Buddy DeFranco

United States
February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014

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Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFrancowas an Italian American jazz clarinet player. One of few clarinetists playing bebop, DeFranco was described by critic Scott Yannow as the leading American jazz musician on his instrument from the 1940s until Eddie Daniels came to prominence in the 1980s. In addition to his own work as a bandleader, DeFranco led the Glenn Miller Orchestra for almost a decade in the 1960s and '70s.

For the last 14 days:

21 tracks
23 stations
10 countries

Buddy DeFranco top songs

1	Rose Room
2	Sonny's Idea
3	If I Should Lose You
4	What Can I Say Dear (After I Say I'm Sorry_)
5	In A Sentimental Mood
6	Joy Spring
7	In the Mornin' When the Sun Comes Up
8	Lazy Days
9	By Myself
10	Tenderly
11	Autumn in New York
12	Indian Love Call
13	Nights In Madrid
14	Nights In Madrid
15	Cooking The Blues
16	Sweet and Lovely
17	The Rockies
18	A Bird in Igor's Yard
19	Llovisna (Light Rain)
20	Why Do I Love You
21	Close Enough For Love

Buddy DeFranco quotes

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.