BUDDY DE FRANCO : MR. CLARINET

Ο εκπληκτικός κλαρινετίστας Buddy De Franco ήταν από τις σπάνιες περιπτώσεις καλλιτεχνών, και ο μοναδικός σολίστ του οργάνου, που κολυμπούσε το ίδιο άνετα στα νερά του swing και του καινοφανούς [στα late ‘40s] ρεύματος του bebop, συμμετέχοντας επίσης, λίγο αργότερα, στην πρωτοπορία της third stream jazz [mix κλασικής και jazz]. Mια ματιά σε συνεργασίες δίνει μια εικόνα της πολυσχίδειας και των ικανοτήτων του : από τον Charlie Barnet και τον Gene Krupa μέχρι τον Tommy Dorsey, τον Count Basie [μέλος του Σεπτέτου] και τους Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz, Lenny Tristano…
Ακούμε ένα κομμάτι από την swing πλευρά του BDF, και ένα από το bebop άλμπουμ,
Mr. Clarinet, ηχογραφημένο το 1953 με το Buddy De Franco Quartet [Kenny Drew – piano, Milt Hinton – bass, Art Blakey – Drums]

The amazing clarinetist
Buddy De Franco was one of the rare artists’ cases, and the sole soloist of the instrument, who swam equally comfortably in the waters of swing and the new [in the late ‘40s’] stream of bebop, also participating a little bit later, in the first stages of third stream jazz [a mix of classical and jazz].
A look at collaborations gives an insight into his skills and diversity : from Charlie Barnet and Gene Krupa to Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie [member of Septet] and Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz, Lenny Tristano…
We hear a track from the swing side of BDF, and a track from the bebop album,
Mr. Clarinet, recorded in 1953 with the Buddy De Franco Quartet [Kenny Drew – piano, Milt Hinton – bass, Art Blakey – Drums]

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3 Comments

  1. Liz Gauffreau February 8, 2024 at 2:01 am

    Very impressive! I can see/hear why he was called Mr. Clarinet.

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  2. Resa February 14, 2024 at 11:58 pm

    Another unknown (to me) that I now love! Thank you!

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    1. Oannes February 15, 2024 at 7:36 am

      Already in his time he was an oddity, although a famous one – no other clarinetist made the leap from swing to bebop, like he did. Having been forgotten somehow would seem natural, unfortunately. Thank you!

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