Guy Lafitte (12 January 1927 – 10 June 1998) was a French jazz saxophonist.

Career

A native of

Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne Saint-Gaudens (; oc, Sent-Gaudenç) is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Saint-Gaudens lies at an altitude of on a ledge overlooking the valley of the Garonne. It faces the Pyrenees and is ...

, France, he worked with

Mezz Mezzrow Milton Mesirow (November 9, 1899 – August 5, 1972), better known as Mezz Mezzrow, was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois. He is remembered for organizing and financing recording sessions with Tommy Ladnier ...

from 1951 to 1952 and

Big Bill Broonzy Big Bill Broonzy (born Lee Conley Bradley; June 26, 1903 – August 14, 1958) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s, when he played country music to mostly African American audiences. In the 1930s ...

in 1951. In 1954 he made Paris his home and worked with

Lionel Hampton Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles M ...

and

Emmett Berry Emmett Berry (July 23, 1915 – June 22, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter. Berry was born in Macon, Georgia, United States. He began to study classical trumpet in Georgia, but by 18 had switched to jazz and moved to New York City. He bec ...

. He also worked with Bill Coleman and

Wild Bill Davis Wild Bill Davis (November 24, 1918 – August 17, 1995) was the stage name of American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger William Strethen Davis. He is best known for his pioneering jazz electric organ recordings and for his tenure with t ...

Discography

As leader

* ''Blue and Sentimental'' (Le Club Francais, 1955) * ''Les Classiques du Jazz Vol. 2'' with Andre Persiany (Columbia, 1958) * ''Melodies'' (Columbia, 1958) * ''Sax: 10 Succes'' (Pathe, 1960) * ''Sax and Strings'' (Columbia, 1963) * ''Jambo!'' (RCA Victor, 1968) * ''Blues'' (Vega, 1969) * ''Blues in Summertime'' (RCA Victor, 1971) * ''Sugar and Spice'' (RCA Victor, 1972) * ''Corps et Ame'' (Black and Blue, 1978) * ''Happy!'' (Black and Blue, 1979) * ''Live in France'' with Arnett Cobb (Black and Blue, 1980) * ''Three Men On a Beat'' with

(Black and Blue, 1983) * ''Joue Charles Trenet'' (Black and Blue, 1984) * ''Lotus Blossom'' with Wild Bill Davis (Black and Blue, 2002) * ''The Things We Did Last Summer'' (Black and Blue, 1991) * ''Sax Connection'' (Ida, 1994) * ''Crossings'' with Pierre Boussaguet (EmArcy, 1998) * ''Au HCF Paris'' (Milan, 2002) * ''Tenor Abrubt: The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions'' with Arnett Cobb (Black and Blue, 2003) * ''Nice Jazz 1978'' (Black and Blue, 2017)

As sideman

With Bill Coleman * ''Jazz at Pleyel'' (Philips, 1952) * ''Saint Louis Baby'' (Columbia, 1956) * ''Them Their Eyes'' (Columbia, 1956) * ''Mainstream at Montreux'' (Black Lion, 1973) * ''Really I Do'' (Black and Blue, 1982) With others *

, ''Emmett Berry and His Orchestra'' (Columbia, 1955) *

Claude Bolling Claude Bolling (10 April 1930 – 29 December 2020) was a French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor. Biography He was born in Cannes, France, and studied at the Conservatory of Nice, Nice Conservatory, and then in Paris. A c ...

, ''French Jazz'' (Bally, 1956) *

Milt Buckner Milton Brent Buckner (July 10, 1915 – July 27, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and organist, who in the early 1950s popularized the Hammond organ.Arwulf ArwulfMilt Buckner biography All Music. He pioneered the parallel chords styleFeathe ...

, ''Midnight Slows Vol. 7'' (Black and Blue, 1977) *

Buck Clayton Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton (November 12, 1911 – December 8, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter who was a member of Count Basie's orchestra. His principal influence was Louis Armstrong, first hearing the record "Confessin' That I Love You" ...

Peanuts Holland Herbert Lee "Peanuts" Holland (February 9, 1910 – February 7, 1979) was an American jazz trumpeter best known for his contributions in swing jazz. Early life Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Holland learned to play trumpet at the Jenkins Orphanage ...

, ''Club Session'' (Le Club Francais 1955) *

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, ''Jazz Aux Champs-Elysees'' (Polydor, 1957) *

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, ''The Golden Gate Quartet'' (La Voz De Su Amo, 1962) * Golden Gate Quartet, ''Spirituals'' (Columbia, 1964) *

, ''Recorded in Paris 1956'' (Swing 1986) *

, ''Swingin' with Mezz'' (Vogue, 1962) *

Sammy Price Samuel Blythe Price (October 6, 1908 – April 14, 1992) was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader. Price's playing is dark, mellow, and relaxed rather than percussive, and he was a specialist at creating the ...

, ''1956 Boogie-Woogie a La Parisienne'' (Pathe Marconi, 2002) *

Brother John Sellers Brother John Sellers (May 27, 1924, Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States – March 27, 1999, Manhattan) was an American gospel and folk singer. Sellers played in gospel tent shows while young. He was discovered by Mahalia Jackson, who brought hi ...

, ''Blues and Spirituals'' (Columbia, 1957) * Brother John Sellers, ''Brother John Sellers'' (Columbia, 1958) *

Lucky Thompson Eli "Lucky" Thompson (June 16, 1924 – July 30, 2005) was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist whose playing combined elements of swing music, swing and bebop. Although John Coltrane usually receives the most credit for bringing th ...

, ''Nothing but the Soul'' (EMI, 1993)

References

Bibliography

* Richard Morton & Brian Cook, ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD''. Sixth Edition. Penguin, London. 2001 1927 births 1998 deaths 20th-century French musicians 20th-century saxophonists Big band saxophonists Black & Blue Records artists Black Lion Records artists Cool jazz saxophonists Jazz tenor saxophonists Swing saxophonists {{jazz-saxophonist-stub