Clarinet Lament

Barney Bigard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 15, 1996)
• Original Release Date: October 15, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pearl
• ASIN: B000000WL2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #466,302 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Saturday Night Function

2. Turtle Twist

3. Clarinet Lament

4. Clouds In My Heart

5. Pigeons And Peppers

6. Barney Goin' Easy

7. Just Another Dream

8. Early Mornin'

9. Honey Hush

10. Watch The Birdie

11. Solid Rock

12. Diga Diga Doo

13. Lament For Javanette

14. A Lull At Dawn

15. Ready Eddy

16. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise

17. Big Eight Blues

18. Moonglow

19. Tea For Two

20. Step Steps Up

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the unsung heros of jazz., February 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Clarinet Lament (Audio CD)

This cd is one of the best i have ever heard. It expresses the heart and spirit that most cds lack. I ordered this cd because i am a clarinet player, and not knowing the full potential of my insterment i was amazed by some of the things that i heard.Clarinet Lament uses the talents of many jazz artists like Duke Ellington and Jelly-roll Morton but most of the cd is Barney Bigard at his best.To understand what i have just said about listening to this cd I think you have to release yourself into Barney's beutiful serenades.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great music transcends an awful recording, February 9, 2004

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Johnny Hodges (Clark Fork, ID United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Clarinet Lament (Audio CD)

My original review is below, but the after living with this record for a few months, the music is just so good that recording quality has become secondary. Upped it a star. For well recorded Barney Bigard, check out "Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: The Great Summit". My original review:

Why is it that every time I buy a pirate CD that sounds bad, it was produced in Great Britain? There seems to be a characteristic tubby sounding overemphasised bass, accompanied by surface noise and lack of dynamic range. Are they just playing 78's into a microphone? These are some great old tunes, but I have some of these exact same cuts on an old RCA Bluebird CD "The Great Ellington Units" (hard to find now) that proves what CAN be done if you are interested in properly remastering great jazz from the 40's. 4.5 stars for the music, 1.5 for the remastering(?). If you want to hear some excellent, well recorded small group music led by an Ellingtion clarinet player, get Jimmy Hamilton's "Can't Help Swingin'" instead.