Home » Jazz Musicians » Gus Bivona
Gus Bivona
Tags
Gus Bivona: Music for Swingers
![Gus Bivona: Music for Swingers](https://s3.amazonaws.com/allaboutjazz/coverart/large/6a00e008dca1f0883401b8d293680e970c-500wi.png)
Source:
JazzWax by Marc Myers
Arcuiso Gus" Bivona was never a household-name clarinetist like Artie Shaw or Buddy DeFranco, but during the big band era and throughout the 1950s, he was one of the finest and most relaxed swing studio clarinetists in the business. He also was a rock-solid alto saxophonist. Bivona came up in the late 1930s in Will Hudson's band before joining Bunny Berigan in 1938 and '39. By 1940, he was a member of the Benny Goodman Orchestra for two years, joining ...
read more
Photos
Music
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson