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Gene Krupa

Jazz
Jazz

Gene Krupa is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of June Christy, Chick Webb and Frederick Delius. Those roots explain a lot about how Gene Krupa arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Stan Kenton and Chick Webb, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gino Vannelli, John Bonham, Bernard Purdie, Icky Thump and Rick Davies, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Gene Krupa, reaching back through June Christy and forward to Gino Vannelli. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Gene KrupaJune ChristyChick WebbFrederick DeliusGino VannelliJohn BonhamBernard PurdieIcky ThumpRick DaviesAnita O'DayCarmine AppiceApollo 440Buddy RichBenny GoodmanCount BasieStan KentonChick WebbDuke EllingtonCab CallowayFats Waller

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Gene Krupa connections

Gene Krupa grew out of June Christy, Chick Webb and Frederick Delius, shares an orbit with Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Stan Kenton, went on to shape Gino Vannelli, John Bonham, Bernard Purdie and Icky Thump. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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