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Backgrounder: Buddy DeFranco & Tommy Gumina

Backgrounder: Buddy DeFranco & Tommy Gumina

In 1960, clarinetist Buddy DeFranco and accordionist Tommy Gumina got together with bass and drums to record the first of five albums—Pacific Standard (Swingin') Time. It was on Decca. The next four were on Mercury, including their first for the label—Presenting the Buddy DeFranco/Tommy Gumina Quartet, recorded in 1961. The tracks on Presenting were When Lights ...

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Article: Album Review

Joseph Howell: Time Made to Swing

Read "Time Made to Swing" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Ace clarinetist Dr. Joseph D. Howell dedicated this CD to the late Buddy DeFranco, king of bebop clarinet. In addition to being a role model as a player, his recordings with accordionist Tommy Gumina inspired Howell's collaboration with Cory Pesaturo, accordionist on this album. The accordion has found its way onto a number of jazz recordings ...

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Article: Profile

Tommy Gumina

Read "Tommy Gumina" reviewed by Elliott Simon


It is the rare jazz instrumentalist who gains such a total understanding of their instrument that by technical innovation they change the way the instrument is played to achieve that elusive 'sound in their head.' Jazz accordionist Tommy Gumina is such an artist. When it comes to the accordion, Gumina's modifications and amplification development are on ...

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A La Italiana!

Label: Spotlite Records
Released: 1959

Album

Cumana / Theme From Pagliacci

Label: Spotlite Records
Released: 1957


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