Buddy DeFranco
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 2… Read Full Bio ↴Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) was an American jazz clarinet player.

DeFranco 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 Records, Norgran and Verve, the latter two labels were owned by Norman Granz.

He was bandleader of the Glenn Miller Orchestra from 1966 to 1974, under the name, "The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, Directed By Buddy DeFranco".

He also performed with Gene Krupa, Charlie Barnet, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson and many others, and released dozens of albums as a leader.

Discography:

As leader:

Mr. Clarinet (as the Buddy DeFranco Quartet) with Art Blakey, Milt Hinton, Kenny Drew, 1953
Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin, 1954
Cooking the Blues with Sonny Clark, Tal Farlow, Gene Wright, Bobby White, 1954
Sweet and Lovely with Sonny Clark, Tal Farlow, Gene Wright, Bobby White, 1954
Generalissimo with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Bob Hardaway, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Curtis Counce, Alvin Stoller, 1958
Plays Nelson Riddle's Cross Country Suite, 1958
Live Date! with Herbie Mann, Bob Hardaway, Victor Feldman, Pete Jolly, Barney Kessel, Scott LaFaro, Frank DeVito, 1958
Blues Bag with Victor Feldman, Curtis Fuller, Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, Freddie Hill, Victor Sproles, 1964
Do You Want To Dance with The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, Directed By Buddy DeFranco, 1969
Free Fall with Victor Feldman, John Chiodini, Joe Cocuzzo, Victor Sproles, 1974
Like Someone in Love with Tal Farlow, Derek Smith, George Duvivier, Ronnie Bedford, 1977
Jazz Party: First Time Together with Terry Gibbs, 1981, Palo Alto Records
Hark with Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Martin Drew, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1985
Holiday for Swing with John Campbell, Terry Gibbs, Todd Coolman, Gerry Gibbs, 1988
Born to Swing! with Al Grey, Lin Biviano, Dave Cooper, 1988
Nobody Else But Me, 1989
Chip off the Old Bop with Jimmy Cobb, Keter Betts, Joe Cohn, Larry Novak, 1992
Buenos Aires Concerts with Jorge Navarro, 1995
Mr. Lucky, Live album with Albert Dailey, George Duvivier, Ronnie Bedford, Joe Cohn, 1981/1997
Gone with the Wind with Todd Coolman, Jerry Coleman, 1999
Do Nothing Till You Hear from Us with Dave McKenna, Joe Cohn, 1999
Cookin' the Books with Butch Miles, John Pizzarelli, Martin Pizzarelli, Raymond Louis Kennedy, 2004
Wailers with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Barney Kessel, Jimmy Rowles, 2006
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Buddy DeFranco Lyrics


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After You've Gone Now won't you listen honey, while I say, How could…
Autumn Leaves The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of…
Between The Devil And The Blue Sea I don't want you, but I'd hate to lose you You've…
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea I don't want you, but I'd hate to lose you You've…
Body and Soul My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for…
But Beautiful Love is funny or it's sad, Or it's quiet or…
But Not for Me Old man sunshine listen you Never tell me dreams come true …
Deep Purple Woo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo When the…
Easy To Love I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time In…
Get Happy Pack up your troubles and just get happy Ya better…
Here's That Rainy Day Maybe I should have saved those left over dreams Funny, but…
How About You When a girl meets boy Life can be a joy But the…



How Long Has This Been Going On As a tot, when I trotted in little velvet panties, I…
I Surrender Dear Pride, sad, splendid liar, Sworn enemy of love Kept my…
I Was Doing All Right I was doing all right Nothing but rainbows in my sky I…
If You Could See Me Now If you could see me now, you'd know how blue…
Indian Love Call Oo-oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo-oo When I'm calling you Oo-oo-oo-oo, o…
Ja-Da You've heard all about your raggy melody Everything from ope…
Just Friends Just friends, lovers no more Just friends, but not like bef…
Just Squeeze Me Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you…
Lady Be Good Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Like Someone In Love Lately, I find myself out gazing at stars, Hearing guitars…
Mine One brief feeling, 5 seconds go by. Buzzing of wires.…
More Than You Know Whether you are here or yonder, Whether you are false…
My Heart Stood Still I took one look at you That's all I meant to…
Oh Lady Be Good Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Oh Lady Be Good! Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Oh You Crazy Moon When they met, the way they smiled, I saw that…
Pick Yourself Up Please teacher, teach me something, Nice teacher, teach me …
Rose Room I want to take you to a little room A little…
Someone To Watch Over Me There's a saying old says that love is blind Still were…
St. Louis Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate…
Stardust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
Sweet And Lovely Sweet and lovely Sweeter than the roses in May Sweet and lov…
Temptation You came, I was alone I should have known you were…
That Old Black Magic Old black magic has me in its spell Old black magic…
The Man I Love Someday he'll come along The man I love And he'll be big…
The Nearness Of You Its not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and…
The Sheik Of Araby "I'm the Sheik of Araby, Your love belongs to me. At…
They Can't Take That Away From Me Our romance won't end on a sorrowful note, Though by tomorr…
They Can’t Take That Away From Me Our romance won't end on a sorrowful note, Though by tomorro…
They Say It's Wonderful They say that falling love is wonderful It's wonderful, so t…
What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry I don't know why, I made you cry I'm sorry sweetheart…
You Go To My Head You go to my head And you linger like a haunting…


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