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Graham Pass: Mel Torme and Buddy De Franco

04/01/2015

Mel Torme and Buddy De Franco

BBC Local Radio - Graham Pass, Mel Torme and Buddy De Franco

Graham chats to Mel Torme and there's a tribute to Buddy De Franco.

Graham chats with Mel Torme about his favourite bands of the thirties and he brings us a tribute to clarinettist Buddy De Franco.

Graham looks back into his personal sound archive and features chats with Mel Torme about his favourite bands of the thirties and how his friend Drummer Buddy Rich transformed the Artie Shaw Band in 1939. Plus he brings us a tribute to clarinettist Buddy De Franco who passed away on Christmas Eve and Graham’s theme this week is The Great Trumpet Playing Bandleaders.

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