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Barney Bigard (03 Mar 1906 - 27 Jun 1980)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (6)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. His Best Recordings, 1928-1941 1995
  2. Clarinet Lament 1996
  3. Story 1929/1945 1996
  4. The Chronological Classics: Barney Bigard 1944 1996
  5. The Chronological Classics: Barney Bigard 1944-1945 1997
  6. Barney's Bounce 23 Mar 2004

Relationships (21)

Students

  1. Louis Cottrell, Jr.
  2. Lorenzo Tio, Jr.

Member Of

  1. Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (13 Aug 1947 - Sep 1952) clarinet
  2. Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (Jan 1953 - Sep 1955) clarinet
  3. Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (Jun 1960 - Jun 1961) clarinet
  4. Zutty Singleton’s Creole Band
  5. Barney Bigard Sextet
  6. Barney Bigard and His Combo
  7. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Six
  8. Barney Bigard Quintet
  9. Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven
  10. Zutty Singleton’s Trio
  11. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  12. Barney Bigard Trio
  13. Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
  14. Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
  15. Russell’s Hot Six
  16. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
  17. Jelly Roll Morton and His Orchestra
  18. Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers

Siblings

  1. Alex Bigard

Recordings by (55)

  1. Barney Goin' Easy ?:?? (1977)
  2. Take It Easy ?:?? (1995)
  3. Black Beauty ?:?? (1995)
  4. Saturday Night Function ?:?? (1995)
  5. Harlem Flat Blues ?:?? (1995)
  6. Saratoga Swing ?:?? (1995)
  7. Jazz Convulsions ?:?? (1995)
  8. Turtle Twist ?:?? (1995)
  9. Mood Indigo ?:?? (1995)
  10. Rose Room ?:?? (1995)
  11. Clarinet Lament ?:?? (1995)
  12. Frolic Sam ?:?? (1995)
  13. Caravan ?:?? (1995)
  14. Jazz a La Carte ?:?? (1995)
  15. Drummer's Delight ?:?? (1995)
  16. Blue Light ?:?? (1995)
  17. Finesse ?:?? (1995)
  18. Way Low ?:?? (1995)
  19. A Portrait of Bert Williams ?:?? (1995)
  20. Harlem Air Shaft ?:?? (1995)
  21. Across the Track Blues ?:?? (1995)
  22. Are You Sticking? ?:?? (1995)
  23. Charlie the Chulo 3:04 (1998)
  24. Lament for Javanette 2:53 (1998)
  25. A Lull at Dawn 3:31 (1998)
  26. Ready Eddy 3:14 (1998)
  27. Brown Suede 3:07 (1998)
  28. 'C' Blues 2:52 (1998)
  29. Tea for Two 3:19 (2000)
  30. Steps Steps Up 3:27 (2000)
  31. Steps Steps Down 3:15 (2000)
  32. Moonglow 3:24 (2000)
  33. A Portrait of Louise 3:06 (2000)
  34. Soft and Warm 2:37 (2000)
  35. Sugar 2:36 (2000)
  36. Lulu's Mood 2:36 (2000)
  37. Ain't Goin' No Place 3:03 (2000)
  38. Someday Sweetheart 2:56 (2000)
  39. That Old Feeling 2:44 (2000)
  40. Oh, Didn't He Ramble 2:48 (2000)
  41. Crawfish Blues 3:04 (2000)
  42. Long, Long Journey 2:51 (2000)
  43. Salty Papa Blues 2:57 (2000)
  44. Blow Top Blues 2:36 (2000)
  45. Evil Gal Blues 2:59 (2000)
  46. Barney's Bounce 2:37 (2000)
  47. Someday Sweatheart 2:55 (2003)
  48. Clouds in My Heart 2:57 (2003)
  49. Stompy Jones 2:40 (2003)
  50. Demi-Tasse 2:36 (2003)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. Mop Mop ?:?? Esquire Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session (Mar 1944)
  2. Tea for Two ?:?? Esquire Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session (Apr 1944)
  3. Back O’ Town Blues ?:?? Esquire All Stars featuring Louis Armstrong (Feb 1945)

Instruments

  1. Someday Sweetheart 2:56 King Oliver and His Dixie Syncopators (1926) reeds
  2. Awful Sad 3:17 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (Jan 1929) reeds
  3. Turtle Twist 3:10 Jelly Roll Morton (1929) clarinet
  4. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) 3:11 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (24 Mar 1932) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  5. The Boys From Harlem 2:19 Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters (1938) reeds
  6. Montmartre 2:25 Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers (1939) clarinet
  7. Solid Old Man 3:05 Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers (1939) clarinet, drums (drum set)
  8. In a Mellotone 3:19 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (Oct 1940) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  9. Rumpus in Richmond 2:48 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (Oct 1940) reeds
  10. Flamingo 3:24 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  11. I Know That You Know 2:33 Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers (1940) clarinet
  12. Finesse 2:21 Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers (1940) clarinet, drums (drum set)
  13. Ring Dem Bells 3:00 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1943) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  14. Stompy Jones 3:12 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1943) tenor saxophone, clarinet
  15. Rose Room ?:?? Esquire Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session (Mar 1944) clarinet
  16. I Love My Man ?:?? Billie Holiday with The All‐Star Jam Band (Aug 1944)
  17. Sugar 2:37 The Capitol Jazzmen (1944) clarinet
  18. Ain’t Goin’ No Place 3:00 The Capitol Jazzmen (1944) clarinet
  19. That Old Feeling 2:41 The Capitol Jazzmen (1944) clarinet
  20. Someday Sweetheart 2:59 The Capitol Jazzmen (1944) clarinet
  21. Low Cotton 3:01 Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers (1945) clarinet
  22. Farewell to Storyville 2:51 Kid Oryʼs Creole Jazz Band (16 Oct 1946) clarinet
  23. The World’s Jazz Crazy, Lawdy So Am I 3:26 Kid Oryʼs Creole Jazz Band (16 Oct 1946) clarinet
  24. Bucket Go a Hole in It 2:31 Kid Oryʼs Creole Jazz Band (21 Oct 1946) clarinet
  25. Creole Bo Bo 2:58 Kid Oryʼs Creole Jazz Band (21 Oct 1946) clarinet
  26. Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home 3:03 Kid Oryʼs Creole Jazz Band (21 Oct 1946) clarinet
  27. Blues for Yesterday 2:36 Louis Armstrong (1946) clarinet
  28. Blues in the South 3:04 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Six (1946) clarinet
  29. I Want A Little Girl 3:02 Louis Armstrong (1946) clarinet
  30. Sugar 3:23 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Six (1946) clarinet
  31. I’m Checkin’ Out, Goo’m Bye 2:29 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (Jan 1947) reeds
  32. Some Day 3:59 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (10 Jun 1947) clarinet
  33. Panama 5:04 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (26 Apr 1950) clarinet
  34. New Orleans Function 6:40 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (26 Apr 1950) clarinet
  35. Struttin' With Some Barbecue 6:00 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (26 Apr 1950) clarinet
  36. Basin Street Blues 5:50 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (26 Apr 1950) clarinet
  37. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It 3:42 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (26 Apr 1950) clarinet
  38. Bugle Call Rag 8:45 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (26 Apr 1950) clarinet
  39. (Back Home Again In) Indiana 5:31 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (1951) clarinet
  40. Just You, Just Me 6:21 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (1951) clarinet
  41. The Hucklebuck 3:34 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (1951) clarinet
  42. Baby It's Cold Outside 5:42 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (1951) clarinet
  43. My Monday Date 6:37 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (1951) clarinet
  44. My Old Flame 4:12 Benny Morton, Barney Bigard, Ben Webster, Sammy Benskin, Israel Crosby, Eddie Dougherty (1951) clarinet
  45. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 5:35 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (1951) clarinet
  46. Star Dust 3:34 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (1951) clarinet
  47. Honeysuckle Rose 3:56 Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (1951) clarinet

Credited as (54)

  1. Barney Bigard
  2. Barney Bigard and Art Hodes
  3. Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard & Irving Mills
  4. Duke Ellington, Irving Mills & Barney Bigard
  5. Benny Morton, Barney Bigard, Ben Webster, Sammy Benskin, Israel Crosby, Eddie Dougherty
  6. Benny Carter, Ben Webster, Barney Bigard
  7. Claude Luter, Barney Bigard
  8. Lu Watters, Bobby Hackett, Edmond Hall, Barney Bigard
  9. Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington & Irving Mills
  10. Barney Bigard & Duke Ellington
  11. Benny Carter, Ben Webster & Barney Bigard
  12. Barney Bigard / Duke Ellington
  13. Benny Carter with Ben Webster & Barney Bigard
  14. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra feat. Barney Bigard
  15. Louis Armstrong feat. Jack Teagarden, Earl Hines, Barney Bigard, Arvell Shaw & Cozy Cole
  16. Louis Armstrong feat. Russ Phillips, Barney Bigard, Marty Napoleon, Dale Jones, Cozy Cole & Velma Middleton
  17. Louis Armstrong feat. Russ Phillips, Barney Bigard, Dale Jones, Marty Napoleon, Cozy Cole & Velma Middleton
  18. Louis Armstrong feat. Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, Marty Napoleon, Milt Hinton & Cozy Cole
  19. Louis Armstrong feat. Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, Billy Kyle, Arvell Shaw, Barrett Deems & Velma Middleton
  20. Kid Oryʼs Creole Jazz Band with Barney Bigard
  21. Barney Bigard, Brick Fleagle, Billy Kyle, Rex Stewart, Billy Taylor Sr., Jack Teagarden, Dave Tough, Ben Webster
  22. Barney Bigard, Wellman Braud, Lawrence Brown, Brick Fleagle, Billy Kyle, Rex Stewart, Dave Tough
  23. Barney Bigard with The Roger Kay Strings
  24. Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, Mort Herbert, Danny Barcelona
  25. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden & Roy Eldridge
  26. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge & Red Norvo
  27. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Roy Eldridge & Louis Armstrong
  28. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden & Louis Armstrong
  29. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Roy Eldridge & Billie Holiday
  30. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Roy Eldridge & Billie Holiday
  31. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Roy Eldridge, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton & Red Norvo
  32. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins & Roy Eldridge
  33. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Roy Eldridge & Lionel Hampton
  34. Barney Bigard & Art Hodes
  35. Barney Bigard, Louis Armstrong and His All‐Stars
  36. Louis Armstrong & His All‐Stars, with Jack Teagarden and Barney Bigard
  37. Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams & Barney Bigard
  38. Duke Ellington & Barney Bigard
  39. Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn / Duke Ellington & Barney Bigard / Duke Ellington
  40. Charles Mingus; Duke Ellington; Irving Mills; Barney Bigard
  41. Benny Carter / Ben Webster / Barney Bigard
  42. Barney Bigard and Art Hodes' All Star Stompers
  43. Bing Crosby with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Cootie Williams, Joe Nanton, Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges & Duke Ellington
  44. Barney Bigard - Albert Nicholas
  45. Esquire All-Stars feat. Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford & Sid Catlett
  46. Esquire All-Stars feat. Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford & Sid Catlett
  47. Esquire All-Stars feat. Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, Sid Catlett & Red Norvo
  48. Esquire All-Stars feat. Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford & Sid Catlett
  49. Esquire All-Stars feat. Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, Sid Catlett & Billie Holiday
  50. Esquire All-Stars feat. Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, Sid Catlett & Lionel Hampton
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Works (10)

Wrote

  1. Sloppy Joe

Composed

  1. Mood Indigo (1930)
  2. Lament for Javanette
  3. Lament for Javanette
  4. June
  5. Double Check Stomp
  6. Saratoga Swing
  7. “C” Jam Blues
  8. Begger's Blues
  9. Saturday Night Function

Links (16)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/133511839
  2. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103206
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13891504t
  4. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1129725
  5. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=89883
  6. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81072985
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81072985
  8. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6x46zz0

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/307419

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000785522

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0081708/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/113485121

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q497403

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/6841

Biographies

  1. http://redhotjazz.com/bigard.html

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barney_Bigard_1947.JPG