Quintet (Hall of Fame Jazz Greats JG 633) - Recorded live in 1955 at Jazz at the Philharmonic. Features Eddie Shu, Bobby Scott and Whitey Mitchell. One of the best live dates by Gene, his drums are explosive. Includes a 16 minute version of "Sing Sing Sing." Track Listing for above Sleepy Lagoon Sing Sing Sing Variations(Max Roach) How High the Moon Drum Boogie - Gene Krupa his Trio & Sextet (Verve/Clef MGC-703) - Excellent Lp features reconstituted trio recordings with Charlie Ventura & Teddy Napoleon and "All-Star" sextet with Charlie Shavers, Teddy Wilson and Willie Smith. Track Listing for above St. Louis Blues Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Stardust Fine's Idea Perdido Drum Boogie Capital Idea Paradise Classics In Percussion - Gene Krupa (Verve-8450) - 1961 semi-classical release features 4 man percussion group including Mousey Alexander. Great display of Gene's orchestral training. Also released by Verve under the title Percussion King (Verve-8414). Track Listing for above The Galloping Comedians American Bolero Espana Cani Sabre Dance Meadowland Valse Triste Arab Dance(Nutcracker Suite) Ritual Fire Dance March(Nutcracker Suite) Poet and Peasant Overture Perdido - The Gene Krupa Quartet (Swing House SWH 21) - Live small group recordings from 1961-62. Featuring Charlie Ventura. Track Listing for above Theme/I Never Knew Poor Butterfly Perdido I'm Getting Sentimental Over You I Can't Get Started Big Noise From Winnetka Perdido Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements (Verve/Clef 8292) - 1958 big band recordings, very modern sounding group. Track Listing for above Bird House Margie Mulligan Stew Begin the Beguine Sugar The Way of All Flesh Disc Jockey Jump Birds Of A Feather Sometimes I'm Happy How High the Moon If You Were the Only Girl Yardbird Suite The Gene Krupa Story (Verve Celebrity 15010) - 1959 film soundtrack. Features Shelly Manne, Red Nichols and Anita O'Day. Track Listing for above Main Title I Love My Baby Royal Garden Blues Indiana "Jam Session" Spiritual Jazz Cherokee Indiana "Montage" Memories of You Way Down Yonder In New Orleans Song of India Finale(with Shelly Manne) Oahu Dance Cherokee Gene Krupa (MGM Golden Archive Series GAS-132) - 1950-1958 big band and small group recordings. Track Listing for above Sing Sing Sing Showcase Dark Eyes Drum Boogie Fine's Idea Undecided Norman Granz Jazz At the Philharmonic featuring the Gene Krupa Trio (Verve 8031) - 1952 live recordings with Charlie Ventura and Teddy Naploleon. Sing, Sing, Sing (Verve 8190) - 1952 small group with Eddie Shu and Teddy Naploleon. Track Listing for above How High the Moon Love For Sale Booted This Can't Be Love September Song Harmonica Shu Boogie Don't Be That Way Sing Sing Sing Gene Krupa Quartet (Clef MGC-668) - 1954-55 Recordings featuring Eddie Shu. The Jazz Rhythms of Gene Krupa (Verve 8204) - 1954 recordings with Eddie Shu and Dave McKenna. Track Listing for above Tenderly Tepee 'SWonderful Hippdeebip Krupa's Wail Strike Up the Band Undecided Gene's Bass Blues Krupa Rocks (Verve 8276) - 1957 small group recordings. Track Listing for above Heart of My Heart Gone With the Wind Pick Yourself Up Fireplace Blues But Not For Me Memories of You Three Little Words Avalon I Only Have Eyes For You Indiana Hey, Here's Gene Krupa (Verve 8300) - 1957 small group recordings featuring Eddie Shu and Dave McKenna. Track Listing for above Day by Day Little Girl Blue As Long As I Live Love Is Here To Stay Jumpin' At the Woodside Memories of You Gene's Solo Flight Home Chelsea Bridge Out of Nowhere China Boy Big Noise From Winnetka (Verve 8310) Live small group recording with Eddie Wasserman, Ronnie Ball and Jimmy Gannon. Recorded at Chicago's London House, 1959. Also available through Japanese import on Verve CD POCJ-2759 Track Listing for above Big Noise From Winnetka Take the 'A' Train Some of these Days Sweet Georgia Brown Petit Fleur Lonesome Road Don't Be That Way Drum Boogie The Great New Gene Krupa Quartet featuring Charlie Ventura (Verve 8584) - 1964 Creed Taylor produced small group outing. Very "modern" sounding group. Track Listing for above Tickle Toe Come Back to Sorrento Undecided Sophisticated Lady Cry Me A River Hello Dolly Stomping Waltz I Love You Take the "A" Train Misty I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Flying Home Gene Krupa Compact Jazz (Verve 833 286-2) previously released big band & small group recordings from 1953-58. Track Listing for above Drummin' Man Swedish Schnapps Paradise Just You, Just Me Gene's Solo Flight Disc Jockey Jump 'S Wonderful Let Me Off Uptown Hipdeebip Imagination Who's Rhythm Mulligan's Stew Gene's Blues Swing Back With Gene Krupa (B&C Records 74074-2) Budget release of early-mid forties big band material. Track Listing for above Drum Boogie Indiana Out of Nowhere All By Myself The Man I Love Opus #1 Jeepers Creepers King Porter Stomp Rockin' Chair Stompin' At the Savoy I'll Never Be The Same How High The Moon Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - Drum Boogie (Columbia/Legacy CK 53425) First big band recordings from 1940-41. Track Listing for above Drum Boogie Full Dress Hop There'll Be Some Changes Made No Name Jive Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy The Babe Takes A Bow Rhumboogie St. Louis Blues Boog It Who? Yes! My Darling Daughter Tuxedo Junction Deep In the Blues Sweet Georgia Brown How 'Bout That Mess? Blue Rhythm Fantasy Krupa and Rich - Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich (Verve 314 521 643-2) All-Star drum duel recordings from 1955. CD features Buddy Rich bonus tracks not released on original Lp. Track Listing for above Buddy's Blues Bernie's Tune Gene's Blues Sweethearts on Parade I Never Knew Sunday(cd only) The Monster(cd only) Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich - Burnin' Beat (Verve 8471) - Second studio recording with BR from 1962. Legend has it that Gene & Buddy didn't actually meet in the studio for these recordings. Gene's slowing down is evident on the "drum battles." Track Listing for above Jumpin' At the Woodside It Don't Mean a Thing Duet Night Train King Porter Stomp Perdido Evolution Hawaiian War Chant Louis Bellson & Gene Krupa - The Mighty Two (Roulette Birdland R-52098) - 1963 drum instruction Lp based on rudimental studies, features Dick Hyman and Milt Hinton. Also available on CD on Unidisc AGEK-2015. Track Listing for above The Mighty Two The Three Drags Paradiddle Song Accent on Flamboyance Rolls Ala Bossa Nova The Mighty Two Alone Together Rolls Ala Bossa Nova #2 More Flams Swingin' the Rudiments Cue Sticks Two in One Rhythmic Excursion Gene Krupa (Time-Life A-17587/R960-13) Big Band recordings from 1939-45, featuring Anita O'Day and Roy Eldridge. Track Listing for above That Drummers Band Let's Get Away From It All Ball Of Fire Violets For Your Furs Side By Side Drum Boogie Blues Krieg Thanks For The Boogie Ride Alreet Knock Me A Kiss Drummin' Man Skylark Marcheta Watch The Birdie Massachusetts Boogie Blues Leave Us Leap Harlem On Parade This Time The Dream's On Me "Murder" He says Let Me Off Uptown The Swingin' Gene Krupa Quartet (Star Line SG-8019) - live dates from 1959 and 1965 featuring Eddie Wasserman & Carmen Leggio. Track Listing for above Three Little Words But Not for Me High Falutin' Indiana Tenderly Perdido Flying Home Dark Eyes Gene Krupa (Metro MS-518) - Previously released 1950's big band & small group recordings. Track Listing for above Drummin' Man As Long As I Live Sugar China Boy Don't Be That Way Sing Sing Sing Paradise American Bolero Margie I Never Knew Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich (Verve Walkman Jazz 835 314-4) Material previously released on "Krupa and Rich" and "Burnin' Beat." Track Listing for above King Porter Stomp Bernie's Tune It Don't Mean A Thing Evolution Sweethearts On Parade Jumpin' At the Woodside Buddy's Blues Duet Gene Krupa and his Men Of Jazz (Starline SLC-61006) - Live Quartet recording from 1958 featuring Teddy Napoleon. Track Listing for above Flying Home There Will Never Be Another You Yesterdays Memories of You Gene Krupa Ace Drummer Man Volume 2 (Starline SLC-61071) - live 1967 recording of Quartet on the television show "Dial M for Music" with Eddie Shu. Features interview with Gene. Track Listing for above Flying Home Moonlight in Vermont Big Noise From Winnetka Drum Talk Part One Drum Talk Part Two Caravan Sweet Georgia Brown Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - Swingin' With Krupa (RCA Camden CAK-340) - previously released material from Gene Krupa & his Chicagoans, Gene Krupa's Swing Band and the final incarnation of the Big Band, Fats Waller tunes and "country & westernish" sides! Track Listing for above Ain't Misbehavin' Handful of Keys Honeysuckle Rose Black & Blue Walking with the Blues Panhandle Rag Bonaparte's Retreat I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles Swing Is Here I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music I'm Gonna Clap My Hands Mutiny in the Parlor Gene Krupa In Concert with The Six Star International Jazz Band (DBK Jazz 70015) A never- commercially released live show by Gene, circa 1971, with the Detroit-based, traditional jazz group. Features more soloing by Gene than on anything commercially released by him since the late 1950s! Track Listing for above Hey Look Me Over St. James Infirmary Sugar A Smooth One China Boy Sweet Georgia Brown Perdido

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