[Dixielandjazz] Re: Drum article

[Stephen Barbone]

Hi Kurt & List mates:

Yeah, that is very much to the point of why HE was there. He drove that band.
That article, see link below, was fun. I referenced John Petters to the
article because he is such a great fan of Krupa. I was lucky to see him live
in small groups in the 50s.

I put those records on today to listen to that break again. Astounding
transformation. Yes, if a "polite" drummer had been there, that concert would
have sucked.

Cheers,
Steve (hear the drums) Barbone

PS. Jess Stacy's famous piano solo during that concert is a monster also.

Kurt wrote:

> Steve,
>
> My favorite section from the Jeff Fitzgerald (Genius) article is, "Who can
> say when the art of drumming began? I can, for one. For my money, it began
> at Carnegie Hall in 1938, when Gene Krupa snapped his nervous bandmates out
> of their stage fright with a cacophonous drum break and helped usher jazz
> into a new era of respectability. It also began a long, proud tradition of
> erratic behavior by drummers."
>
> http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/humr1101.htm