Buddy DeFranco, who has died aged 91, was one of the great virtuoso jazz clarinettists, capable of producing an endless flow of ideas in a tone like polished ice. His dexterity seemed almost ...

Buddy DeFranco has the unprecedented distinction of winning twenty Downbeat Magazine Awards, nine Metronome Magazine Awards, and sixteen Playboy All-Stars Awards as the number one jazz clarinetist in ...

Virtuoso jazz clarinettist who started playing at nine and worked with Count Basie, Art Tatum and Nelson Riddle Buddy DeFranco, who died on Christmas Eve aged 91, was one of the great virtuoso jazz ...