name

Buddy DeFranco, Clarinet

dates

b. February 17, 1923

birth place

Camden, NJ

description

Worked with Krupa, Dorsey, and Raeburn bands, plus a year with the Basie septet. Became one of the few clarinetists interested in and fluent in bebop.

hot disc

Complete Verve Recordings of Buddy DeFranco with Sonny Clark

more info

http://sandbox.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/defranco.html