''The Great New Gene Krupa Quartet Featuring Charlie Ventura'' is the final studio album by American jazz drummer

Gene Krupa Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973), known as Gene Krupa, was an American jazz drummer, bandleader and composer who performed with energy and showmanship. His drum solo on Benny Goodman's 1937 recording of "Sing, Sing, S ...

featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the

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label.Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series
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Reception

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review awarded the album 3 stars stating "Drummer Gene Krupa's final recording as a leader reunited him with the bombastic tenor saxophonist Charlie Ventura... Ventura's extroverted playing (on tenor, alto and baritone) is not for everyone's taste but he is in generally good form, and even an aging Krupa still retains his youthful excitement and enthusiasm".

Track listing

# "Tickle-Toe" (

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) - 3:08 # " Come Back to Sorrento" (

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" (Sid Robin,

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) - 3:27 # "

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, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 2:50 # "Cry Me a River (1953 song), Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) - 3:00 # "Hello, Dolly! (song), Hello, Dolly" (Jerry Herman) - 1:50 # "Stomping Waltz" (Gene, Krupa, Charlie Ventura) - 4:37 # "I Love You" (Harlan Thompson, Harry Archer) - 2:30 # "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:50 # "Misty (song), Misty" (Erroll Garner) - 3:10 # "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) - 1:50 # "Flying Home" (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sid Robin) - 3:27 *Recorded in New York City on January 29 (tracks 1, 5, 8-10 & 12) and February 5 (tracks 2-4, 6, 7 & 11), 1964

Personnel

– drum kit, drums *Charlie Ventura – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone *John Bunch - piano *Nabil (Knobby) Totah – double bass, bass

References

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