Gene Krupa drumming style

CobbTV Studios presents a breakdown on the drumming style of jazz legend Gene Krupa. Featuring examples from the songs Sing, Sing, Sing, Drum Boogie, Idaho, Tiger Rag, Big Noise From Winnetka, Caravan and Gene's Blues.

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Intro [00:00]
Influences [00:54]
Sing, Sing, Sing [02:08]
Drum Boogie [02:53]
Idaho [04:22]
Tiger Rag [04:52]
Caravan [06:01]
Gene’s Blues [06:45]
Outro [07:36]

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[cobb_thedrummer]

Favorite jazz tune? Mine is “All Blues” by Miles Davis with Jimmy Cobb on drums ;)

Intro [00:00]
Influences [00:54]
Sing, Sing, Sing [02:08]
Drum Boogie [02:53]
Idaho [04:22]
Tiger Rag [04:52]
Big Noise From Winnetka [05:16]
Caravan [06:31]
Gene’s Blues [07:15]
Outro [08:06]

[TomKontos]

Nice job, Cobb The Drummer. I especially liked your point about not trying to copy the fantastic drumming style of Gene Krupa “verbatim, ” but rather to incorporate elements of his style into our play.

[KSupes]

2:02 Fun Fact!
The scene he's referring to in The Mask features the big band "Royal Crown Revue" playing one of their pieces titled "Hey Pachuco!"
Royal Crown Revue is credited as one of the few bands that started the entire Swing Revival movement in 1989 and their drummer was a huge fan of Gene Krupa which is why a lot of their songs have bits of his style

[DavidADII]

I'm a hardcore music newbie and haven't been playing drums much, so these semi-documentary vids exposing me to different drummers has been such a cool thing to keep me motivated to keep at practicing. Thanks so much, getting better with each video!

[NataliePowerPower]

Notice how the snare drum technique is so much in the hamd muscles and wrist strength, anchoring arms and shoulders like a pro

[LucasRichardStephens]

Paolo Vinaccia, who sadly passed away in 2019, was my favourite jazz drummer here in Norway, though he was Italian in origin, worth a look, very musical. Thanks for posting these great films Cob! I enjoyed the tail end of your live session, will look out for the next one. You come across as a very well rounded individual, best wishes!

[ludwik]

Possibly my favorite drummer,
Keep going with these videos, Cobb, they are so much fun !

[harrydrucker]

You are doing great young man, you been workin'.

[najawarus]

Bester Mann, Schulprojekt gerettet! Weiter so men Jung 👍 👏

[davidwak]

You can really hear how Gene influenced Rock drummers. Not sure if Alex Van Halen studied him but they have similar ways of using the toms.

[Aerobob]

My favorite Krupa pieces are the lead-up to and the ending of Avalon with Benny Goodman and the pauses and stick-twirling
in one of his films on "Leave us Leap". Great stuff.

[rrcorsobrakeman]

Good video. Nice to see some brush work. I've mainly focused on Philly, Max, Blakey, Elvin and Morello, but every Jazz drummer from the beginning till now interests me. I've studied Krupa somewhat and have some of his music on CD. One of the things that interests me the most is the wide variety of drummers who cite him as one of their major influences. From Buddy Rich to Peter Criss, the list goes on and on. Every drummer out there should study Gene, regardless of genre/age !

[SeraFI]

Great video. Your show/tell-ratio is at good balance.

[kerrilynn]

Great video! I am trying to learn about and listen to an influential drummer everyday, and this video was perfect. Thanks for your content!

[chaunceypierce]

They might have been around the same age, but I wonder if he was an influence to Hoyt Curtin, who's primary love was jazz. Whenever I hear Sing Sing Sing, I think of the opening theme to Jonny Quest done by Hoyt Curtin.

[Dingus.]

Can you please do you of bev bevan (the move and electric light orchestra)

[tonypolizzi]

Krupa is my favorite drummer, too. Video was great do more!

[Emlizardo]

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[claudiomiauro]

Escuchaste el solo de Gene( el primero de los dos que hace) cuando está por terminar el tema Don´t be that way en la versión en vivo del Carnegie Hall de 1938?

[Stanleytone-]

Something that Gene did was to draw a hoop with his right hand, for show. then play a roll finishing with a thump of his kick drum. Look for the 70:s version of sing sing sing. Maybe you can show how he did that? 👌🥁