Barney Bigard

Aliases: Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
Barney Bigard and Orchestra
Barney Bigard Quintet
Barney Bigard Sextet
Barney Bigard & "The Pelican Trio"
Real name: Albany Leon Bigard
Born: March 3, 1906
Died: June 27, 1980
Country: United States
IPI: 00003154242 1 work
00003154340 5 works
00003154438 3 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Jazz clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, composer and bandleader
Member of: Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
Esquire All Stars
Crystalette All Stars
Lamplighter All Stars

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
i	A Lull at Dawn	Barney Bigard and Orchestra	December 20, 1940	(9 artists)
	Blow Top Blues	Etta Jones with Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	February 1945	(22 artists)
i	"C" Blues	Barney Bigard and Orchestra	1942	(244 artists)
i	Drummer's Delight	Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	March 10, 1938	Red Roseland Cornpickers
	Sweet Marijuana Brown	Barney Bigard Sextet	February 1945	(5 artists)

Covers by Barney Bigard

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	A Good Man Is Hard to Find	The Louis Cottrell / Barney Bigard New Orleans Jazzmen	1975	Ernest Hare
i	Basin Street Blues	Earl Hines/Barney Bigard	1974	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i	Can't Help Lovin' That Man	Barney Bigard Sextet	August 1945	Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
i	China Boy	Barney Bigard - Claude Luter Quintet	1961	Arnold Johnson and His Orchestra
i	C Jam Blues	Barney Bigard et Claude Luter quintet	1961	Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i	C-Jam Blues	Barney Bigard	September 1957	Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i	Coquette	Barney Bigard Quintet featuring John Guarnieri	1945	Broadway Bell-Hops
	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Barney Bigard & "The Pelican Trio"	1978	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
i	Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans	Earl Hines/Barney Bigard	1974	Louis Armstrong and His Dixieland Seven
	Evil Gal Blues	Etta Jones with Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	February 1945	Hot Lips Page Trio, Sextet with Dinah Washington
i	Fidgety Feet	The Louis Cottrell / Barney Bigard New Orleans Jazzmen	1975	Original Dixieland Jazz Band
i	Honeysuckle Rose	Barney Bigard - Claude Luter Quintet	1961	Bert Stock and His Orchestra
	I Surrender, Dear	Earl Hines/Barney Bigard	1974	Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
i	Jazz Me Blues	The Louis Cottrell / Barney Bigard New Orleans Jazzmen	1975	Lucille Hegamin accompanied by Harris' Blues and Jazz Seven
i	Just a Little While to Stay Here	The Louis Cottrell / Barney Bigard New Orleans Jazzmen	1975	(unknown)
i	Just You, Just Me	Barney Bigard & "The Pelican Trio"	1978	Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) REC, Lawrence Gray BRD
i	Mahogany Hall Stomp	Barney Bigard	September 1957	Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
i	Mood Indigo	Barney Bigard - Claude Luter Quintet	1961	The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i	Mood Indigo	Barney Bigard	September 1957	The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Barney Bigard Sextet	August 1945	Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
i	Promenade aux Champs-Elysées	Barney Bigard et Claude Luter quintet	1961	Sidney Bechet - Claude Luter et son orchestre
i	Rose Room	Barney Bigard Quintet	1945	Prince's Band
i	Rosetta	Earl Hines/Barney Bigard	1974	Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Walter Fuller
	Rosetta	Barney Bigard & "The Pelican Trio"	1978	Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Walter Fuller
i	Royal Garden Blues	Barney Bigard - Claude Luter Quintet	1961	Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
i	Royal Garden Blues	The Louis Cottrell / Barney Bigard New Orleans Jazzmen	1975	Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
	Salty Papa Blues	Etta Jones with Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	February 1945	Sextet with Dinah Washington
i	Second Line	The Louis Cottrell / Barney Bigard New Orleans Jazzmen	1975	Paul Barbarin and His New Orleans Jazz Band
i	Slide Frog, Slide	The Louis Cottrell / Barney Bigard New Orleans Jazzmen	1975	(unknown)
i	Sobbin' and Cryin'	Barney Bigard et Claude Luter quintet	1961	Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter's Band
i	Stardust	Barney Bigard & "The Pelican Trio"	1978	Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i	Star Dust	Earl Hines/Barney Bigard	1974	Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i	Struttin' with Some Barbecue	Barney Bigard - Claude Luter Quintet	1961	Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i	Sweet Lorraine	Barney Bigard - Claude Luter Quintet	1961	The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
i	'S Wonderful	Barney Bigard et Claude Luter quintet	1961	Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL
	'S Wonderful	Earl Hines/Barney Bigard	1974	Unverified
i	Tea for Two	Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	1976	Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
	The Bucket's Got a Hole in It	Barney Bigard		Unverified
i	The Man I Love	Barney Bigard & "The Pelican Trio"	1978	Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i	The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else	Earl Hines/Barney Bigard	1974	Isham Jones Orchestra
i	Undecided	Barney Bigard & "The Pelican Trio"	1978	John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
	Utt-da-zay (The Tailor Song)	The Quintones with Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	August 1939	(unknown) Covered by (4 artists)
i	Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams	Barney Bigard & "The Pelican Trio"	1978	Bing Crosby

Songs written by Barney Bigard

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Double Check Stomp	Irving Mills, Barney Bigard	Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra	April 11, 1930	Covered by (18 artists)
Drummer's Delight	Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard	Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	January 19, 1938	Covered by Red Roseland Cornpickers
Mood Indigo	Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Barney Bigard	The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]	October 17, 1930	Covered by (688 artists)
Saratoga Swing	Barney Bigard	Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra	May 3, 1929	Covered by (37 artists)
Saturday Night Function	Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard	Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra	January 16, 1929	Covered by (47 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
A Good Man Is Hard to Find	The Louis Cottrell / Barney Bigard New Orleans Jazzmen	1975	Rarities
Barney Bigard	Barney Bigard	September 1957	Liberty
Barney Bigard & "The Pelican Trio"	Barney Bigard & "The Pelican Trio"	1978	Crescent Jazz Productions
Clarinet Gumbo	Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	1976	RCA Victor
Clarinet x 2 - Vol. 21	Barney Bigard - Claude Luter Quintet	1961	Vogue
Giants in Nice	Earl Hines/Barney Bigard	1974	RCA Victor

EPs

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Barney Bigard et Claude Luter quintet	Barney Bigard et Claude Luter quintet	1961	Vogue

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Blow Top Blues	Etta Jones with Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	February 1945	Black & White
Can't Help Lovin' That Man	Barney Bigard Sextet	August 1945	Black & White
"C" Blues	Barney Bigard and Orchestra	1942	Bluebird
Charlie the Chulo	Barney Bigard and Orchestra	December 20, 1940	Bluebird
Drummer's Delight	Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	March 10, 1938	Vocalion [US]
Long, Long, Journey	Etta Jones with Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	February 1945	Black & White
Rose Room	Barney Bigard Quintet	1945	Keynote Recordings
Sweet Marijuana Brown	Barney Bigard Sextet	February 1945	Black & White
Utt-da-zay (The Tailor Song)	The Quintones with Barney Bigard and His Orchestra	August 1939	Vocalion [US]