Sunday 28 December 2014

R.I.P. Buddy DeFranco


"Buddy DeFranco began his professional career just as swing music and big bands — many of which were led by clarinetists like Artie Shaw, and Benny Goodman — were in decline. While most jazz clarinet players did not adapt to this change, DeFranco successfully continued to play clarinet exclusively, and was one of the few bebop clarinetists.

DeFranco played with the Count Basie's Septet, Sonny Clark, Gene Krupa, Charlie Barnet, Art Tatum, Billie Holiday, and Oscar Peterson."

....Wikipedia 

"Charlie Parker and Art Tatum to me were genius, and I'm right below that, i did in my own way do something different on the instrument and that's the way I'd like to be remembered."

.... Buddy DeFranco

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