When he played ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’ with the Benny Goodman Band, his roaring tom-toms rekindled the African spirit of jazz. Drummers from Buddy Rich to John Bonham idolised Krupa, and his ...
New Year's Day marks the third time the Kyoto Tachibana Senior High band will perform at Rose Parade. Bands from Mexico, ...
The ebullient thrum of staccato snares, thumping sousaphones, and tramping shoes all acting in unison filled the gray morning air in the parking lot outside Angel Stadium recently. Piles of travel ...
His big breakthrough was joining the Benny Goodman band in 1934 ... tom-toms on an epic 13-minute version of Louis Prima’s “Sing Sing Sing.” With Gene Krupa’s fame beginning to eclipse ...
It goes back beyond the jazz performers, musicians such as Benny Goodman and the nice Jewish ... And what do you sing around the campfire? Well, religious songs drop out because everybody at ...
This year’s show, “Now, That’s Entertainment” set in the reborn Roxy Theatre, is a musical review across the decades and ...
In his new book, Taunton psychologist Keith Crochiere looks back on Roseland's heyday in the era of Prohibition, the ...
A24’s prison drama starring Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin—appears to be coming soon to digital streaming. Find out when ...