Rhythm

Jim Keltner

‘Disc Jockey Jump’

Gene Krupa And His Orchestra (1948)

Drummer: Gene Krupa

“This tune hooked me from the moment I heard it – it was killer then, and it’s killer now. I was around 12 when my dad started playing it at home and it immediately grabbed

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