Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) was an Italian-American jazz clarinetist. In addition to his work as a bandleader, DeFranco led the Glenn Miller Orchestra for almost a decade in the 1960s and 1970s.

Biography
Born in Camden, New Jersey, United States, DeFranco was raised in South Philadelphia. He was playing the clarinet by the time he was nine years old and within five years had won a national Tommy Dorsey swing contest.

He 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, Norgran and Verve; the latter two labels were owned by Norman Granz.

During the years 1960-64, DeFranco released four innovative quartet albums, as co-leader with the accordionist Tommy Gumina.

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, Art  Blakey, Tommy  Dorsey, Count Basie, Charlie Barnet, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Lennie Tristano, Dodo Marmarosa, Terry Gibbs, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Eddie Daniels, Andy Firth-musician, Don Burrows, Putte Wickman, Billie Holiday and many others, and released dozens of albums as a leader.

DeFranco died in Panama City, Florida, at the age of 91.

Awards and honors
DeFranco won twenty awards from DownBeat magazine, nine awards from Metronome, and sixteen Playboy All-Stars awards.

Discography

As leader
 Cool & Quiet with Lennie Tristano (Capitol, 1953)
 The Progressive Mr. DeFranco (Norgran, 1954)
 Pretty Moods (Norgran, 1954)
 The Artistry of Buddy DeFranco (Norgran, 1954)
 Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (Norgran, 1954)
 The Buddy DeFranco Wailers (Norgran, 1956)
 Sweet and Lovely (Verve, 1956)
 In a Mellow Mood (Norgran, 1956)
 Mr. Clarinet (Norgran, 1956)
 Jazz Tones (Norgran, 1956)
 Buddy DeFranco Plays Benny Goodman (Verve, 1957)
 The Art Tatum Buddy DeFranco Quartet (Verve, 1958)
 Cross Country Suite (Dot, 1958)
 Generalissimo (Verve, 1958)
 Buddy DeFranco and the Oscar Peterson Quartet (Verve, 1958)
 Live Date! (Verve, 1958)
 Buddy DeFranco Plays Artie Shaw (Verve, 1958)
 Cooking the Blues (Verve, 1958)
 Bravura (Verve, 1959)
 Pacific Standard Swingin'! Time with Tommy Gumina (Decca, 1960)
 Presenting  with Tommy Gumina (Mercury, 1961)
 Kaleidoscope with Tommy Gumina (Mercury, 1962)
 Pol.Y.Tones with Tommy Gumina (Mercury, 1963)
 The Girl from Ipanema with Tommy Gumina (Mercury, 1964)
 Blues Bag (Vee Jay, 1965)
 Crosscurrents with Lennie Tristano (Capitol, 1972)
 Free Sail (Choice, 1974)
 Black Magic with Helen Forrest (Shamrock, 1975)
 Love Affair with a Clarinet Vol. 2 (Famous Solos, 1976)
 Sessions, Live (Callipe, 1976)
 Borinquin (Sonet, 1976)
 Waterbed (Choice, 1978)
 Buddy DeFranco with Jim Gillis (Classic Jazz, 1978)
 Closed Session (Verve, 1979)
 Buddy DeFranco (Famous Solos, 1980)
 Like Someone in Love (Progressive, 1980)
 Jazz Party: First Time Together with Terry Gibbs (Palo Alto, 1981)
 Eastern Exposure (Silver Crest, 1982)
 Buddy DeFranco Presents John Denman (Lud, 1983)
 Now's the Time with Terry Gibbs (Tall Tree, 1984)
 Mr. Lucky (Pablo, 1984)
 Hark with Oscar Peterson (Pablo, 1985)
 Groovin (Hep, 1985)
 Chicago Fire with Terry Gibbs (Contemporary, 1987)
 Holiday for Swing with Terry Gibbs (Contemporary, 1988)
 Garden of Dreams with Martin Taylor (ProJazz, 1988)
 Memories of You: A Tribute to Benny Goodman with Terry Gibbs, Herb Ellis (Contemporary, 1991)
 Kings of Swing with Terry Gibbs, Herb Ellis (Contemporary, 1992)
 Five Notes of Blues (Musidisc, 1992)
 Modern Clarinets: Museum of Modern Jazz (Verve, 1993)
 The Buenos Aires Concerts (Hep, 1995)
 Free Fall (Candid, 1996)
 You Must Believe in Swing with Dave McKenna (Concord Jazz, 1997)
 Do Nothing Till You Hear from Us! with Dave McKenna (Concord Jazz, 1999)
 The Champs with Putte Wickman (Gazell, 1999)
 Terry Gibbs and Buddy DeFranco Play Steve Allen (Contemporary, 1999)
 Gone with the Wind (Storyville, 1999)
 The Three Sopranos (hr-musik.de, 2001)
 Cookin' the Books (Arbors Records, 2003)
 Charlie Cat 2 (Arbors, 2007)
 Cookin with Eiji Kitamura, Kiyoshi Takeshita (Jazz Cook, 2008)
 Down for Double with John Burnett Swing Orchestra (Delmark Records, 2010)

As sidemanWith Tommy Dorsey Yes Indeed! (RCA Victor 1956)
 Tribute to Dorsey, Vol. 2 (RCA Victor, 1957)
 Tommy Dorsey's Greatest Band (20th Fox, 1959)With Lionel Hampton The Lionel Hampton Quintet (Clef, 1954)
 Album #2 (Clef, 1955)
 Lionel Hampton and His All Stars (Columbia, 1957)With others'''
 Charlie Barnet, Sky Liner (MCA, 1976)
 Count Basie, Blues by Basie (Columbia, 1956)
 Les Brown, Jazz Song Book (Coral, 1960)
 Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern & Johnny Mercer Songbooks (Verve, 1976)
 Stan Getz, Stan Getz Blues (VSP, 1966)
 Billie Holiday, Ladylove (United Artists, 1962)
 Billie Holiday, Live in Cologne 1954 (Jazzline, 2014)
 Rolf Kuhn, Affairs (Intuition, 1997)
 Herbie Mann, Big Band Mann (VSP, 1966)
 Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker Gerry Mulligan Buddy DeFranco (GNP, 1957)
 Joe Negri, Uptown Elegance (MCG, 2004)
 Flip Phillips, Flip Philllips Celebrates His 80th Birthday at the March of Jazz 1995 (Arbors, 2003)
 Tullio De Piscopo, Live in Zurich at Moods Club (Rai Trade, 2004)
 Buddy Rich, Buddy Rich at JATP'' (VSP, 1966)

References

External links

Buddy DeFranco Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2004)

1923 births
2014 deaths
American jazz bandleaders
American jazz clarinetists
American people of Italian descent
Bebop clarinetists
Musicians from Camden, New Jersey
Jazz musicians from Philadelphia
Post-bop clarinetists
Statesmen of Jazz members
Hep Records artists
Verve Records artists
Contemporary Records artists
Mercury Records artists
Pablo Records artists
Concord Records artists
Arbors Records artists
보니파체 페르디난드 레오나르드 "버디" 드프랭코(, 1923년 2월 17일 ~ 2014년 12월 24일)는 이탈리아계 미국인 재즈 클라리넷 연주자이다. 밴드리더로서의 작품 뿐만 아니라 1960년대와 1970년대 글렌 밀러 오케스트라에서 10년 가까이 활동했다.

생애 
미국 뉴저지주 캠던에서 태어난 드프랭코는 사우스필라델피아에서 자랐다. 9살 때 클라리넷을 연주하기 시작했으며 5년 안에 토미 도시 스윙 콘테스트에서 우승하였다.

음악인으로서 본격적인 경력은 스윙 음악과 빅밴드가 쇠퇴하던 시기에 시작하였다. 아티 쇼나 베니 굿맨과 같은 클라리넷 연주자가 이끄는 곳에서 활동하였다. 대부분의 재즈 클라리넷 연주자가 변화를 꺼려할 때 드프랭코는 성공적으로 클라리넷 연주자 생활을 이어가며 얼마 존재하지 않는 비밥 클라리넷 연주자가 됐다.

1950년, 드프랭코는 카운트 베이시 셉텟에서 시간을 보냈다. 그 후 1950년대 초에는 피아니스트 소니 클라크와 기타리스트 탤 팔로가 포함된 작은 캄보를 이글었다. 이 시기에 드프랭코는 MGM, 노그랜, 버브 등에서 녹음을 하였다.

1960년부터 64년까지 드프랭코는 아코디언 연주자 토미 구미나와 공동 리더로서 네 장의 혁신적인 콰르텟 음반을 발매하였다.

1966년부터 1974년까지 글렌 밀러 오케스트라의 밴드리더로 활동하면서 "세계에서 유명한 글렌 밀러 오케스트라, 버디 드프랭코 감독"()이란 이름을 사용하였다. 또한 진 크루파, 아트 블래키, 토미 도시, 카운트 베이시, 찰리 바넷, 아트 테이텀, 오스카 피터슨, 레니 트리스타노, 도도 마마로사, 테리 깁스, 찰리 파커, 디지 길레스피, 마일스 데이비스, 에디 대니얼스, 빌리 홀리데이와 많은 이들과 함께 작업하며 음반을 발매했다.

2014년 91세의 나이로 플로리다주 파나마시티에서 사망하였다.

수상 
드프랭코는 다운비트 잡지에서 20개의 상을, 메트로놈에선 9개의 상, 그리고 플레이보이 올스타 어워즈에서는 16개의 상을 거머쥐었다.

디스코그래피

리더 

 The Progressive Mr. DeFranco (Norgran, 1954)
 Pretty Moods (Norgran, 1954)
 The Artistry of Buddy DeFranco (Norgran, 1954)
 Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (Norgran, 1954)
 The Buddy DeFranco Wailers (Norgran, 1956)
 Sweet and Lovely (Verve, 1956)
 In a Mellow Mood (Norgran, 1956)
 Mr. Clarinet (Norgran, 1956)
 Jazz Tones (Norgran, 1956)
 Buddy DeFranco Plays Benny Goodman (Verve, 1957)
 The Art Tatum Buddy DeFranco Quartet (Verve, 1958)
 Cross Country Suite (Dot, 1958)
 Generalissimo (Verve, 1958)
 Buddy DeFranco and the Oscar Peterson Quartet (Verve, 1958)
 Live Date! (Verve, 1958)
 Buddy DeFranco Plays Artie Shaw (Verve, 1958)
 Cooking the Blues (Verve, 1958)
 Bravura (Verve, 1959)
 Pacific Standard Swingin'! Time with Tommy Gumina (Decca, 1960)
 Presenting with Tommy Gumina (Mercury, 1961)
 Kaleidoscope with Tommy Gumina (Mercury, 1962)
 Pol.Y.Tones with Tommy Gumina (Mercury, 1963)
 The Girl from Ipanema with Tommy Gumina (Mercury, 1964)
 Blues Bag (Vee Jay, 1965)
 Crosscurrents with Lennie Tristano (Capitol, 1972)
 Free Sail (Choice, 1974)
 Black Magic with Helen Forrest (Shamrock, 1975)
 Love Affair with a Clarinet Vol. 2 (Famous Solos, 1976)
 Sessions, Live (Callipe, 1976)
 Borinquin (Sonet, 1976)
 Waterbed (Choice, 1978)
 Buddy DeFranco with Jim Gillis (Classic Jazz, 1978)
 Closed Session (Verve, 1979)
 Buddy DeFranco (Famous Solos, 1980)
 Like Someone in Love (Progressive, 1980)
 Jazz Party: First Time Together with Terry Gibbs (Palo Alto, 1981)
 Cool & Quiet with Lennie Tristano (Capitol, 1982)
 Eastern Exposure (Silver Crest, 1982)
 Buddy DeFranco Presents John Denman (Lud, 1983)
 Now's the Time with Terry Gibbs (Tall Tree, 1984)
 Mr. Lucky (Pablo, 1984)
 Hark with Oscar Peterson (Pablo, 1985)
 Groovin (Hep, 1985)
 Chicago Fire with Terry Gibbs (Contemporary, 1987)
 Garden of Dreams with Martin Taylor (ProJazz, 1988)
 Kings of Swing Terry Gibbs, Herb Ellis (Contemporary, 1992)
 Five Notes of Blues (Musidisc, 1992)
 Modern Clarinets: Museum of Modern Jazz (Verve, 1993)
 The Buenos Aires Concerts (Hep, 1995)
 Free Fall (Candid, 1996)
 You Must Believe in Swing with Dave McKenna (Concord Jazz, 1997)
 Do Nothing Till You Hear from Us! with Dave McKenna (Concord Jazz, 1999)
 The Champs with Putte Wickman (Gazell, 1999)
 Terry Gibbs and Buddy DeFranco Play Steve Allen (Contemporary, 1999)
 Gone with the Wind (Storyville, 1999)
 A Tribute to Benny Goodman (Contemporary, 2001)
 The Three Sopranos (hr-musik.de, 2001)
 Cookin' the Books (Arbors Records, 2003)
 Charlie Cat 2 (Arbors, 2007)
 Cookin with Eiji Kitamura, Kiyoshi Takeshita (Jazz Cook, 2008)
 Down for Double with John Burnett Swing Orchestra (Delmark Records, 2010)

 사이드맨 토미 도시 Yes Indeed! (RCA Victor 1956)
 Tribute to Dorsey, Vol. 2 (RCA Victor, 1957)
 Tommy Dorsey's Greatest Band (20th Fox, 1959)리오넬 햄튼 The Lionel Hampton Quintet (Clef, 1954)
 Album #2 (Clef, 1955)
 Lionel Hampton and His All Stars (Columbia, 1957)이외'''

 Charlie Barnet, Sky Liner (MCA, 1976)
 Count Basie, Blues by Basie (Columbia, 1956)
 Les Brown, Jazz Song Book (Coral, 1960)
 Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern & Johnny Mercer Songbooks (Verve, 1976)
 Stan Getz, Stan Getz Blues (VSP, 1966)
 Billie Holiday, Ladylove (United Artists, 1962)
 Billie Holiday, Live in Cologne 1954 (Jazzline, 2014)
 Rolf Kuhn, Affairs (Intuition, 1997)
 Herbie Mann, Big Band Mann (VSP, 1966)
 Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker Gerry Mulligan Buddy DeFranco (GNP, 1957)
 Joe Negri, Uptown Elegance (MCG, 2004)
 Flip Phillips, Flip Philllips Celebrates His 80th Birthday at the March of Jazz 1995 (Arbors, 2003)
 Tullio De Piscopo, Live in Zurich at Moods Club (Rai Trade, 2004)
 Buddy Rich, Buddy Rich at JATP'' (VSP, 1966)

각주

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1923년 출생
2014년 사망
미국의 재즈 음악가
미국의 클라리넷 연주자
이탈리아계 미국인
필라델피아 출신 음악가
버브 레코드 음악가
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