Buddy DeFranco - Charlie Cat 2

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:41
Size: 136.6 MB
Styles: Clarinet jazz
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[7:50] 1. Charlie Cat II
[4:54] 2. All My Life
[5:36] 3. By Myself
[5:14] 4. Walk This Way
[8:07] 5. What Is This Thing Called Love'
[6:24] 6. Ill Wind
[4:46] 7. Joy Spring
[4:45] 8. Once More With Feeling
[6:47] 9. For Keeps
[5:13] 10. Anthropology

This is a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging record by Buddy DeFranco and his well-selected and balanced ensemble. There is Buddy's fabulous clarinet playing, yes - lots of it - but the overall feel is one of a great ensemble running through some old standards and sounding at once fresh and yet, well, timeless. It would be impossible for me to say what year this was released if I did not follow Mr. DeFranco's work and have just downloaded this recording - it could easily be from the 1960's. For me, the highlights are All My Life, Joy Spring, For Keeps... Buddy's tone is amazing and his facility completely intact after all these years. As a clarinet player, it's hard not to give 5 stars (I wanted 4.5). It's not a groundbreaking record, or a "classic", but just a solid recording by jazz artists of very high caliber, enjoying their art and putting down some solid, beautiful music. If you like clarinet at all, or follow Buddy's music, you cannot go wrong with this gem of a recording. ~Michael H. Ricereto

Charlie Cat 2

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