Krupa and Rich

1956 studio album by Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich

Krupa and Rich

Studio album by

Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich

Released

1956

Recorded

1 November 1955

Genre

Jazz

Length

49:40

Label

Clef/Verve^[1]

Producer

Norman Granz

Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich chronology

Krupa and Rich
(1956)

Burnin' Beat
(1962)

Gene Krupa chronology

Gene Krupa - Lionel Hampton - Teddy Wilson Play Selections From The Benny Goodman Story'

Krupa and Rich
(1955)

The Exciting Gene Krupa and His Quartet

Buddy Rich chronology

The Wailing Buddy Rich
(1955)

Krupa and Rich
(1955)

The Lionel Hampton Art Tatum Buddy Rich Trio
(1955)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Krupa and Rich is a 1956 studio album by jazz drummers Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, released on Norman Granz' Clef Records. Krupa and Rich play on two different tracks each and play together only on "Bernie's Tune." Krupa and Rich would record again for Verve Records; their album Burnin' Beat was released in 1962.

A 1994 CD re-issue from Verve included two Buddy Rich bonus tracks.^[4]

Track listing

LP side A

"Buddy's Blues" (Buddy Rich) – 10:27
"Bernie's Tune" (Bernie Miller, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 13:54

LP side B

"Gene's Blues" (Gene Krupa) – 7:44
"Sweethearts on Parade" (Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman) – 8:47
"I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn) – 8:51

Bonus tracks on 1994 CD re-issue

"Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Nathan "Ned" Miller, Jule Styne) – 10:48
"The Monster" (Harry "Sweets" Edison) – 11:06

Personnel

Gene Krupa - drums
Buddy Rich - drums
Oscar Peterson - piano
Ray Brown - double bass
Herb Ellis - guitar
Roy Eldridge - trumpet
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
Illinois Jacquet - tenor saxophone
Flip Phillips - tenor saxophone, clarinet

on CD bonus tracks:

Buddy Rich - drums
Oscar Peterson - piano
Ray Brown - bass
Freddie Green - guitar
Thad Jones - trumpet
Joe Newman - trumpet
Ben Webster - tenor sax
Frank Wess - tenor & alto sax, flute

References

^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
^ Allmusic review
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 849. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Krupa and Rich at AllMusic

Clef MGC 684 (original LP release)
Verve MGV 8069, MGV 8400, V/V6 8400 (LP re-issues)
Verve 521643 (CD re-issue with bonus tracks)

External links

Krupa and Rich (Clef MGC 684) at jazzdisco.org

Buddy Rich

As
leader
or
co-leader

The Flip Phillips Buddy Rich Trio
The Swinging Buddy Rich
Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich
Buddy and Sweets
The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio
The Wailing Buddy Rich
Krupa and Rich
The Lionel Hampton Art Tatum Buddy Rich Trio
Buddy Rich Sings Johnny Mercer
This One's for Basie
Buddy Rich Just Sings
Buddy Rich in Miami
Richcraft
Rich Versus Roach
The Voice Is Rich
The Driver
Playtime
Blues Caravan
Burnin' Beat
Are You Ready for This?
Swingin' New Big Band
The Sounds of '66
Big Swing Face
The New One!
Rich à la Rakha
Mercy, Mercy
Buddy & Soul
Keep the Customer Satisfied
A Different Drummer
Rich in London
Conversations
Stick It
The Roar of '74
Very Live at Buddy's Place
Transition
The Last Blues Album Volume 1
Big Band Machine
Speak No Evil
Buddy Rich Plays and Plays and Plays
Lionel Hampton Presents Buddy Rich
Class of '78
Together Again: For the First Time
Live at Ronnie Scott's
Buddy Rich Band
Buddy Rich, Live at the 1982 Montreal Jazz Festival
Rich and Famous
Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich & His Band Live on King Street, San Francisco

With
others

The Drum Battle

v t e Gene Krupa
Studio albums	Krupa and Rich (1956) Burnin' Beat (1962) The Mighty Two (1963) The Great New Gene Krupa Quartet Featuring Charlie Ventura (1964)
Live albums	The Drum Battle (1952)
Films	The Gene Krupa Story (1959)

Oscar Peterson

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened.

As
leader
or
co-leader

Plays series	Duke Ellington (1952) George Gershwin (1952) Harold Arlen (1954) Count Basie (1955)
1955–58	In a Romantic Mood (with Russ Garcia, 1955) At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (1956) At the Concertgebouw (1957) Soft Sands (with Buddy Bregman, 1957) Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport (1957) My Fair Lady (1958) On the Town (1958) A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (1959) The Jazz Soul (1959) Swinging Brass (with Russ Garcia, 1959) Fiorello! (1960)
Plays the Songbook (1959)	Cole Porter Duke Ellington George Gershwin Harold Arlen Jerome Kern Richard Rodgers Porgy & Bess
The London House Sessions (1961)	Put On a Happy Face Something Warm The Sound of the Trio The Trio (Verve)
Trio & Guests	Very Tall (with Milt Jackson, 1961) Affinity (1962) Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! (1962) Night Train (1962) West Side Story (1962) And Nelson Riddle (1963) Canadiana Suite (1964) Plays (1964) + One (with Clark Terry, 1964) We Get Requests (1964) Eloquence (1965) I/We Had a Ball (multiple groups, 1965) With Respect to Nat (1965) Blues Etude (1966) Soul Español (1966) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple groups, 1967)
Exclusively for My Friends	Action (1963–64) Girl Talk (1965–68) The Way I Really Play (1967) The Lost Tapes (1967–68) Mellow Mood (1968) My Favorite Instrument (1968) Travelin' On (1968)
1969–79	Hello Herbie (1969) Motions and Emotions (with Claus Ogerman, 1969) Another Day (1970) Tracks (1970) Tristeza on Piano (1970) Walking the Line (1970) Great Connection (1971) In Tune (and The Singers Unlimited, 1971) Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971) In Tokyo (1972) Solo (1972) The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972) The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972) The trio (Pablo, 1973) In Russia (1974) The Giants (1974) The Good Life (1974) Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975) Porgy and Bess (and Joe Pass, 1975) The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975) The Tenor Giants (and Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1975) And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1977) Jam – Montreux '77 (1977) The London Concert (1978) The Paris Concert (1978) Digital at Montreux (1979) Night Child (1979) Skol (with Stéphane Grappelli, 1979)
With The Trumpet Kings	Roy Eldridge (1974) Dizzy Gillespie (1974) Jousts (1974) Harry Edison (1974) Clark Terry (1975) Jon Faddis (1975) At Montreux '75 (Eldridge, Gillespie & Terry, 1975) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980) The Alternate Blues (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980)
1980–2004	Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) The Personal Touch (1980) A Royal Wedding Suite (1981) Nigerian Marketplace (1981) Face to Face (with Freddie Hubbard, 1982) Freedom Song (1982) A Tribute to My Friends (1983) If You Could See Me Now (1983) Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (multiple groups, 1983) Two of the Few (with Milt Jackson, 1983) Live! (1986) Time After Time (1986) Live at the Blue Note (1990) Saturday Night at the Blue Note (1991) Last Call at the Blue Note (1992) Encore at the Blue Note (1993) Side by Side (with Itzhak Perlman, 1994) The More I See You (1995) An Oscar Peterson Christmas (1995) A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall (1996) Oscar in Paris (1996) Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore (1996) Oscar and Benny (with Benny Green, 1998) Summer Night in Munich (1998) Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite (2000) A Night in Vienna (2004)