Panama City, Florida: Renowned jazz clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, who led the way on his instrument in the transition between the swing and bebop eras, has died at the age of 91, his family said Friday.

Renowned jazz clarinetist Buddy DeFranco — who collaborated with Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and other top singers and musicians of his era — has died at the age of 91, his family said Friday.

Buddy DeFranco, one of the most innovative and enduring masters of the jazz clarinet, who introduced the complex musical vocabulary of bebop to his instrument in the 1940s and had a career that lasted ...

Clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, a brilliant jazz improviser who devised many paths for his instrument following its peak popularity in the swing era, died Dec. 24, his website announced. He was 91.

I love clarinetist Buddy DeFranco's marvelous sense of purpose. Throughout his storied career dating back to the early '40s, Buddy has always treated jazz as a cocktail—vigorously shaking ...

When Buddy DeFranco became interested in popular music as a child, the clarinet was the sexiest instrument around. Virtuosos like Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw were just beginning to make an impact, ...

Buddy DeFranco, who led the way on his jazz clarinet in the transition between the swing and bebop eras, has died aged 91. DeFranco's family told The Associated Press on Friday that the famed musician ...

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 ...

On February 6, 1956, Art Tatum and Buddy DeFranco recorded together in Los Angeles with Red Callender on bass and Bill Douglass on drums. The session was for Norman Granz's Verve Records, one of ...

Renowned jazz clarinetist Buddy DeFranco -- who collaborated with Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and other top singers and musicians of his era -- has died at the age of 91, his family said Friday.

The famed musician died Wednesday evening at a Panama City hospital By The Associated Press PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Renowned jazz clarinetist Buddy DeFranco — who collaborated with Frank Sinatra, ...