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 ...

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.

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 ...

Renowned jazz clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, who led the way on his instrument in the transition between the swing and bebop eras, died on Dec. 24 at a hospital in Panama City, Fla., where he had lived.

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.

Virtuoso jazz clarinettist who started playing at nine and worked with Count Basie, Art Tatum and Nelson Riddle Buddy DeFranco, who died on Christmas Eve aged 91, was one of the great virtuoso jazz ...

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.