Buddy DeFranco
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) was an American jazz clarinet player.
Biography
Born in Camden, New Jersey, DeFranco was raised in South Philadelphia. He was playing the clarinet by the time he was 9 years old and within five years had won a national Tommy Dorsey swing contest.
He 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.
In 1950, DeFranco spent a year with Count Basie's Septet. He then led a small combo in the early 1950s which included pianist Sonny Clark and guitarist Tal Farlow. In this period, DeFranco recorded for MGM, Norgran and Verve; the latter two labels were owned by Norman Granz.
During the years 1960-64, DeFranco released four innovative quartet albums as co-leader with the accordionist Tommy Gumina.
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- The Buddy Defranco Wailers released: 2006
- Buddy Defranco and the Oscar Peterson Quartet released: 2005
- Mr. Clarinet released: 2002
- Buddy Defranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin released: 1998
- You Must Believe in Swing released: 1997
- Hark: Buddy DeFranco Meets The Oscar Peterson Quartet released: 1995
- Buddy DeFranco Plays Nelson Riddle's Cross-Country Suite released: 1958
- Pretty Moods released:
- Holiday For Swing released:
- Like Someone In Love released:
- Sweet And Lovely released:
- Cooking The Books released:
- The Chronological Classics: Buddy DeFranco 1949-1952 released:
- The Complete Verve Recordings of the Buddy De Franco Quartet/Quintet with Sonny Clark released:
- Do Nothing Till You Hear From Us! released:
The Chronological Classics: Buddy DeFranco 1949-1952
- The Boy Next Door
- A Bird in Igor's Yard
- This Time the Dream's on Me
- Bud's Invention
- When We Are Alone (Penthouse Serenade)
- Extrovert
- Good for Nothin' Joe
- Aishie
- Dancing on the Ceiling
- Out of Nowhere
- Body and Soul
- King Phillip Stomp
- Rumpus Room
- Make Believe
- St. Louis Blues
- Why Do I Love You
- The Closer You Are
- Too Many Dreams
- Swing Low Sweet Clarinet
- Will You Still Be Mine?
- Oh, Lady Be Good!
- Buddy's Blues
- Gone With the Wind
- Sweet Georgia Brown
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Los Trenes De Tozeur
by: Battiato FrancoNo more blame I am destined to keep you sane
Gotta rescue the flame
Gotta rescue the flame in your heart
No more blood, I will be there for you my love
I will stand by your side
The world has forsaken my girl
I should have seen it would be this way
I should have known from the start what she's up to
When you have loved and you've lost someone
You know what it feels like to lose
She's fading away
Away from this world
Drifting like a feather
She's not like the other girls
She lives in the clouds
She talks to the birds
Hopeless little one
She's not like the other girls I know
No more shame, she has felt too much pain, in her life
In her mind she's repeating the words
All the love you put out will return to you
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