Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) was an Italian-American jazz clarinetist. In addition to his work as a bandleader, DeFranco led the Glenn Miller Orchestra for almost a decade in the 1960s and '70s.
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Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Jimmy Raney
American musician
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Gene Ramey
American musician
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Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
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Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Alvin Stoller
American musician
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Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Terry Gibbs
American vibraphonist
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Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
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Joe Newman
American musician
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Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
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Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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George Duvivier
American musician
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Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Emmett Berry
American musician
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Tommy Pederson
American musician
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Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
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Flip Phillips
American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player
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Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
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Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Henry Coker
American musician
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Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
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Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
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Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Tal Farlow
American jazz guitarist
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Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Tony Scott
American jazz clarinetist, musician
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Willie Dennis
jazz musician
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Eddie Jones
American musician
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Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Budd Johnson
American musician
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Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Steve Jordan
American musician
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Rolf Kühn
German jazz clarinetist, composer and big band leader
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Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
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Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
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Willie Smith
American musician
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Gus Johnson
American musician
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Quentin Jackson
American musician
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Reunald Jones
American musician
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Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Al Viola
American musician
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Frank Rehak
American musician
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Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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John LaPorta
American clarinetist
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Peter Ind
British jazz musician, painter and nonfiction writer
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Eddie Bert
American musician
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Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
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Marshal Royal
American musician
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Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Milt Bernhart
American musician
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Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Sonny Clark
American musician
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Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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J. C. Heard
American musician
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Carl Perkins
American jazz pianist
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Ray Linn
American musician
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Paul Smith
jazz pianist from the United States
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Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Buddy Morrow
American trombonist and bandleader
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Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
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Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
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Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Seldon Powell
American musician
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Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
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Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
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A. K. Salim
American musician
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Walt Levinsky
American musician