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Barney Bigard
New Orleans, United States
Barney Bigard is credited on 4,674 releases across 1,217 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
4,674
Pressings credited
1,217
Albums
8
Decades active
447
In collections
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
Credited work
4,674 releases · 1,217 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 7,015
- Other credits · 629
Studios: Symphony Hall, Boston · The Metropolitan Opera House · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Crescendo Club, Hollywood
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Mingus Ah Um
1959
In The Wee Small Hours
1955
Night Train
1963
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
1964
Ellington Indigos
1958
Little Girl Blue
1959
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
1963
Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy
1954
Masterpieces By Ellington
1951
Blues In Orbit
1960
Groovy
1957
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Thelonious Monk Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington
1955
Steppin'
1975
Mingus At Monterey
1965
Remember How Great...?
1961
Better Git It In Your Soul
1971
In The Beginning
1970
Louis Armstrong's Greatest Hits
1967
Unknown Session
1979
This Is The Big Band Era
1971
The Great Reunion
1963
The Stripper And Other Fun Songs For The Family
1962
Recording Together For The First Time
1961
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
- Django Reinhardt
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