BIGARD, LEON ALBANY (BARNEY
). Jazz clarinetist ( in New Orleans, Louisiana; in Culver City, California). He came from a musical family; his brother (uncle?) Emile played violin in New Orleans bands, and his brother Alec became a jazz drummer. He began clarinet study at the age of seven with
Lorenzo Tio, Jr
; later he changed to tenor saxophone. In 1922 he began playing professionally; thereafter he played with
Albert Nicholas
,
Octave Gaspard
,...