Buddy Greco 1926-2017

[BillF]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/13/buddy-greco-obituary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Greco

[JSngry]

 

[Hardbopjazz]

R.I.P. Buddy

[Mark Stryker]

 

 

[GA Russell]

RIP.  Buddy Greco was my guilty pleasure, especially The Lady is a Tramp.  

I saw him perform in Las Vegas at a convention party, maybe 1986.  He was great!

[Bill Nelson]

The guilty pleasure of many (such as Fred Schneider, lead singer of the B-52s) who appreciate good showmanship.  As Will Friedwald writes in his 'Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers'*: "When Buddy Greco walks out on stage... he throws in at least one minor move calculated to give a little 'zetz' to his listeners, a little dig, a twist, something to give us pause... Yet even if he starts by teasing us with a little minor annoyance, he's more than able to deliver the goods.  No performer works harder at pleasing his crowds."

* Pantheon Books, New York, 2010, pg. 197