PANAMA CITY, Fla. 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.

IF YOU GO The University of Montana Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival will take place on Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27, on the University of Montana campus. Thursday concert, 7:30 p.m., Dennison ...

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.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Renowned jazz clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, who helped lead the transition between the swing and bebop eras, has died at 91, his family said Friday. Mr. DeFranco, whose health had ...

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. DeFranco's family ...

The world-famous clarinet player who lent his name to the University of Montana’s premier jazz festival and transformed the international genre through his unique bebop style passed away Wednesday.

P>John Burnett has a day job as a jazz broadcaster for FM station WDCB in Chicago. In 1999 he put together a very fine orchestra made up of top notch Chicago musicians. Many of them have had ...

Buddy DeFranco, onetime bandleader of the Glenn Miller Orchestra who played clarinet with Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and many others, died Wednesday in Panama City, Fla. He was 91. One of the few ...

A brilliant jazz improviser who toured with Count Basie and Billie Holiday, DeFranco devised many new paths for his instrument as small-group... Buddy DeFranco: The Clarinetist Who Swung To Bebop ...