Bigard moved to Los Angeles and did soundtrack work with an allstar band led by Louis Armstrong in the 1946 film New Orleans.
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- Louis Armstrong Creative: colleague Albany Leon Bigard
Bigard moved to Los Angeles and did soundtrack work with an allstar band led by Louis Armstrong in the 1946 film New Orleans.
He was an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, though primarily known for the clarinet.
The trumpeter and singer is widely credited with starting modern jazz.