This is one of clarinetist
Barney Bigard's best recordings of his later period. On four of the eight selections, he is well-featured on swing standards with a quartet who also includes the great pianist
Art Hodes. The other four tracks are more in the Dixieland vein, with trumpeter
Nappy Trottier and veteran trombonist
George Brunis making the band a sextet. Throughout
Bigard (whose tone was instantly recognizable) is the main star and in splendid form.