The Great New Gene Krupa Quartet Featuring Charlie Ventura
{{Infobox album
| name = The Great New Gene Krupa Quartet Featuring Charlie Ventura
| type = Album
| artist = Gene Krupa Quartet Featuring Charlie Ventura
| cover = The Great New Gene Krupa Quartet Featuring Charlie Ventura.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1964
| recorded = January 29 and February 5, 1964
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Verve
V/V6 8584
| producer = Creed Taylor
| chronology = Louis Bellson
| prev_title = The Mighty Two
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = Live at the New School
| next_year = 1973
}}
The Great New Gene Krupa Quartet Featuring Charlie Ventura is the final studio album by American jazz drummer Gene Krupa featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Verve label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8500-series/#v-v6-8584 Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series] accessed December 16, 2015[http://www.drummerman.net/disc.html Gene Krupa Selected Discography] accessed December 16, 2015
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars stating "Drummer Gene Krupa's final recording as a leader reunited him with the bombastic tenor saxophonist Charlie Ventura... Ventura's extroverted playing (on tenor, alto and baritone) is not for everyone's taste but he is in generally good form, and even an aging Krupa still retains his youthful excitement and enthusiasm".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000940888 |title=The Great New Gene Krupa Quartet – Review |accessdate=December 16, 2015}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
Track listing
- "Tickle-Toe" (Lester Young) - 3:08
- "Come Back to Sorrento" (Ernesto De Curtis) - 2:30
- "Undecided" (Sid Robin, Charlie Shavers) - 3:27
- "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 2:50
- "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) - 3:00
- "Hello, Dolly" (Jerry Herman) - 1:50
- "Stomping Waltz" (Gene, Krupa, Charlie Ventura) - 4:37
- "I Love You" (Harlan Thompson, Harry Archer) - 2:30
- "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:50
- "Misty" (Erroll Garner) - 3:10
- "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) - 1:50
- "Flying Home" (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sid Robin) - 3:27
- Recorded in New York City on January 29 (tracks 1, 5, 8-10 & 12) and February 5 (tracks 2-4, 6, 7 & 11), 1964
Personnel
- Gene Krupa – drums
- Charlie Ventura – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- John Bunch - piano
- Nabil (Knobby) Totah – bass
References
{{reflist}}
{{Gene Krupa}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Great New Gene Krupa Quartet Featuring Charlie Ventura, The}}