The Great New Gene Krupa Quartet Featuring Charlie Ventura

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".

Track listing

1. "Tickle-Toe" (Lester Young) - 3:08
2. "Come Back to Sorrento" (Ernesto De Curtis) - 2:30
3. "Undecided" (Sid Robin, Charlie Shavers) - 3:27
4. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 2:50
5. "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) - 3:00
6. "Hello, Dolly" (Jerry Herman) - 1:50
7. "Stomping Waltz" (Gene, Krupa, Charlie Ventura) - 4:37
8. "I Love You" (Harlan Thompson, Harry Archer) - 2:30
9. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:50
10. "Misty" (Errol Garner) - 3:10
11. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) - 1:50
12. "Flying Home" (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sid Robin) - 3:27

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