Gene Krupa in Harlem - early 20th Century
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, page 195:
The Dunbar Palace in New York's Harlem--appearing in person, the most luminous of all drum stars, the little giant of the big noise, Chick Webb! For those who have never heard the Chick, I feel no small amount of compassion. Of course, records are made like "Liza", for instance, but somehow, this genius never could get himself on wax. Chick gassed me, but good, on one occasion at the Savoy, in a battle with Benny's band, and I remember now what I said then, I was never cut by a better man.
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Nat Hentoff and Nat Shapiro, Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It (London, 1992), p. 195. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435062677678 accessed: 22 December, 2024
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jazz drum music
written by Miles Davis |
performed by Chick Webb |
Experience Information
Date/Time | early 20th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:31:17 +0100
Approved on Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:29:27 +0100