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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Birth name | Boniface Ferdinand Leonard DeFranco |
Born | Camden, New Jersey, U.S. | February 17, 1923
Died | December 24, 2014 Panama City, Florida, U.S. | (aged 91)
Genres | Swing Bebop Post bop |
Occupation(s) | Clarinetist |
Instruments | Clarinet |
Years active | 1940s–2014 |
Labels | Norgran Records, Verve Records Mercury Records Arbors Records |
DeFranco died in Panama City, Florida at the age of 91.[1]
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