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Albany Leon "Barney" Bigard (March 3, 1906 – June 27, 1980) was an American jazz clarinetist who also played tenor saxophone, known for his 15-year tenure with Duke Ellington. ==Biography== Bigard was born in New Orleans to a family of Creoles. He attended local schools, and studied music and clarinet with Lorenzo Tio. In the early 1920s he moved to Chicago, where he worked with 'King' Oliver and others. During this period, much of his recording with Oliver and others, including clarinetist Johnny Dodds, was on tenor saxophone, an instrument he played often with great lyricism, as on Oliver's hit recording of "Someday Sweetheart". In 1927 Bigard joined Duke Ellington's orchestra in New York, where he was part of the ferment of the Harlem Renaissance. He played with Ellington until 1942. During much of this period, they played primarily at the Cotton Club in Harlem. With Ellington, he was the featured clarinet soloist, while also doing some section work on tenor. After leaving Ellington's Orchestra, Bigard moved to Los Angeles, California. He did sound track work for Hollywood film studios, and had an onscreen featured role with an all-star band led by Louis Armstrong in the film ''New Orleans'' (1947). He began working with trombonist Kid Ory's group during the late 1940s. He later worked with Armstrong's touring band, the All Stars, and others. Bigard appeared and played in the movie ''St. Louis Blues'' (1958), with Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey and Eartha Kitt. Bigard wrote an autobiography entitled ''With Louis and The Duke''. He is credited as composer or co-composer on several numbers, notably the Ellington standard "Mood Indigo". He died in Culver City, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barney Bigard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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