Barney Bigard
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Albany Leon "Barney" Bigard was an American jazz clarinetist known for his 15-year tenure with Duke Ellington. He also played tenor saxophone.
Bigard in 1947
From left: Jack Teagarden, Sandy DeSantis, Velma Middleton, Fraser MacPherson, Cozy Cole, Arvell Shaw, Earl Hines, and Barney Bigard at the Palomar Supper Club, Vancouver, March 17, 1951
Duke Ellington
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.
Publicity portrait, c. 1940s
British pressing of "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" (1927)
Adelaide Hall recorded Creole Love Call with Ellington in 1927. The recording became a worldwide hit.
Duke Ellington at the Hurricane Club, Broadway & W. 51St, New York City, May 1943