Gene Krupa in Calumet City, Illinois. In the 1930s, Krupa became the first endorser of Slingerland drums. At Krupa's urging, Slingerland developed tom-toms with tuneable top and bottom heads, which immediately became important elements of virtually every drummer's setup. Krupa developed and popularized many of the cymbal techniques that became standards. His collaboration with Avedis Zildjian developed the modern hi-hat cymbals and standardized the names and uses of the ride cymbal, crash cymbal, splash cymbal. He is also credited with helping to formulate the modern drum set, being one of the first jazz drummers (for that recording studio) to use a bass
Emil Krupa-Krupinsky Emil Krupa-Krupinsky Emil Krupa-Krupinsky (Krupinski) (1872- 1924) German portrait painter, genre painter and graphic artist. Krupa-Krupinski studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Eduard von Gebhardt and Fritz Roeber. Eugen struggle influenced him. Krupa-Krupinski was a member of the Artists' Union "Düsseldorfer Malkasten" and later co-founded the Bonner Kunstverein. His most famous image is the "Loreley" (1899), which has been widely reproduced in print. It is now in the City Museum Trier. His paintings were often published as postcards. He was also active as a commercial artist. During World War I he served in Lauenburg Rifle Battalion No.9. He painted for