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Listen to Barney Bigard, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Barney Bigard

Jazz

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Listen to Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (Remastered) by Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven, Edward "Kid" Ory, Barney Bigard, Charlie Beal, Arthur "Bud" Scott, Red Callender & Minor Hall, see lyrics, music video & more!
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (Remastered)Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven, Edward "Kid" Ory, Barney Bigard, Charlie Beal, Arthur "Bud" Scott, Red Callender & Minor Hall
Listen to Bye And Bye by Barney Bigard & Art Hodes, see lyrics, music video & more!
Bye And ByeBarney Bigard & Art Hodes
Listen to Bucket's Got A Hole In It by Barney Bigard & Art Hodes, see lyrics, music video & more!
Bucket's Got A Hole In ItBarney Bigard & Art Hodes
Listen to Ol' Man River (Smoke a Little Tea) by Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters, Tricky Sam Nanton, Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Billy Taylor, Sonny Greer & jerry kruger, see lyrics, music video & more!
Ol' Man River (Smoke a Little Tea)Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters, Tricky Sam Nanton, Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Billy Taylor, Sonny Greer & jerry kruger
Listen to C Jam Blues by Barney Bigard & Claude Luter, see lyrics, music video & more!
C Jam BluesBarney Bigard & Claude Luter
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Sweet Marijuana BrownBarney Bigard
Listen to Sweet Lorraine by Barney Bigard & Art Hodes, see lyrics, music video & more!
Sweet LorraineBarney Bigard & Art Hodes
Listen to Diga Diga Doo (feat. Lawrence Brown & Barney Bigard) by Rex Stewart and the Ellingtonians, see lyrics, music video & more!
Diga Diga Doo (feat. Lawrence Brown & Barney Bigard)Rex Stewart and the Ellingtonians
Listen to Tin Roof Blues by Barney Bigard & Art Hodes, see lyrics, music video & more!
Tin Roof BluesBarney Bigard & Art Hodes
Listen to I Want a Little Boy by Barney Bigard, see lyrics, music video & more!
I Want a Little BoyBarney Bigard

Latest Release

Listen to Swinging Shadows - The Jazz Clarinet of Barney Bigard by Barney Bigard
ALBUMSwinging Shadows - The Jazz Clarinet of Barney BigardBarney Bigard

More albums from Barney Bigard

Listen to The Paris Session by Claude Luter & Barney Bigard
ALBUMThe Paris SessionClaude Luter & Barney Bigard
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ALBUM1944-1945Barney Bigard
Listen to Bucket's Got a Hole in It by Barney Bigard & Art Hodes
ALBUMBucket's Got a Hole in ItBarney Bigard & Art Hodes

About Barney Bigard

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Hometown
New Orleans, LA, United States
Born
March 3, 1906
Genre
Jazz
Barney Bigard was one of the most distinctive clarinetists in jazz and a longtime asset to Duke Ellington's orchestra. Although he took clarinet lessons with Lorenzo Tio, Bigard's initial reputation was made as a tenor saxophonist; in fact, based on a few of his recordings (particularly those with Luis Russell), Bigard was number two behind Coleman Hawkins in the mid-'20s. After working with several groups in New Orleans, Bigard moved to Chicago in 1924 where he played with King Oliver during 1925-1927. He would also record with Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodds, and future boss Louis Armstrong in the 1920s but, after short stints with Charles Elgar and Luis Russell, Bigard found his true home with Duke Ellington's orchestra, with whom he almost exclusively played clarinet. Between 1927-1942, he was well featured on a countless number of recordings with Ellington, who understood Bigard's musical strengths and wrote to showcase him at his best. From "Mood Indigo" (which he co-composed) to "Harlem Air Shaft," Bigard was an important fixture of the Ellington orchestra. When he quit the band in 1942 (due to tiring of the road), Bigard played with Freddie Slack's big band, Kid Ory's New Orleans group, and appeared in the 1946 film New Orleans. Bigard then joined the Louis Armstrong All-Stars, constantly traveling the world during 1947-1955 and 1960-1961; he spent 1958-1959 with Cozy Cole's band. Bigard became largely semi-retired after 1962, but still played now and then, recording with Art Hodes, Earl Hines, and as a leader. However, Barney Bigard, whose swing style was sometimes out-of-place with Armstrong, really sounded at his best during his Duke Ellington years. ~ Scott Yanow
Barney Bigard has also released music as a member of Barney Bigard and His Sextet, Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Jelly Roll Morton and His Orchestra, Luis Russell's Hot Six, Barney Bigard and His Orchestra, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, Barney Bigard & His Jazzopators, and Barney Bigard & The Pelican Trio.

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