Barney Bigard 1944

Barney Bigard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 12, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Allegro Corporation
• ASIN: B000001NSQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #896,780 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sugar

2. Ain't Goin' No Place

3. Someday Sweetheart

4. That Old Feeling

5. Tea for Two

6. Steps Steps Up

7. Steps Steps Down

8. Moonglow

9. Oh! Didn't He Ramble

10. Crawfish Blues

11. Barney's Bounce

12. Lulu's Mood

13. A Portrait of Louise

14. A Lull at Dawn

15. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)

16. Soft and Warm

17. Salty Papa Blues

18. Evil Gal Blues

19. Blow Top Blues

20. Long, Long Journey

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars When Barney Bigard Held Forth, May 4, 2010

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Alfred Johnson (boston, ma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barney Bigard 1944 (Audio CD)

As I have mentioned in previous reviews of various classical jazz artists I came to an appreciation of that musical art from one source, and one source only- Lady Day, Billie Holiday. Along the way I started to get interested in her various back-up musicians which led me to the likes of Lester Young, Johnny Hodges, Artie Shaw and others. And, of course, when you get to Johnny Hodges you naturally have to think the Duke- Ellington that is. And when you get to Duke then you have to delve into his various formations from trios up to orchestra and along the way, clarinetist Barney Bigard

Now, for those not familiar with the swing era in jazz, or know swing and the place of the clarinet in it mainly through the great work of Benny Goodman then Barney Bigard may not be known to you. However, those who know jazz better than I do say pound for pound Barney was a better clarinetist. I will leave that for the aficionados but in this CD you will get many of his great performances with various Duke Ellington group configurations and a few of his own compositions so YOU can judge. That is the beauty of this Best of Jazz Series-each artist gets to strut his or her stuff and then we can fight it out over virtuosity. Check it out.