Mike Douglas Show 3/8/1965 Gene Krupa Quartet

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[@genekrupa7]

WOW!!!! I don't know where all these great clips of Gene are coming from.......but please keep'em coming!!!!!! Damn these are good!!!!

[@thecrippledrummer]

Michael Clayton I have a ton of stuff that I haven’t had a chance to start getting converted to digital until now...so I’ll be gradually be uploading a lot to my KZbin channel.

[@thecrippledrummer]

dretety1 nice try jackass but I’ve had a Krupa website for over 20 years, have collected Krupa video for over 30 years, have been friends with Bruce for 20 years, and contributed video for his “Gene Krupa: Swing Swing Swing” compilation. You might want to know who the hell you are talking to before making an ass of yourself.

[@bernardflegar8017]

@@thecrippledrummer Thank You!

[@MrDastardly]

Gene is an unforgettable performer. 👏👏

[@cynthiasanchez6346]

Besides his great drumming, there’s something about Gene Krupa that just draws me to him. Thanks so much.

[@marilynstevenson865]

Apart from watching, and listening to Gene play, what a wonderful treat it is to hear him!!..I grew up with Gene, Benny, Miller..oh My..so many wonderful musos..!! Any insights the Greats may impart, is fascinating to a Swing, Jazz Muso buff...Thank you Drumuitar, for posting..More please..

[@JonnyJayJonson]

He's just a joy, an absolute joy...

[@PH-gm2qe]

Agree, to watch his enjoyment is pure joy. Gene is just the best of the best...

[@stacyblue1980]

Fantastic quartet! So together and neat. But well rounded and full at the same time. Krupa never disappoints. Magic. Just absolute magic!....And the get-together at the end was good too. Even Mike's cymbal frenzy.

[@atomic432]

In my humble opinion he is the greatest.

[@ParadiddleMcFlam]

Now that I have seen Gene do them so fast and perfectly, I am suffering from paradiddle envy.

[@marilynstevenson865]

Love it...!!!

[@JoeNocella]

Gene was such a well-spoken guy..Teaching Mike paradiddles..LOL

[@stelladrums]

Fantasterrific! Love it.

[@phaedrabacker2004]

Gene is having fun. Thanks for the memories. Excellent.

[@johndavey72]

Just love this. We are so lucky to have access to all this "new"material. I discovered Gene through finding Buddy Rich material. As much as l truly admire Buddy l have the opinion that Gene is the most natural, instinctive of all the drummers l have seen and heard. OK l'm no drummer so my opinion is only my own opinion.

[@thecrippledrummer]

Your opinion is shared by countless others, including me👍🏻

[@johndavey72]

@@thecrippledrummer Hi. Watched "The Gene Krupa Story" last night . His rise to stardom was perilous to say the least and his final years , not portrayed in the film, were rather lonely. And he was only 64 when he passed away. Still, l guess he lived a life that most of us could never imagine. Keep your great work up. Magic!

[@colmmoran.2700]

prime example of Gene's later work... savage quarter playing in the more bebop vein while still maintaining his own style. This song in particular is quite unusual, slightly austere and not the kind of thing Gene normally went in for but a spectacular performance that makes me wish there was more recordings of his in this style

[@davidcook4623]

Great footage. Thanks!

[@Formula-602]

That’s a BIG Slingerland logo on the BD head for the time!

[@georginafairchild7609]

So pleased I signed up to your channel. You've given a lot of people so much pleasure. Many thanks 😊

[@derekmyers3258]

Gene Krupa is exciting! I don't know much about him, other than I admire his flair and skill. I first discovered him in Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall concert, and I said "who is that drummer?!?" and had to find out. I have some of his music now in my collection, and hope to find out as much as I can about him.

[@thecrippledrummer]

You can check out my old Krupa website at drummerman.net and/or join the Facebook group that I now have for Gene, America’s Ace Drummer Man, Gene Krupa.

[@bacobill]

PRICELESS !!!

[@MARKMANIATT]

Rocket fuelled Gene.Wonderful!!

[@dosanchoas]

thanks for posting!! (Mike doin' his best "Jerry Lewis" towards end...)

[@bobdownes162]

Nice Tenor player to !

[@michaelgibson5047]

That is serious swing. hip to the jive.

[@charliesalzillio8524]

Krupa has better feel more soul more heart than Rich, it's the equivalent of Bonham to Moon Speed ist everything

[@eddierivera8556]

Chick Webb was the daddy. even buddy said it!

[@SAHBfan]

Eddie Rivera - such a great tragedy that there are so many really great drummers that predated film, video and decent quality sound recording that had fantastic reputations, but for whom we have nothing to watch and often very little of any quality to listen to...

[@cj_ssfsm]

Crazy right?

[@terrancewicks4079]

Facts! He whooped Gene Krupa in Harlem and Gene bowed to him!

[@JasonSmith-jr7jh]

​@@terrancewicks4079 Krupa: "He cut me to ribbons!"

[@125sloth]

Another great example of why Krupa will be remembered more highly than Rich. Not one piece of arrogance in him. Not up himself or full of his own self importance like Rich either. It has been said by many and it is so true....without Gene Krupa there would have been no Buddy Rich. Some may argue that but when it comes to being a gentleman, Krupa beats Rich hands down. There is no comparison.

[@mrski4945]

I have always felt that Rich was a technique monster, which allowed him to develop unmatched speed, but (to me) he wasn't a soul player, he wasn't a groove player, meaning he played more like a machine, not like a soulful drummer. That's why he shined in solos, but didn't bring anything unique or different to the rhythm section. Krupa could play with a band and make the walls sweat, get the people out of their chairs, and do it without any pyrotechnics. And that's a sign of a soulful player. Kenny Clark and Papa Jo where like that too, they could get the ballroom jumpin' without any fancy fills or rolls.

[@rickdavenport9538]

You know what's funny about guys who compare Gene K. to Buddy is that you guys miss the point. Gene is a Cadillac,smooth and easy. Buddy is a Ferrari,speed and power. Both represent EXACTLY what jazz is. Class,taste & supreme musicality as well as freedom of expression.

[@125sloth]

@@rickdavenport9538 You cannot compare the two, totally different styles. However, without Krupa there would have been no Rich as we know it. Krupa was the pioneer for putting the drummer at the front of a band instead of "behind it" so to speak. So all Buddy had to do was follow the same idea. He never thought of it. And that's ok. he did it his way. I think we should be praising today's drummers who are alive and kicking, instead of dwelling on the past so much.

[@PH-gm2qe]

​@@rickdavenport9538I like the video where they play together. Its just fantastic...

[@gmac6503]

Love Krupa...not sure why Chick Webb was not mentioned though.

[@TheHeater90]

In interviews where he's talking about his influences, he always mentions Chick Webb in a pretty big way. But here, he's only talking about drummers that might've been known to the general public in the 1920s, before he himself was. Chick Webb did not come to national prominence, outside of Harlem, until the mid 30s, about the same time Gene Krupa did(Krupa had been recording with various band since 1927). Guys like Ben Pollack and Abe Lyman were known to the public in the 20's, not as much for their drumming, but for leading dance bands, although they were really good drummers, they were not quite in the league as people like Webb, Krupa, Jones, Rich, Catlett or even forerunners like Dodds and Singleton.

[@jojoUK120]

6:28 ish, 🤔 I think the context was a secondary question about him being first to “get out in front of a band.” He’s giving names of earlier famous drummer-bandleaders, who by the 60s weren’t famous for drumming, rather than his biggest influences. Lol after 30yrs of answering the same 5 questions every time, you’d want to change tack now and again.

[@mobrules29]

He was 41 years old when he went into semi-retirement?

[@elizabethrosenthal9023]

No, Gene misspoke. He should have said, "When I went into semi-retirement in 1960." That year, he had a heart attack.

[@mobrules29]

@@elizabethrosenthal9023 Thanks. That makes more sense.

[@yurik1068]

The S.O.B's black listed him.

[@geoffnelson4777]

I believe this was taped or telecast 8 Sep 1965.

[@sinrob1]

That's correct. The air date in the header is wrong

[@kurttoy5035]

That had to have been after Mike moved his show from Cleveland to Philadelphia.

[@gwenviviani327]

Who is the best drummer in the U.S.?

[@ciphertv948]

Whats the name of the first song

[@thecrippledrummer]

cipherTV Dark Eyes

[@ciphertv948]

Thank you

[@mcsteifefrise9995]

Its a traditional russian song i think. The red army choir sang it once.

[@scottmoyer1357]

It's the Spazz-a-holics anonymous club.

[@thecrippledrummer]

What’s that supposed to mean?

[@brianchisnell1548]

Gene was recieving a royalty for every set sold. Hence the big logo?

[@thecrippledrummer]

Not at this point. He had a 10 year contract that started in 1947 where he received a percentage but it’d ended by this time.

[@Peter64AD]

Krupa actually loved playing drums unlike all the drummers out there today that have no good honest reason why they took up the art form.

[@michaelgibson5047]

Could not hear up right bass then there it was

[@roikaguyu713]

B

[@johnpolselli616]

Buddy Rich makes you say Wow. Gene makes you say Yeah.

[@shannongriffith3493]

He was always more of a showman than a muscian ! Buddy Rich was both and great at them !

[@EM-vf6pe]

You and your op

[@charliesalzillio8524]

Technically Krupia better than Rich Bonham better than Moon

[@marceibel1131]

Not technically, but they were to different to compare, i think

[@charliesalzillio8524]

I made mistake Rich is technically better than Krupa, Moon is Krupa Bonham is Rich,

[@arthurstreeb-greebling1088]

I'll take Krupa and Moon thank you

[@ge45gecalled39]

quit a drummer