Gene Krupa

the master

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Music

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• Drum
• swing
• jazz
• dance
• gene
• krupa

[twobarbreak]

I have a question, how many of you even listen to Jazz? that's what I thought...just splurting out what your Drum Teacher tells you...lol

[twobarbreak]

people's personal opinions about great Musician's is amazing and sad all at the same time.

of course players get better every generation, but its still standing on the shoulders of those before them....

[macvoutie]

Safagan, if you play drums you must respect Krupa. Every Drummer alive does. Sure at times he played heavy but he continued the traditon from Dodds and Webb. Buddy and Elvin loved him. Thats enough for me

[Manoplero]

Although I play the saxophone I think Gene was the kind of musician that made you leave all the things you were doing and start Dancing or "Air Drumming " and that my friend is a very rare skill nowadays.

We miss you Gene

[edwardconway27]

my hands up for this incredible man!

[thequietdrummer]

@genemz Gene....you nailed it! You expressed the pearl of great price. Inner soul coming out as Gene played on his drums. Thank you so much for your wise comment. Toss out 50% of my technique and give me 10% of Gene's soul and I am a winner. Obviously I have to search for my own inner beat....and that's what I'm doing, watching many Gene Krupa videos. I did talk to Gene twice as a kid. I'm so grateful for that! Gene will always live within drummers with universal soul. John-Hans Melcher

[MARKMANIATT]

'Wire Brush Stomp'.Wonderful.Talk to any drummer who knows his stuff and he will quickly show his admiration for the greatest of them all,Gene Krupa.He just had that extra special something that you cannot quantify.Maybe thats the way it should be.Show the man some respect and cut the crap.Only a fellow drummer knows just what Gene was about and I have been drumming for nearly 40 years.I listen to jazz constantly also!!!

[Fnarge]

Great fun and isn't that Bob Hope propping up the dialogue? I like the idea of a simple brushes beat getting a whole street dancing. Kind of 1939 style drum'n'bass. Gene was the great communicator, selling the whole concept of the drummer as the pulse of popular music.

[rvisual]

the dancing is as good as the music!

[dmcjimson]

Safagan is an idiot-

[Safagan]

Hes playign shit, it sucks get over yourself. Idiot ova here likes very simple drum videos.. CHkjk

[TheEmperorSeesAll]

Even if so, that doesn't mean they sucked in their own day... just as movie directors have some extra skills today, but that doesn't mean that old movies suck. You're an idiot.