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Happy Birthday! I’ve always hoped you’d end up being Sterling’s dad…
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One of his most famous moments: “Sing, sing, sing,” with Benny Goodman. If you can find it on Tidal or another streaming service it’s pretty awesome. Goodman’s orchestrations are usually too tame for me (compared to Ellington’s and Strayhorn’s majestic polychromatics and rhythms) but this one is great.
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It was the other one… with the teeth…
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For those who don’t know Krupa, he was the originator of the standard drum set.
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