The Buddy DeFranco Quartet - Jazz Tones (1954) [2011 Japan Jazz The Best Series] CD-Rip

The jazz tones here are mighty nice — on a record that sparkles with some of Buddy DeFranco's best music ever ! As with other Verve dates from the time, this DeFranco outing's got a rhythmic pulse that really gets things going — a sense of swing that's nice and lean, but quite powerful too — pushing Buddy past any cliched clarinet modes of the 50s, into a realm that really unlocks new sax-like sounds in his horn! The piano has a lot to do with the record – played here by either Kenny Drew or Sonny Clark — with bass from Milt Hinton or Gene Wright, and drums from Art Blakey and Bobby White.


Tracks:

01 - When Your Lover Has Gone
02 - The Things We Did Last Summer
03 - Jack The Field Stalker
04 - If I Should Lose You
05 - Lover Man
06 - Tenderly
07 - Deep Purple
08 - Yesterdays

Personnel:

(1-2)
Buddy DeFranco - clarinet
Kenny Drew - piano
Milt Hinton - bass
Art Blakey - drums
Recorded in New York City ; April 20, 1953

(3-8)
Buddy DeFranco - clarinet
Sonny Clark - piano
Gene Wright - bass
Bobby White - drums
Recorded in New York City ; April 7, 1954