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World of Gene Krupa: That Legendary Drummin' Man

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Many people who have enjoyed Klauber's beautifully researched and illustrated visual history of Gene Krupa's contributions. They may have missed his earlier and more practical work that focuses on Krupa's drumming technique and its development over his career. Every jazz enthusiast should have the picture book, but every jazz musician should have this one.

Of the earlier book, I said: "Klauber's illustrated book/CD combination not only captures the sound and visual feel of Krupa and his era, it corrects the misinformation about him. As a matter of social history, it's good to be reminded of the hysteria that once surrounded recreational drugs in America.
But it is as a cultural and historical collection that this combo really shines. Any lover of jazz, drums and drumming has got to have this book and the CD represents a collection of incredible performances that are available nowhere else."


This is a more basic and history-loving volume that concentrates on the development of a single artist over a period of time-a topic that has engaged other writers and is worth attention again in a musical context.

Lynn Hoffman, author of The New Short Course in Wine and the forthcoming novel 'bang-BANG' from Kunati Press