Barney Bigard
Biography
Albany Leon "Barney" Bigard (March 3, 1906 – June 27, 1980) was an American jazz clarinetist known for his 15-year tenure with Duke Ellington. He also played tenor saxophone.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Mingus Ah Um
1959
Night Train
1963
In The Wee Small Hours
1955
Ellington Indigos
1958
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
1964
Little Girl Blue
1959
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
1963
Masterpieces By Ellington
1951
Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy
1954
Steppin'
1975
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Groovy
1957
Blues In Orbit
1960
In The Beginning
1970
Mingus At Monterey
1965
The Stripper And Other Fun Songs For The Family
1962
Remember How Great...?
1961
Provocative Percussion
1959
Digital Duke
1987
At Fargo 1940 Live
1978
Ella In Hamburg
1965
The Great Reunion
1963
Satchmo At Symphony Hall Vol. 1
1954
The Great Reunion
Credited work
6,089 releases · 1,208 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 9,784
- Other credits · 965
Studios: Symphony Hall, Boston · RCA Studios, New York · The Metropolitan Opera House · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Duke Ellington
- Louis Armstrong
- Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
- Nina Simone
- Louis Armstrong And The All Stars
- Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars
- Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra