Buddy DeFranco - Generalissimo + Live Date! (1958)
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De Franco's 1958 album + bonus LP "Live Date". Both albums appear here for the first time on CD. In 2007, the Lone Hill Jazz label reissued two Verve albums by clarinetist Buddy DeFranco: Generalissimo and Live Date!, which despite the title was a studio recording. In a producer's note, Morton James verbally winces at the pun on the name of the notoriously genocidal Spanish dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco, and speculates that this grossly insensitive gimmick, thought up by some clueless A&R director or advertising agent, might actually have delayed the album's appearance on CD until 2007.
Boniface Ferdinand Leonardo de Franco was born in Camden, NJ, in 1923. The son of a piano tuner, he excelled on several instruments before settling into his role as one of the premier clarinetists in early modern jazz. Recorded on Wednesday, April 2, 1958, Generalissimo turns out to be a solid little blowing session involving trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison and Milwaukee-born tenor saxophonist Bob Hardaway, with an awesome rhythm section in Jimmy Rowles, Curtis Counce, Barney Kessel, and Alvin Stoller. On Friday, April 4, 1958, DeFranco brought Kessel and Hardaway back to the studio, this time with drummer Stan Levey, bassist Scott LaFaro, pianist/accordionist Pete Jolly, vibraphonist Victor Feldman, and multi-instrumentalist Herbie Mann, who played flute, tenor sax, and (on "These Foolish Things") bass clarinet. This double reissue is composed mainly of jazz standards with a couple of originals and two sumptuous ballad medleys. Unfortunately, the combined running time for both albums exceeded the 80-minute mark by about 120 seconds. For this reason, "Tin Reed Blues" from the Live Date! album was omitted, but may be enjoyed on the equally excellent double CD I Hear Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw.
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Tracklist:
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"Generalissimo"
01. Sunday
02. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
03. Tea For Two
04. Blue Lou
05. Funky's Uncle
06. Ballad Medley:
-'Round Midnight
-You Don't Know What Love Is
-How Can We Be Wrong?
-Lullaby Of The Leaves
-Yesterdays
"Live Date"
07. Oh, Lady Be Good!
08. Satin Doll
09. My Funny Valentine
10. Blues For Space Travellers
11. Crazy Rhythm
12. Ballad Medley:
-I'mk Glad There Is You
-These Foolish Things
*2007 Lone Hill Jazz / Verve | LHJ 10295
Personnel:
BUDDY DE FRANCO, clarinet on all tracks
Track #1-6 · "Generalissimo": Harry 'Sweets' Edison (tp), Bob Hardaway (ts), Jimmy Rowles (p), Barney Kessel (g), Curtis Counce (b) & Alvin Stoller (d).
Recorded in Los Angeles, April 2, 1958
Tracks #7-12 · "Live Date": Herbie Mann (fl), Bob Hardaway (ts), Victor Feldman (vib), Pete Jolly (p, acc), Barney Kessel (g), Scott LaFaro (b) & Stan Levey (d).
Recorded in Los Angeles, April 4, 1958
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