With Louis and the Duke: The Autobiography of a Jazz Clarinetist

by Barney Bigard

The autobiography of a major jazz clarinetist, With Louis and the Duke tells Barney Bigard's own story of life at the top of the jazz world. Bigard recounts his fourteen years with the Duke Ellington orchestra, from its formation in 1927 to its widespread fame in the early 1940s, followed by his long association with Louis Armstrong's newly-formed band, the All Stars. Bigard also recollects his early days in New Orleans, considers the influence of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195206371
• ISBN13: 9780195206371
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.