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 Are Low, Street of Dreams, Runaway, Never On Friday, Gone With the Wind, ´S Wonderful, On Green Dolphin Street, Scrapple From the Apple, Playin´ It Cool and You Are Too Beautiful.

Backing Buddy and Gumina on the album were bassist Bill Plummer and drummer John Guerin. To read my 2011 post and interview with Buddy on this unusual quartet, go here.

Here's the complete album without ad interruptions...