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| 1. | Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)
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| 2. | The Man I Love
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| 3. | Don't Ge Around Much Anymore
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| 4. | Wampum
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| 5. | Rosetta
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| 6. | Undecided
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| 7. | Stardust
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| 8. | Clarinet Gumbo
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| 9. | My Funny Look' Baby
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| 10. | Just You, Just Me
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| 11. | World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
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| 12. | Makin' Whoopee
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| 13. | 'S Wonderful
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Jazz
Barney Bigard - Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
Duke Burrell - piano
Barry Martyn - drums
Clarinetist Barney Bigard's final recording (cut four years before his death) is perhaps more notable for the name of his group and the cover drawing (of three pelicans playing jazz) than it is for the music. The performances of mostly swing standards (along with three standards) is fine, but the group (consisting of Bigard, pianist Duke Burrell and drummer Barry Martyn) would have certainly benefited from the inclusion of a bassist, while the three vocals (two by Burrell and one by Martyn) do not help much. In general, Bigard is in good form and, despite the lack of any real adventure, the music is pleasing and swinging.
--- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Barney Bigard
Active Decades: '20s, '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s
Born: Mar 03, 1906 in New Orleans, LA
Died: Jun 27, 1980 in Culver City, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Classic Jazz, Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz, Swing
Barney Bigard was one of the most distinctive clarinetists in jazz and a longtime asset to Duke Ellington's orchestra. Although he took clarinet lessons with Lorenzo Tio, Bigard's initial reputation was made as a tenor saxophonist; in fact, based on a few of his recordings (particularly those with Luis Russell), Bigard was number two behind Coleman Hawkins in the mid-'20s. After working with several groups in New Orleans, Bigard moved to Chicago in 1924 where he played with King Oliver during 1925-1927. He would also record with Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodds, and future boss Louis Armstrong in the 1920s but, after short stints with Charles Elgar and Luis Russell, Bigard found his true home with Duke Ellington's orchestra, with whom he almost exclusively played clarinet. Between 1927-1942, he was well featured on a countless number of recordings with Ellington, who understood Bigard's musical strengths and wrote to showcase him at his best. From "Mood Indigo" (which he co-composed) to "Harlem Air Shaft," Bigard was an important fixture of the Ellington orchestra.
When he quit the band in 1942 (due to tiring of the road), Bigard played with Freddie Slack's big band, Kid Ory's New Orleans group, and appeared in the 1946 film New Orleans. Bigard then joined the Louis Armstrong All-Stars, constantly traveling the world during 1947-1955 and 1960-1961; he spent 1958-1959 with Cozy Cole's band. Bigard became largely semi-retired after 1962, but still played now and then, recording with Art Hodes, Earl Hines, and as a leader. However, Barney Bigard, whose swing style was sometimes out-of-place with Armstrong, really sounded at his best during his Duke Ellington years.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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