Buddy Defranco
Buddy DeFranco is one of the great clarinetists of all time and, until the rise of Eddie Daniels, he was indisputably the top clarinetist to emerge since 1940. It was DeFranco's misfortune to be the best on an instrument that after the swing era dropped drastically in popularity and, unlike Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, he has never been a household name for the general public.
When he was 14, DeFranco won an amateur swing contest sponsored by Tommy Dorsey. After working with the big bands of Gene Krupa (1941-1942) and Charlie Barnet (1943-1944), he was with TD on and off during 1944-1948. DeFranco, other than spending part of 1950 with Count Basie's septet, was mostly a bandleader from then on. Among the few clarinetists to transfer the language of Charlie Parker onto his instrument, DeFranco has won a countless number of polls and appeared with the Metronome All-Stars in the late '40s. He recorded frequently in the '50s (among his sidemen were Art Blakey, Kenny Drew, and Sonny Clark) and participated in some of Norman Granz's Verve jam session. During 1960-1963 DeFranco led a quartet that also featured the accordion of Tommy Gumina and he recorded an album with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers on which he played bass clarinet. Work, however, was difficult to find in the '60s, leading DeFranco to accept the assignment of leading the Glenn Miller ghost band (1966-1974). He has found more artistic success co-leading a quintet with Terry Gibbs off and on since the early '80s and has recorded throughout the decades for many labels.
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The Artistry Of Buddy DeFranco
Jazz - Paru chez Verve Reissues le 1 janv. 1954
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Pretty Moods By Buddy DeFranco
Jazz - Paru chez Verve Reissues le 23 déc. 2002
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Play Steve Allen
Jazz - Paru chez Fantasy Records le 1 janv. 1999
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Cool & Quiet
Lennie Tristano, Buddy Defranco
Jazz - Paru chez Blue Note Records le 1 janv. 1982
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The Very Best Of
Be Bop - Paru chez Master Classics Records le 1 avr. 2011
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The Artistry of Buddy DeFranco
Jazz - Paru chez Music Manager le 9 août 2021
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Cooking The Blues
Jazz - Paru chez Chameleon Archive le 21 juin 2021
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Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin
Buddy Defranco, Oscar Peterson
Jazz - Paru chez Music Manager le 22 juin 2021
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The Bebop Years 1949-56
Jazz - Paru chez ACROBAT le 1 juil. 2022
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I Hear Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw
Jazz - Paru chez Ascension Records le 29 juin 2022
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Cooking The Blues & Sweet & Lovely
Jazz - Paru chez Lone Hill Jazz le 9 janv. 2009
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Plays Benny Goodman & Artie Shaw
Be Bop - Paru chez Master Classics Records le 1 mars 2011
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Generalissimo + Live Date
Jazz - Paru chez Plenty Jazz Records le 1 janv. 2022
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Cooking the Blues + Sweet and Lovely (feat. Sonny Clark & Tal Farlow)
Jazz - Paru chez Plenty Jazz Records le 15 mars 2015
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