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Barney Bigard
From left: Jack Teagarden, Sandy DeSantis, Velma Middleton, Fraser MacPherson, Cozy Cole, Arvell Shaw, Earl Hines, Barney Bigard. At the Palomar Supper Club, March 17, 1951.
Background information
Birth name	Barney Bigard
Born	March 3, 1906(1906-03-03) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died	June 27, 1980 (aged 74)
Genre(s)	Swing, Dixieland
Occupation(s)	Clarinetist, Bandleader
Instrument(s)	Clarinet, Tenor saxophone
Associated acts	Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators Barney Bigard and His Orchestra Barney Bigard and The Pelican Trio Barney Bigard Sextet Joe "King" Oliver

Albany Leon Bigard^[1] (March 3, 1906 – June 27, 1980), aka Barney Bigard, was an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, though primarily known for the clarinet.

Bigard was born in New Orleans and studied music and clarinet with Lorenzo Tio. He moved to Chicago in the early 1920s, where he worked with Joe "King" Oliver and others. During this period, much of his recording with Oliver and others, including clarinetist Johnny Dodds, was on tenor saxophone, an instrument he played often with great lyricism, as on Oliver's hit recording of "Someday Sweetheart."

In 1927 he joined Duke Ellington's band in New York, where he stayed until 1942. With Ellington, he was the featured clarinet soloist, while also doing some section work on tenor.

After leaving Ellington, he moved to Los Angeles, California and did sound track work, including an onscreen featured role with an allstar band led by Louis Armstrong in the 1946 film "New Orleans."

He began working with trombonist Kid Ory's band during the late 1940s, and later worked with Louis Armstrong's touring band, the All Stars, and others. He died in Culver City, California.

Bigard wrote an autobiography entitled "With Louis And The Duke," and he is credited as composer or co-composer on several numbers, notably the Ellington standard Mood Indigo.

Books for reference

• "With Louis And The Duke" (written by Barney Bigard. ISBN-13: 978-0333402108) - Barney Bigard's autobiography.

References

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