[Dixielandjazz] Eldridge and Krupa

[Mike]

I don't think it had anything to do with his being Jewish or his 
being fed up with Jim Crow. I think it had everything to do with 
getting the best players in his band regardless of race or 
background. Period.

Mike




David Dustin wrote:
> C.D. Six wrote:
> 
> Like a good number of jazz musicians, I'd say color didn't matter
> for Krupa, what mattered is if you could play.
> 
> 
> IMO, Krupa came by that principled opinion thanks to his association with
> Benny Goodman, the pioneer of mixed-race bands with Teddy Wilson and Lionel
> Hampton (and Krupa).  Was it Benny¹s Jewishness or his phenomenal popularity
> that led him, and not many others, to finally say enough is enough to Jim
> Crow?