Harry Carney

baritone saxophone, saxophone, clarinet, reeds, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, vocal, bass saxophone, basset clarinet

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra vocal, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, bass saxophone, clarinet, reeds, saxophone, tenor saxophone (A) Gypsy Without a Song, (I Want) Something to Live For, (There Is) No Greater Love, A Beautiful Friendship, A Blues Serenade, A Lonely Co-Ed, A Portrait of Bert Williams, A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship), A Spoonful of Sugar, A Tone Parallel to Harlem (The Harlem Suite), Absinthe, Accent on Youth, Across the Track Blues, Ad Lib on Nippon, Admiration (matrix B17409), Admiration (matrix C883), Afro-Bossa, After All, Agra, Alabamy Home, Alabamy Home (alternate take 2), Alice Blue Gown, All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519 alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520 alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520), All My Loving, All Too Soon, All of Me, Almighty God, Amad, Angu, Any Time, Any Day, Any Where, Any Time, Any Day, Any Where (alternate take B), Arabesque Cookie (Arabian dance), Are You Sticking?, Asphalt Jungle, At a Dixie Roadside Diner, Azure, Azure (alternate take 2), Baby When You Ain’t There, Baby! (alternate take A), Baby! (alternate take B), Baby! (alternate take D), Baby! (master take C), Bakiff, Battle of Swing, Battle of Swing (alternate take 1), Beautiful Woman Walks Well, Best Wishes, Best Wishes (alternate take A), Black Butterfly, Black Butterfly (alternate take 2), Black and Tan Fantasy, Blackbird Medley, Part 1: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Doin’ the New Low Down / I Must Have That Man! / Baby!, Blackbird Medley, Part 1: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Doin’ the New Low Down / I Must Have That Man! / Baby! (alternate take B), Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take B), Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take C), Bli-Blip, Blowin' In the Wind, Blue Goose, Blue Harlem, Blue Light, Blue Mood, Blue Mood (alternate take B), Blue Mood (alternate take C), Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues), Blue Ramble, Blue Ramble (alternate take B), Blue Serge, Blue Tune, Blue Tune (alternate take B), Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah), Blues, Blues in Blueprint, Blues in Orbit, Blues in Orbit (Tender) (alternate take), Blues in Orbit (alternate take), Body and Soul, Bojangles, Bonga, Bouncing Buoyancy, Boy Meets Horn (Twits and Twerps), Braggin’ in Brass, Braggin’ in Brass (alternate take 2), Brown Penny, Buffet Flat, Bula, Bundle of Blues, Bundle of Blues (alternate take B), C Jam Blues, Caliné (Silk Lace), Call Me Irresponsible, Caravan, Carnival in Caroline, Charade, Chatter-Box (Jumpy), Chelsea Bridge, Chim Chim Cheree, Chinoiserie (Chinese dance), Chloe (Song of the Swamp), Chocolate Shake, Chromatic Love Affair, Clarinet Lament, Clouds in My Heart, Clouds in My Heart (alternate take A), Come Sunday (a cappella), Concerto for Cootie, Conga Brava, Cop Out, Cop-Out, Copout Extension, Cotton, Cotton Club Stomp, Cotton Tail, Country Gal, Creole Love Call, Creole Love Call (alternate take B), Crescendo in Blue, Crescendo in Blue (alternate take 2), Danke Schoen, Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers), Day Dream, Day in, Day Out (live), Days of Wine and Roses, Deep Purple, Delta Bound, Delta Bound (alternate take B), Depk, Diga Diga Do, Diga Diga Do (alternate take B), Diminuendo in Blue, Diminuendo in Blue (alternate take 2), Diminuendo in Blue / Blow by Blow, Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue (live), Dinah Lou, Dinah Lou (alternate take 3), Dinah’s in a Jam, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, Doin’ the Voom Voom, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Don't Get Down on Your Knees to Pray Until You Have Forgotten Everyone, Down a Carolina Lane, Drop Me Off in Harlem, Drop Me Off in Harlem (alternate take B), Duael Fuel, Part I, Duael Fuel, Part II, Duael Fuel, Part III, Ducky Wucky, Ducky Wucky (alternate take B), Dusk, Dusk on the Desert, Dusk on the Desert (alternate take 1), E.S.P. (Extra Sensory Perception), Echoes of Harlem, Eerie Moan, Eerie Moan (alternate take B), Eighth Veil, Ellington '66, Entr'Acte, Everything but You, Exposition Swing, Exposition Swing (alternate take 2), Farewell Blues, Fast and Furious, Father Forgive, Feed the Birds, Festival Suite: Part I. Festival Junction (live), Festival Suite: Part I. Festival Junction (production), Festival Suite: Part II. Blues to Be There (live), Festival Suite: Part II. Blues to Be There (production), Festival Suite: Part III. Newport Up (live), Festival Suite: Part III. Newport Up (production), Five O'Clock Whistle, Flirtibird, Fly Me to the Moon, Flying Home, Frustration, Got a Date With an Angel, Grievin’ (matrix WM 1064), Grievin’ (matrix WM 1093), Guitar Amour (Paris Blues), Gypsy Love Song, Happy Go Lucky Local, Happy-Go-Lucky Local, Harlem Air Shaft, Harlem Speaks, Harmony in Harlem, Harmony in Harlem (alternate take 1), Harmony in Harlem (alternate take X), Hayfoot Strawfoot, Heaven, Hello, Dolly!, Hip Chic, Honeysuckle Rose, Hot and Bothered, I Can't Get Started, I Can't Stop Loving You, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take B), I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got, I Don't Mind, I Don’t Know Why I Love You So, I Don’t Know Why I Love You So (alternate take 2), I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (live), I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (production), I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (alternate take 1), I Love to Laugh, I Must Have That Man! (alternate take A), I Must Have That Man! (alternate take B), I Must Have That Man! (alternate take D), I Must Have That Man! (master take C), I Never Felt This Way Before, I Never Felt This Way Before (alternate take B), I Want to Hold Your Hand, I got It Bad and That Ain't Good, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Idiom '59, Idiom '59, Part I, Idiom '59, Part II, Idiom '59, Part III, If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?), If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?) (alternate take 1), In a Mellotone, In a Mellow Tone, In a Mizz, In a Sentimental Mood, In the Mood, In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, Indian Love Call, Indian Summer, Isfahan, Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing?, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing), It Was a Sad Night in Harlem, It's Freedom, It’s Swell of You, It’s Swell of You (alternate take 2), I’m Checkin’ Out - Go’om Bye, I’m Satisfied, I’m Slappin’ Seventh Avenue (With the Sole of My Shoe), I’ve Got the World on a String, I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter, I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter (alternate take 2), Jack the Bear, Jam With Sam, Jazz Cocktail, Jazz Cocktail (alternate take B), Jazz Potpourri, Jeep's Blues, Jeep's Blues (studio), Jive Stomp, Jive Stomp (alternate take B), John Hardy's Wife, Johnny Come Lately, Jolly Holiday, Jones, Jump for Joy, Jumpin' Punkins, Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin', Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin', Killin’ Myself, Kinda Dukish, Kinda Dukish / Rockin' in Rhythm, Kinda Dukish/Rockin' in Rhythm, Kissin’ My Baby Good-Night, La De Doody Doo, Lady in Blue, Lady in Blue (alternate take X), Lady in Red, Lambeth Walk, Laugh, Clown, Laugh, Launching Pad, Laura, Lazy Rhapsody, Lazy Rhapsody (alternate take B), Let's Go Fly a Kite, Let’s Have a Jubilee, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 1, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 2, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 3, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 4, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 5, Liberian Suite: I Like the Sunrise, Lightnin’, Lightnin’ (alternate take B), Little Posey, Lost in Meditation, Love Is Like a Cigarette, Love in Swingtime, Mack the Knife, Madness in Great Ones, Main Stem, Mara Gold, Margie, Me and You, Meditation, Merry-Go-Round (matrix B17408), Merry-Go-Round (matrix W265049 alternate take 2), Merry-Go-Round (matrix W265049-3), Midriff, Mighty Like the Blues, Mighty Like the Blues (alternate take 1), Mood Indigo, Moon Mist, Moon Over Cuba, Moon Over Dixie, Moon River, Moonbow, Moonglow, More (Theme From Mondo Cane), Morning Glory, Mount Harissa, My Funny Valentine, My Little Brown Book, Never on Sunday, Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday, Old King Dooji, Old Plantation, Old Plantation (alternate take 2), On the Sunny Side of the Street, One O'Clock Jump, Overture, Part I (1958 alternate take), Part I (Work Song), Part II (Come Sunday), Part II (alternate take), Part III (Light) (alternate take), Part III (Work Song & Come Sunday a.k.a. Light), Part IV (Come Sunday), Part IV (Come Sunday) (alternate take), Part V (Come Sunday Interlude), Part V (Come Sunday) (alternate take), Part VI (23rd Psalm), Part VI (23rd Psalm) (alternate take), Passion Flower, Peanut Brittle Brigade (March), People, Perdido, Pie Eye's Blues, Pie Eye's Blues (alternate take), Poor Butterfly, Porgy, Porgy (alternate take B), Porgy (alternate take C), Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (alternate take matrix C886-2), Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (master take B16974-1), Portrait of the Lion, Portrait of the Lion (alternate take 2), Praise God, Praise God and Dance, Prelude to a Kiss, Prelude to a Kiss (alternate take 2), Prologue to Black and Tan Fantasy, Purple Gazelle, Pussy Willow, Pyramid, Pyramid (alternate take 2), Raincheck, Red Roses for a Blue Lady, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 1, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 2, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 3, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 4, Riding on a Blue Note, Riding on a Blue Note (alternate take 2), Rockin' In Rhythm, Rockin' in Rhythm, Rocks in My Bed, Rose Room, Rose of the Rio Grande, Rose of the Rio Grande (alternate take 2), Rue Bleu, Rumpus in Richmond, Saddest Tale, Satan Takes a Holiday, Satin Doll, Scattin’ at the Cotton Club (Scattin’ at the Kit Kat), Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club), Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club) (alternate take 2), Sempre amoré, Sentimental Lady, Sepia Panorama, Serenade to Sweden, Sherman Shuffle, Shoe Shine Boy, Showboat Shuffle, Silk Lace, Sister Suffragette, Skin Deep, Skrontch (Scrounch), Skrontch (Scrounch) (alternate take 1), Slap Happy, Slap Happy (alternate take 2), Slippery Horn, Slippery Horn (alternate take B), Smada, Smorgasbord and Schnapps, So Far, So Good, Solid Old Man, Solitude, Someone, Something 'Bout Believing, Sophisticated Lady, Sophisticated Lady (alternate take 1), Sophisticated Lady (live), St. Louis Blues, St. Louis Blues (alternate take A), Star Spangled Banner, Star-Crossed Lovers, Stars, Stars (alternate take B), Stay Awake, Step in Time, Stepping Into Swing Society, Stompin' at the Savoy, Stormy Weather, Stranger on the Shore, Studio Concert (excerpts), Subtle Lament, Subtle Lament (alternate take X), Such Sweet Thunder, Sugar Rum Cherry, Suite Thursday: Lay-By, Suite Thursday: Misfit Blues, Suite Thursday: Schwiphti, Suite Thursday: Zweet Zurzday, Summertime, Sump’n ’Bout Rhythm, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Supreme Being, Swamp Goo, Swampy River, Sweet & Pungent, Sweet & Pungent (alternate take), Swing Low, Swing Low (alternate take B), Swingtime in Honolulu, T.G.T.T. (Too Good to Title), T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt), T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt) (alternate take 2), Take the "A" Train, Take the "A'' Train, Take the ''A'' Train, Tea for Two, The Biggest and Busiest Intersection, The Blues (From Black, Brown and Beige), The Brown-Skin Gal (in the Calico Gown), The Clothed Woman, The Controversial Suite, Part 1: Before My Time, The Controversial Suite, Part 2: Later, The Donkey Serenade, The Eighth Veil, The Flaming Sword, The Gal From Joe’s, The Gal From Joe’s (alternate take 2), The Giddybug Gallop, The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You, The Good Life, The Goutelas Suite: Fanfare, The Goutelas Suite: Get-With-Itness, The Goutelas Suite: Goutelas, The Goutelas Suite: Having at It, The Goutelas Suite: Something, The Lady Who Couldn’t Be Kissed, The Life I Lead, The Mooche, The New Birmingham Breakdown, The New Birmingham Breakdown (alternate take 2), The New Black and Tan Fantasy, The New East St. Louis Toodle-O, The New East St. Louis Toodle-O (alternate take 2), The Peanut Vendor, The Peking Theme (So Little Time), The Perfect Nanny, The Queen's Suite: Apes and Peacocks, The Queen's Suite: Le Sucrier Velours, The Queen's Suite: Lightning Bugs and Frogs, The Queen's Suite: Northern Lights, The Queen's Suite: Sunset and the Mocking Bird, The Second Time Around, The Sergeant Was Shy, The Sheik of Araby, The Shepherd, The Shepherd (Who Watches Over the Flock), The Sidewalks of New York, The Star-Crossed Lovers, The Stevedore’s Serenade, The Swinger's Jump, The Swinger's Jump (alternate take), The Swingers Get the Blues, Too, The UWIS Suite: Klop, The UWIS Suite: Loco Madi, The UWIS Suite: UWIS, The Volga Vouty (Russian dance), Theme from "Asphalt Jungle", There Shall Be No Night, There’s a Lull in My Life, There’s a Lull in My Life (alternate take 2), Things Ain't What They Used to Be, Three J's Blues, Tigress, Tone Parallel to Harlem, Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes), Tootin’ Through the Roof, Tootin’ Through the Roof (alternate take B), Tourist Point of View, Track 360, Track 360 (Trains) (alternate take), Track 360 (alternate take), Truckin’, Trumpet in Spades, Tulip or Turnip, Tutti for Cootie, Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-1), Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-2), U.M.M.G., Up Jump, Uptown Downbeat (Blackout), V.I.P.'s Boogie, Villes Ville Is the Place, Man, Volupté, Watermelon Man, Way Low, Weely, What Am I Here For?, What Good Would It Do?, When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go Tweet-Tweet-Tweet), Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, Wild Onions, Wings and Things, Yearning for Love, You Can Count on Me, You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight, You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight (alternate take 2), You Gave Me the Gate (And I’m Swingin’), You, You Darlin', Your Love Has Faded, [studio conversation: Mahalia swears]
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra baritone saxophone, reeds A Blues Serenade, A Sailboat in the Moonlight (alternate take), A Salboat in the Moonlight, Dance of the Goons, Dancing on the Stars, Dooji Wooji, Dream Blues, Empty Ballroom Blues, Foolin' Myself, Foolin' Myself (alternate take), Good Gal Blues, Hodge Podge, Home Town Blues, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, I'm in Another World, If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do)?, Jeep's Blues, Jitterbug's Lullaby, Kitchen Mechanic's Day, Krum Elbow Blues, Like a Ship in the Night, Lost in Meditation, Lost in Meditation (alternate take), Love in Swingtime, Mississippi Dreamboat, My Day, My Heart Jumped Over the Moon, Peckin', Prelude to a Kiss, Pyramid, Rendezvous With Rhythm, Rent Party Blues, Savoy Strut, Savoy Strut (alternate take), Silvery Moon and Golden Sands, Swingin' in the Dell, Swingin' on the Campus, The Jeep Is Jumpin', There's Something About an Old Love, Wanderlust, You Can Count on Me, You Walked Out of the Picture, You Walked Out of the Picture (alternate take), You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart), You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) (alternate take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters baritone saxophone, reeds, saxophone A Lesson in C, Ain't the Gravy Good?, Ain't the Gravy Good? (alternate take), Beautiful Romance, Blue Is the Evening, Blue Reverie, Blue Reverie (alternate take), Boudoir Benny, Carnival in Caroline, Chasin' Chippies, Delta Mood, Digga Digga Do, Digga Digga Do (alternate take), Downtown Uproar, Downtown Uproar (alternate take), Echoes of Harlem, Echoes of Harlem (alternate take), Echoes of Harlem (rehearsal take), Gal-Avantin', I Can't Believe That You Are in Love With Me, I Can't Believe That You Are in Love With Me (alternate take), I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Jubilesta, Lost in Meditation, Lost in Meditation (alternate take), Mobile Blues, Mobile Blues (alternate take), Ol' Man River, Pigeons and Peppers, Sharpy, She's Gone, Swing Pan Alley, Swingtime in Honolulu, The Boys From Harlem, Tiger Rag, Watchin'
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters baritone saxophone Caravan, Clouds in My Heart, Clouds in My Heart (alternate take), Demi-Tasse, Demi-Tasse (alternate take), Four and One Half Street, Four and One-Half Street (alternate take), Frolic Sam, Frolic Sam (alternate take), Get It Southern Style, Get It Southern Style (alternate take), If You're Ever in My Arms Again, If You're Ever in My Arms Again (alternate take), Jazz a la Carte, Jazz a la Carte (alternate take), Lament for a Lost Love, Lament for a Lost Love (alternate take), Moonlight Fiesta, Moonlight Fiesta (alternate take), Sponge Cake and Spinach, Sponge Cake and Spinach (alternate take), Stompy Jones
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers baritone saxophone, reeds Lazy Man's Shuflle, Lazy Man's Shuflle (alternate take), Love in My Heart, Love in My Heart (alternate take), Rexatious, Rexatious (alternate take), Sugar Hill Shim Sham, Sugar Hill Shim Sham (alternate take), Tea and Trumpets (78 take), Tea and Trumpets (CD take), Tea and Trumpets (LP take), The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp), The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp) (alternate take)
Duke Ellington vocal, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet Blue Serge, C Jam Blues, Clementine, Concerto for Cootie, Cotton Tail, Five O'Clock Drag, I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter, In a Mellow Tone, Ko Ko, Main Stem, Perdido, Take the "A" Train, Warm Valley
Nyke baritone saxophone Grievin', Hey Baby, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I'm Checking Out, Go'om Bye, If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?), It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin', Me and You, Mood Indigo, Passion Flower, Sophisticated Lady
Ella Fitzgerald bass clarinet, clarinet All Too Soon, Bli-Blip, Chelsea Bridge, Chelsea Bridge (alternate take), Everything but You, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I'm Just a Lucky So and So, Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald: Royal Ancestry / All Heart / Beyond Category / Total Jazz, Take the "A" Train, The E and D Blues (E for Ella, D for Duke)
Spookhuisje baritone saxophone "C" Jam Blues, Caravan, Happy-Go-Lucky Local, Jam With Sam, Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin', Paris Blues, Ready, Go, Take the "A" Train
Edna Bentz Woods alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet, reeds Flamingo, Ko-Ko, Midriff, My Greatest Mistake, Never No Lament
The Gotham Stompers baritone saxophone Alabamy Home, Did Anyone Ever Tell You?, Did Anyone Ever Tell You? (alternate take), My Honey's Lovin' Arms, Where Are You?
Lionel Hampton baritone saxophone Memories of You, The Jumpin Jive, Twelfth Street Rag, Twelfth Street Rag (alternate take)
Dub Cutah baritone saxophone Indigo Echoes, Indigo Echoes (alternate take), Tough Truckin', Tough Truckin' (alternate take)
Feva Forever baritone saxophone Barney Goin' Easy, Chew-Chew-Chew (Chew Your Bubble Gum), Just Another Dream, Utt-Da-Zay (The Tailor Song)
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra baritone saxophone Drummer's Delight, If I Thought You Cared, If I Thought You Cared (alternate take)
Billie Holiday baritone saxophone, basset clarinet, clarinet I Cried For You, It's Like Reaching for the Moon, These Foolish Things
Benny Goodman baritone saxophone Blue Reverie, Honeysuckle Rose
Henri du Bailly baritone saxophone Subtle Slough
AKIO baritone saxophone Hy'a Sue
Keklik Aile alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet Diga Diga Doo
David Sapadin baritone saxophone Cotton Tail
Esquire All-American Award Winners baritone saxophone Buckin' the Blues
Ocean City Defender baritone saxophone Mississippi Dreamboat
Dennis O'Keeffe baritone saxophone Blues Riff
Frank Sinatra baritone saxophone Sweet Lorraine
Friendship Musical Group baritone saxophone All of Me / The Mooche / Margie / Louisiana / Baby Won't You Please Come Home? / It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing / Doctor Jazz
Tiny baritone saxophone Metronome All-Out
White Cascade baritone saxophone Blue Rose
ヲタみん baritone saxophone I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart