"Everybody that listens to something hears it differently from their own perspective. And you can't please everyone. Don't even try. Please yourself first and then try to please those people around you that you feel know what you're doing." —Buddy DeFranco
One of the greatest clarinetists of all time, Buddy DeFranco was the top new clarinetist to emerge in the 1940s and, 60 years later, he still has just a few [more]
Oscar Peterson was one of the most remarkable pianists of the 20th century. A brilliant technician who could play as fast as [more]
Eighty-three year old clarinetist Buddy DeFranco recorded this pleasantly solid and well-executed mainstream jazz album in December 2006 in the company of trumpeter Lew Soloff, [more]