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Mar 18, 2013 · Few jazz clarinetists have amassed a comparable resume to that of Barney Bigard, whose career stretched from the 1920s through the 1970s.
- Eric Seddon
Feb 17, 2023 · How can you not love a clarinetist named Barney? True aficionados of jazz clarinet will know that Barney Bigard was the first great clarinet soloist in the Duke Ellington Band, and they will likely also know that he played an Albert system clarinet.
Nov 6, 2000 · Duke Ellington is often called the first jazz composer, but he hated the word `jazz,' which has its origin in bawdy street slang. Besides, Ellington resisted any attempt to pigeonhole his ...
Feb 10, 2007 · I purchased this CD mostly for Caravan and Barney Bigard plays it the same as Duke Ellington just a bit too jazzed up. I prefer a more eastern, mystical style in the tune Caravan. I have various versions of Caravan, still to find the one that I really like.
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 ...
Mar 27, 1986 · Clarinetist Barney Bigard was a part of it, and With Louis and the Duke is his own story of life at the top of the jazz world. A member of the band from its early days, Barney Bigard played with Duke Ellington for fourteen years, stopping only when the pace of international touring began to tire him.
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Aug 1, 2001 · It's called BBB & Company, because it features Benny Carter with tenor saxophonist Ben Webster and clarinetist Barney Bigard. They are two of Duke Ellington's most famous instrumentalists. The...
