Guy Lafitte

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Name = Guy Lafitte


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Died = death date and age|1998|6|10|1927|1|12
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Instrument = tenor saxophone
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Genre = Swing music, Jazz
Occupation = saxophonist
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Guy Lafitte (12 January 1927–10 June 1998) was a French jazz tenor saxophonist born at St. Gaudens, France, most notable for his work with Mezz Mezzrow from 1951-1952 and having toured with Big Bill Broonzy in 1951.

In 1954 Lafitte made Paris his home, and worked with Lionel Hampton and Emmett Berry. Lafitte had also been a collaborator on various other projects with musicians such as Wild Bill Davis and Bill Coleman.

Discography

* 1954 - "Blue And Sentimental" (Emarcy) with Peanuts Holland, Raymond Fol, Jean-Claude Pelletier, Geo Daly
* 1957 - "Les Classiques de Jazz" (Columbia) with André Persiany (p), Paul Rovere (b), Teddy Martin (dr)
* 1978 - "Corps Et Ame" (Black and Blue) with Hank Jones, George Duvivier, J. C. Heard
* 1983 - "Lotus Blossom" (Black & Blue) with Wild Bill Davis, Clyde Lucas
* 1990 - "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Black & Blue) with Jacky Terrasson, Pierre Boussaguet, Al Lewitt

as a sideman

* Arnett Cobb Quintet: "Live!" (Black & Blue, 1980)
* Bill Coleman Quintett with Guy Lafitte: Lions Abroad Vol. 3 - A Lion in Paris (Black Lion, 1973) "Bill Coleman - Ben Webster - Guy Lafitte" (Jazz Colours, 1973)
* Lionel Hampton: "Paris Session 1956" (EMI)
* Peanuts Holland Sextet: "Jazz In Paris: Peanuts Holland - Buck Clayton - Charlie Singleton" (Emarcy, 1954)
* Sammy Price Quintet: "Le Jazz En France - Vol. 14 - Boogie Woogie A La Parisienne" (Pathe, 1956)
* Lucky Thompson Sextet: "Lucky Thompson" (Swing, 1956)
* Pierre Boussaguet: "Trio Europa" (Emarcy, 1998)

Literature

* Richard Morton & Brian Cook: "The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD", Sixth Edition, London, Penguin, 2001