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Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy DeFranco
All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy DeFranco's birthday today! Buddy DeFranco has the unprecedented distinction of winning twenty Downbeat Magazine Awards, nine Metronome Magazine Awards, and sixteen Playboy All-Stars Awards as the number one jazz clarinetist in the world. Buddy is generally credited with leading the way for jazz clarinetists from the exciting era of swing ...
2014: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The year 2014 turned out to be a year noteworthy for its numbers. Newport turned 60, Blue Note turned 75, International Jazz Day's third edition featured 900 events in more than 190 countries. The jazz world lost seven of its NEA Jazz Masters, and New Orleans trumpeter Lionel Ferbos died at 103. Sad but not unexpected, ...
Four Classic Albums Plus
Label: Avid Jazz
Released: 2014
Track listing: Buddy De Franco; Gone With The Wind; Sweet Georgia Brown; Street Of Dreams; Get Happy; Sophisticated Lady; Carioca; Lover Come Back To Me; I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good); Just One Of Those Things; Cairo; Samia Shuffle; The Way You Look Tonight; The Artistry Of Buddy De Franco; Titoro; You Go To My Head; Mine; Gerry's Tune; Autumn Leaves; Now's The Time; Mr. Clarinet; Buddy's Blues; Ferdinando; It Could Happen To You; Autumn In New York; Left Field; Show Eyes; But Not For Me; Bass On Balls ; Selections from Jazz Tones; The Things We Did Last Summer; Jack The Field Stalker; Pretty Moods; Tenderly; Lover Man; Deep Purple; Yesterdays; If I Should Lose You;
Passings: DeFranco, Benford, Belletto
The past seven days have seen the deaths of three musicians who came to prominence as young men and had long careers in the swing, bebop and post-bop eras. Buddy DeFranco, who in the 1940s was the first to successfully adapt the clarinet to the complexities of bebop, died the day before Christmas at age 91. ...
Buddy De Franco (1923-2014)
Buddy De Franco, a highly accomplished and exquisite jazz clarinetist who began his career in several leading swing bands of the 1940s before pivoting to bebop in the late 1940s and early '50s and teaming with leading jazz artists throughout the LP era, died on Dec. 24. He was 91. Buddy's first recording in 1943 was ...
Buddy DeFranco, 91, Versatile Jazz Clarinetist, Dies
Buddy DeFranco, the innovative clarinetist who rose from the remains of the swing era to forge new and lasting prominence as the instrument’s pre-eminent interpreter of bebop, died on Wednesday in Panama City, Fla. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his wife, Joyce. From 1939, the year he graduated from a high school music ...
The Shearing Sound That Wasn't
In 1948, George Shearing and Buddy DeFranco were kicking around the idea of forming a quintet. With Shearing's block chords and Buddy's bop clarinet combined with their speed, they figured they'd knock out audiences. They performed together with bassist John Levy and drummer Denzil Best at the Clique Club, which would become Birdland a year later. ...
Glenn Zottola: Reflections of Charlie Parker
by Geannine Reid
After nearly four decades Glenn Zottola has become one of the most respected, versatile and in-demand trumpet players--and saxophonists--in the world. Born and raised in Port Chester, New York, Zottola started playing trumpet at age three. By virtue of his musical household, this seemed almost as natural as learning to speak. His big brother, Bob, was ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy DeFranco
All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy DeFranco's birthday today! Buddy DeFranco has the unprecedented distinction of winning twenty Downbeat Magazine Awards, nine Metronome Magazine Awards, and sixteen Playboy All-Stars Awards as the number one jazz clarinetist in the world. Buddy is generally credited with leading the way for jazz clarinetists from the exciting era of swing ...
GrandMasters of Jazz
By Jackie Ryan
Label: OpenArt Productions
Released: 2013
Track listing: 19 tracks, 14 songs;COLLECTORS 1 CD &
2 DVDs EDITION includes:
1 CD with 19 tracks, 14 songs
2 bonus DVDs - 90 minutes with
additional songs, additional concerts
20 page Booklet with bios and 27 photo portraits
Liner notes by Will Friedwald
CD - Not to be missed:
CLARK's haunting version of "Topsy"
BUDDY's skillfully creative "Speak Low" and "Liza"
GIBB's virtuoso "Love For Sale" and stunning "Body and Soul" with Jackie's a
cappella intro
JACKIE's luscious "East of the Sun" and "You Go To My Head"
SWING FEVER and GIBB's electrifying "Airmail Special"
DVD - Not to be missed:
CLARK and SWING FEVER's rousing "Swingin' The Blues"
CLARK's vocal antics on "I Want A Little Girl" - one of three best videos recorded of
Clark's vocal classic
CLARK's and JACKIE's mischievous banter on "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm
Gone"
