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  1. www .buddydefranco .com. Boniface Ferdinand Leonard " Buddy " DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) [1] was an Italian-American jazz clarinetist. In addition to his work as a bandleader, DeFranco led the Glenn Miller Orchestra for almost a decade in the 1960s and 1970s.

  2. Parkside Publications presents the biography of Buddy DeFranco, who is generally regarded as the greatest jazz clarinetist of all time. Buddy’s life as a professional musician spans almost the entire history of jazz, from the early days of the Swing Era, through Bebop and up to the present day.

  3. Dec 26, 2014 · Clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, a brilliant jazz improviser who devised many paths for his instrument following its peak popularity in the swing era, died Dec. 24, his website announced. He was...

  4. Dec. 26, 2014. 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,...

  5. 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 to the exhilarating age of bop.

  6. Dec 24, 2014 · 2006 NEA Jazz Master Buddy DeFranco was a brilliant improviser and prodigious technician on the clarinet who bridged the swing and bebop eras, and is celebrated annually with the Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival, hosted by the University of Montana, Missoula.

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  8. Dec 27, 2014 · Buddy DeFranco, a jazz clarinetist who played with the big swing bands of Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet and Gene Krupa, the Count Basie Septet and the George Shearing Trio and is considered the...

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