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
Tomáš Krupa included a win over second seeds David Adams and John-Laffnie de Jager. He won a total of four titles on the Challenger circuit. As a coach he is most famous for his involvement with Tomáš Berdych, who he coached from 2009 to 2014, during which time he made the final of Wimbledon. Prior to this he worked with Radek Štěpánek. More recently he has been the coach of Jiří Veselý and Barbora Strýcová. Tomáš Krupa Tomáš Krupa (born 14 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player and now coach from the Czech Republic. Krupa was a doubles specialist, most