Buddy DeFranco & Tommy Gumina
THE BUDDY
DEFRANCO - TOMMY GUMINA QUARTET (2 LP ON 1 CD)
Personnel:
Buddy
DeFranco (cl), Tommy Gumina (acc), Bob Stone, Bill Plummer (b), Frank De Vito,
John Guerin (d)
Reference: FSRCD 2260
The Buddy De
Franco-Tommy Gumina Quartet made a sensational debut at Hollywoods Pick-a-Rib
night club in March 1960, playing assertive, driving modern jazz. In this new
setting, Buddys fleet, fluid clarinet gained an exciting, fresh context with
jazz accordion virtuoso Tommy Gumina.
Besides the mutually enhanced over-all sound of clarinet and accordion, the appealing arrangements De Franco and Gumina devised reveal a shared outlook. It firmly placed the emphasis on melody and rhythm, lyricism and stimulation, as much as on their dazzling technical accomplishments.
The quartets first two albums, Pacific Standard (Swingin!) Time, and Presenting... reflect this. Not only is De Franco warmed by Guminas strongly swinging attack, but both he and Gumina are also pushed hard by the sturdy rhythm support of bassists Bob Stone and Bill Plummer, and drummers Frank De Vito and John Guerin. Together they delivered straightforward, thoughtfully conceived and beautifully played unpre- tentious small-group jazz, with a character all its own.
Tracklisting:
01. All the
Things You Are
02. Ill Wind
(Youre Blowin Me No Good)
03. A Foggy
Day
04. Satin
Doll
05. Darn
That Dream
06. How High
the Moon
07. The Song
Is You
08. Misty
09. In a
Mellow Tone
10. Polka
Dots and Moonbeams
11. Autumn
in Rome
12.
Yesterdays
13. When
Lights Are Low
14. Street
of Dreams
15. Runaway
16. Never on
Friday
17. Gone
with the Wind
18. 'S
Wonderful
19. On Green
Dolphin Street
20. Scrapple
from the Apple
21. Playin
It Cool
22. You Are
Too Beautiful
Original sources:
Tracks #1-12
from the 12" LP "Pacific Standard (Swingin'!) Time" (Decca
DL74031)
Tracks
#13-22 from the 12" LP "Presenting The Buddy De Franco-Tommy
Gumina" (Mercury SR60685)
Personnel on tracks #1-12:
Buddy De
Franco (cl), Tommy Gumina (acc), Bob Stone (b), and Frank De Vito (d).
Recorded at
Decca Recording Studio, Hollywood, March 15, 16 & 31, 1960
Personnel on tracks #13-22:
Buddy De
Franco (cl), Tommy Gumina (acc), Bill Plummer (b), and John Guerin (d).
Recorded at
Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, October 17 & 18, 1961
Original
recordings supervised by Leonard Feather (#1-12) and Jack Tracy (#13-22)
Produced for
CD release by Jordi Pujol
Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered