Buddy Defranco - Autumn Leaves download mp3

Gorgeous tone and vibrato!!

A true pioneer of the be bop clarinet.We miss you Buddy, and I hope to see you one day.

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To say that Buddy DeFranco is the greatest clarinet player of all time dismisses a host of amazing clarinet virtuosos. But for sure, Buddy is one of them. I’m 71 soon, a ‘returned’ clarinet player and only recently started to listen to Buddy with great interest.. He was a curiosity to me as the yearly winner of Downbeat jazz poles in the 60’s. My head was elsewhere. My idol growing up was the late Pete Fountain. ( And I never saw him on Lawrence Welk!) Great tone. Amazing technical ability and musicianship. It helped that I loved his repertoire. But I am often knocked out watching clips of Benny Goodman, too. And Ken Peplowski and Eddie Daniels are quite unbelievable. And how ‘bout D’Rivera? What a genius. The list goes on . They all have much to offer and enjoy. Long live clarinet players and enthusiasts of that demanding instrument.

You know, the fifties gets a bad rap sometimes but, as this shows, in many ways it marked the pinnacle of western civilisation.