The Gene Krupa Orchestra
1939-43 Broadcasts
Play 1939-43 Broadcasts
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AMG Review of Gene Krupa & His Orchestra
Michael G. Nastos
All Music GuideThese radio transcriptions from 1939 and 1943 feature Gene Krupa in big-band settings. The 1939 Show of the Week (12 tracks) and 1943 sessions with Roy Eldridge and Charlie Ventura (12 total cuts, nine live from ~the Panther Room of the Hotel Sherman in Chicago) display a muddy, at times scratchy sound that digital transfer did not improve. The best sound (four tracks) is from the 1939 session during the Young Man with a Band shows. There are no duplicate selections throughout. This collection can only be recommended to completists.






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