# Harry Carney
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Harry Howell Carney (April 1, 1910 – October 8, 1974) was a jazz saxophonist and clarinettist who spent over four decades as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. He played a variety of instruments but primarily used the baritone saxophone, being a critical influence on the instrument in jazz.
== Early life ==
Carney was born on April 1, 1910, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Anaïs Drago, Adam O'Farrill, Claudio Fasoli, John Ellis, Charles Mingus [Mondo Jazz 327-2]
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Enjoy an episode of Mondo Jazz that features old masters, new masters and future masters in an intergenerational playlist.
The playlist features John Ellis; Claudio Fasoli; Adam O'Farrill; Anaïs Drago [pictured]; and Charles Mingus.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20583581/Mon…
Rex Stewart 1940/41
The legendary cornetist at the halfway point in his tenure with Duke Ellington, featured on four small group sessions. Two sessions are his own group of Ellingtonians recording for RCA Victor (including Lawrence Brown, Ben Webster, Harry Carney, Ellington, Jimmy Blanton and Sonny Greer) and two fo…
Show - Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters - 1937-38
One of the great Ellington small groups recording in the 1930's - led by the great (yet still underrated) trumpeter Cootie Williams, the various groups include Juan Tizol, Joe Nanton, Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwick, Duke Ellington, Fred Guy, Hayes Alvis, Billy Taylor and …
Cootie Williams' Rug Cutters 2
The great Ellington trumpeter Cootie Williams led a series of dates for Vocalion in the late 1930's featuring his bandmates - Joe Nanton, Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney, Billy Taylor, Jimmy Blanton, Sonny Greer, Billy Strayhorn and the Duke himself along with vocalists Sc…
Jazz After Dark, July 22, 2025
Coming up tonight, it’s Duke Ellington and some of the great musicians who worked with him. The songs:
Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra, Cotton Club Stomp
Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra, I Was Made to Love You
Duke Ellington, Come Sunday (with Mahalia Jackson)
Billy Stra…
Ivy Anderson with Duke Ellington - 1933-38
Ivy Anderson was one of the most overlooked singers of the era - great with jazz, novelty, blues and ballads and was one of Ellington's prime tone colors during her decade-long tenure with his band. Here she sings a mix of Ellington tunes as well as older standards and songs composed for various C…
Serge Chaloff
Serge Chaloff was a fleeting star on the baritone saxophone during his brief lifetime, one of Woody Herman’s “Four Brothers” and a bebopping legend as well. He was a sophisticated musician and swinging performer. Serge possessed a lithe, fleet, flowing conception propelled with a lighter tone an…
Show - Bass Clarinet 2!
More great bass clarinet performances by Don Byron, Eric Dolphy, Harry Carney, Joe Temperley, Hal McKusick, Gene Allen and Buddy De Franco!
The Hot Box #026 – Exploring the Baritone Saxophone - Jazz Podcast with Donald Helme - Jazz Ireland
The “bari” is by no means the largest of Adolph Sax’s family of instruments but the even larger ones look as though they would fit nicely into an oil refinery. The baritone, which is itself quite a hefty instrument, first became a regular element in jazz music when it became the must-have anchor fo…
IZ KONTRE #15 w/ Oliver (Akioki)
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01 Yesterday's Princess - Meanwhile
02 Collettivo Immaginario - La Macchina Dei Sogni
03 Greg Foat, Jihad Darwish & Moses Boyd - Awareness
04 Patchwork Inc. - Last Forever
05 Lausse The Cat - Blue Bossa
06 Attilio Zanchi - For Harry Carney (Digital Pro Mix)
07 John Carroll Kirby - Swallo…
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