Krupa and Rich is a 1956 studio album by jazz drummers Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, released on Norman Granz' Clef Records. Krupa and Rich play on two different tracks each and play together only on "Bernie's Tune." Krupa and Rich would record again for Verve Records; their album Burnin' Beat was released in 1962.
A 1994 CD re-issue from Verve included two Buddy Rich bonus tracks.
Track listing LP side A "Buddy's Blues" (Buddy Rich) – 10:27 "Bernie's Tune" (Bernie Miller, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 13:54 LP side B "Gene's Blues" (Gene Krupa) – 7:44 "Sweethearts on Parade" (Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman) – 8:47 "I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn) – 8:51 Bonus tracks on 1994 CD re-issue "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Nathan "Ned" Miller, Jule Styne) – 10:48 "The Monster" (Harry "Sweets" Edison) – 11:06
Personnel Gene Krupa - drums Buddy Rich - drums Oscar Peterson - piano Ray Brown - double bass Herb Ellis - guitar Roy Eldridge - trumpet Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet Illinois Jacquet - tenor saxophone Flip Phillips - tenor saxophone, clarinet on CD bonus tracks: Buddy Rich - drums Oscar Peterson - piano Ray Brown - bass Freddie Green - guitar Thad Jones - trumpet Joe Newman - trumpet Ben Webster - tenor sax Frank Wess - tenor & alto sax, flute
References
Clef MGC 684 (original LP release) Verve MGV 8069, MGV 8400, V/V6 8400 (LP re-issues) Verve 521643 (CD re-issue with bonus tracks)
External links Krupa and Rich (Clef MGC 684) at jazzdisco.org