"You got six open holes...to cover with your fingers, and just a fraction of an inch off, it'll squeak, or do something wrong. Plus the fact that the clarinet is actually four separate registers."
-- Buddy DeFranco
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On this edition of Billy Taylor's Jazz At The Kennedy Center, our host introduces his guest as having followed in the giant footsteps of Charlie Parker -- "he was the first to take the clarinet into the realm of bebop." Dr. Taylor not only welcomes a master of the clarinet, but an old friend and compatriot as well. The two contemporaries joyously recall the bebop era of the 1940s and '50s, sharing the gift of spontaneous performance on stage and reflecting on their experiences rising up through the jazz ranks.
On-demand audio from this show:
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Listen to Buddy explain the technical differences between playing clarinet and saxophone.
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Listen to Buddy describe his formative years studying European classical music.
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Listen to Buddy talk about how clarinetist Artie Shaw became such a major influence on his playing.
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Related NPR Jazz links:
Jazz Profiles
Check out the online show summary of the Jazz Profiles show on Buddy DeFranco. The summary features audio quotes from DeFranco, trumpeter Clark Terry, vibraphonist Terry Gibbs, and writer Nat Hentoff.
The Official Buddy DeFranco Web Site
Browse through this informative and up-to-date site.
The Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival
Check out Buddy's own educational jazz festival for college and high school jazz bands, held every spring at the University of Montana in Missoula.
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