GENE KRUPA - 9.5" X 12" PICTURE/PHOTO/POSTER - SLINGERLAND DRUMS - $17 - (Conneautville, PA)
SHIP TO USA ONLY. YOU ARE BIDDING ON A POSTER/PHOTO/PICTURE OF THE GREAT GENE KRUPA, KNOWN AS THE MAN WHO MADE DRUMS A SOLO INSTRUMENT, AND WAS A STRONG ENDORSER OF SLINGERLAND DRUMS. GENE SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS LEARNING THE ROPES WITH SUCH FAMOUS MUSICIANS AS BENNY GOODMAN, TOMMY DORSEY, BIX BEIDERBECKE, AND JIMMY McPARTLAND. KRUPA WOULD INTERACT WITH THE OTHER MUSICIANS AND INTRODUCED THE EXTENDED DRUM SOLO INTO JAZZ. HE CONVINCED H.H. SLINGERLAND, OF SLINGERLAND DRUMS, TO MAKE TUNEABLE TOM-TOMS. UP TO THAT POINT, TOM TOMS HAD TACKED HEADS, WITH LITTLE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE SOUND. THE NEW DRUM DESIGN WAS INTRODUCED IN 1936, AND THE MODERN DRUMSET WAS BORN. GENE KRUPA SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE PLAYING AND PROMOTING DRUMS. HE INSPIRED MILLIONS TO BECOME DRUMMERS, AND DEMONSTRATED A LEVEL OF SHOWMANSHIP THAT WAS HARD TO EQUAL. HE BROUGHT THE ART OF DRUMMING TO THE FOREGROUND AS A SOLO INSTRUMENT. THIS IS A POSTER/PHOTO/PICTURE REPRODUCTION OF ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PROMO PICTURES OF GENE KRUPA PLAYING SLINGERLAND DRUMS. DURING THE COURSE OF GENE KRUPA'S LONG CAREER, HE ENDORSED SLINGERLAND DRUMS IN PARTICULAR, AS WELL AS OTHERS. THIS 9.5" X 12" POSTER/PHOTO/PICTURE REPRODUCTION IS A MUST FOR ANY COLLECTOR OF GREAT DRUMMER MEMORABILIA. THIS IS NOT A PAGE OUT OF A MAGAZINE. IT COMES UNFRAMED, IN NEW CONDITION, READY FOR YOUR COLLECTION! FRAME IT OR HANG IT ON THE WALL AS IS. Combined shipping on pictures. First item ships for $5.70, additional pictures - $2, UP TO THREE PICTURES. Shipping and Handling is included in shipping. Serious bidders only. Flat Rate Shipping due to tube mailer cost. Cleaning out a warehouse/estate sale. Will be listing a variety of heads, sticks, (many no longer available), pictures/photos of professional players, and a variety of other percussion items. Stay posted! I never know what I'll find! SHIP TO USA ONLY.
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