MGM Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Buddy DeFranco
| Recorded | 1952 |
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| Label | MGM Records |
| Released | 1952 |
| Personnel | 1 credited player |
| Discogs | master 969324 |
The record
Sharp, fleet clarinet work from the instrument's premier bebop voice, cut for MGM at the height of DeFranco's early-'50s run as the era's top clarinetist in the DownBeat and Metronome polls. A clean look at swing-schooled technique bent toward Parker-inspired phrasing.
Session personnel
- Buddy DeFranco — clarinet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1974 | Famous Solos Enterprises, Inc. · Music Minus One 670 — Vinyl, LP, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1974 | Famous Solos — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1978 | MGM Records — MONO |
| 1980 | Famous Solos · 670 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1998 | Verve Records · POCJ-2608 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| — | MGM Records · E3396 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |