Gene Krupa

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American musician bandleader human jazz drummer

Gene Krupa was an influential American jazz drummer and bandleader, renowned for his energetic style and for helping popularize the drum solo in big band music.

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Label Occurrences
Gene Krupa canonical 18
Gene Krupa Orchestra 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American musician ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz drummer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
associatedAct Anita O'Day ⓘ
Roy Eldridge ⓘ
birthName Eugene Bertram Krupa ⓘ
causeOfDeath leukemia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-01-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1973-10-16 ⓘ
educatedAt Mather High School ⓘ
ethnicGroup Polish American ⓘ
familyName Krupa ⓘ
founded Gene Krupa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gene Krupa Orchestra
genre big band ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Eugene ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame ⓘ
surface form: DownBeat Hall of Fame

Modern Drummer Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced Buddy Rich ⓘ
Louie Bellson ⓘ
Max Roach ⓘ
Rock and roll drumming ⓘ
instrument drum kit ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
memberOf Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
notableFor energetic drumming style ⓘ
popularizing the drum solo in big band music ⓘ
notableWork "Drum Boogie" ⓘ
Sing, Sing, Sing ⓘ
surface form: "Sing, Sing, Sing" (drum feature with Benny Goodman)
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
drummer ⓘ
performedWith Benny Goodman ⓘ
Glenn Miller ⓘ
Tommy Dorsey ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Yonkers, New York ⓘ
surface form: Yonkers, New York, United States
portrayedIn "The Gene Krupa Story" ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Okeh Records ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
spouse Ethel Maguire ⓘ
Patricia Bowman ⓘ
subjectOf biographical film "The Gene Krupa Story" ⓘ

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Lionel Hampton → associatedWith → Gene Krupa ⓘ
I Got Rhythm → hasNotableRecordingBy → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Benny Goodman Orchestra → notableMember → Gene Krupa ⓘ
After You've Gone → hasPerformer → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Benny Goodman → associatedAct → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Teddy Wilson → collaboratedWith → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Benny Goodman Quartet → hasMember → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Gene Krupa → founded → Gene Krupa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gene Krupa Orchestra
Roy Eldridge → performedWith → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Syncopation → featuresPerformer → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Jeepers Creepers → hasNotablePerformer → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Anita O'Day → associatedAct → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Chick Webb → influenced → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Stompin’ at the Savoy → notablePerformer → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Stompin’ at the Savoy → recordedBy → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Blue Lou → notablePerformer → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Jazz at the Philharmonic → hasParticipant → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Carl Palmer → influencedBy → Gene Krupa ⓘ
Ian Paice → influencedBy → Gene Krupa ⓘ