Jazz Clarinet history, like all others, has certain benchmarks and watershed moments that are of great importance to both the development of...

In a JazzTimes article originating in 1997 , but updated only a few weeks ago, thirteen critics were invited to sound off on which among th...

One of the finest jazz blogs out there, Marc Myers has posted a brief overview of Buddy DeFranco's career on JazzWax, along with links ...

The Chicago Tribune has reported that one of the greatest of jazz clarinetists, Buddy DeFranco, passed away at age 91 last night on Christm...

It can be very difficult to find any of the music Buddy DeFranco made while a member of the Count Basie Sextet in the early 1950s. Fortunate...

Side A The Monkey My Ship Gravy Waltz My Man's Gone Now I Remember Bird Side B Bus Driver in the Sky Spring Will Be La...

Most of us who participate in jazz, either as musicians or as listeners, owe in some way a debt of gratitude to Norman Granz , the impresari...

As with many recordings from the early 1950s, the tunes collected on Buddy DeFranco's Mr. Clarinet album were released in many package...

In the liner notes to Eddie Daniels' 1994 album Real Time , Buddy DeFranco writes "[Eddie] has made his mark. I have heard as many ...