Bardu Ali

American jazz (and rhythm & blues) guitarist. Born : September 23, 1906 in New Orleans, Louisiana (or) in Mississippi. Died : October 29, 1981 in Inglewood, California. Bardu Ali worked with : Napoleon Zyas, Leroy Tibbs, Chick Webb, Lew Leslie, Johnny Otis, Charles Brown and others. After his career as a band leader, he worked as a talent manager, notably for Redd Foxx.