Buddy DeFranco
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) was an American jazz clarinet player. He was known for performing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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| File:Buddy De Franco, New York, ca. Sept. 1947 (William P. Gottlieb 01941).jpg DeFranco in September 1947 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Boniface Ferdinand Leonard DeFranco |
| Born | February 17, 1923 Camden, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | December 24, 2014 (aged 91) Panama City, Florida, U.S. |
| Genres | Swing Bebop Post bop |
| Occupation(s) | Clarinetist |
| Instruments | Clarinet |
| Years active | 1940s–2014 |
| Labels | Norgran Records, Verve Records Mercury Records Arbors Records |
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DeFranco died in Panama City, Florida at the age of 91.[1]
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