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That Drummer's Band

That Drummer's Band cover
Recorded1956
LabelVSP
Released1956
Personnel4 credited players
Discogsmaster 496872

The record

Roy Eldridge's brass and Herb Geller's alto trade punches over the beat on this 1956 big band outing fronted by the drummer. Anita O'Day steps in for vocal turns that echo the chemistry she and Krupa built years earlier.

Session personnel

  • Herb Geller — alto saxophone, soloist
  • Gene Krupa — drums
  • Roy Eldridge — trumpet, soloist
  • Anita O'Day — vocals

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1966Verve Records · VSP-4 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Remastered earliest on file
1966VSP — MONO
1966VSP · VSPS-4 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Remastered
1966VSP · SVSP 57-019 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Remastered
1966VSP · VSP-4 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono
1972Epic · ELP 3647 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono
Epic · EE 22027 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
VSP · VSP-4 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono
VSP · VSP-4 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Remastered
Sounds Of Swing · LP-114 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red
Epic · EE 22027 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue · gatefold
Sounds Of Swing · LP-114 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Black
Verve Records · VSPS-4 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Stereo

Follow the players

Herb Geller also plays on

Roy Eldridge also plays on

Anita O'Day also plays on