Guy Lafitte

Guy Lafitte
Monument in Saint-Gaudens
Background information
Born	(1927-01-12)12 January 1927 Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, France
Died	10 June 1998(1998-06-10) (aged 71) France
Genres	Jazz, swing
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Tenor saxophone
Years active	1940s–1990s
Labels	EmArcy, Columbia, Black & Blue

Guy Lafitte (12 January 1927^[1] – 10 June 1998)^[2][3] was a French jazz saxophonist.

Career

A native of Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, France,^[1] he worked with Mezz Mezzrow from 1951 to 1952 and Big Bill Broonzy in 1951.^[4] In 1954 he made Paris his home and worked with Lionel Hampton^[1] and Emmett Berry. He also worked with Bill Coleman^[1] and Wild Bill Davis.

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 Wild Bill Davis (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, Emmett Berry and His Orchestra (Columbia, 1955)
• Claude Bolling, French Jazz (Bally, 1956)
• Milt Buckner, Midnight Slows Vol. 7 (Black and Blue, 1977)
• Buck Clayton & Peanuts Holland, Club Session (Le Club Francais 1955)
• Jack Dieval, Jazz Aux Champs-Elysees (Polydor, 1957)
• Golden Gate Quartet, The Golden Gate Quartet (La Voz De Su Amo, 1962)
• Golden Gate Quartet, Spirituals (Columbia, 1964)
• Lionel Hampton, Recorded in Paris 1956 (Swing 1986)
• Mezz Mezzrow, Swingin' with Mezz (Vogue, 1962)
• Sammy Price & Emmett Berry, 1956 Boogie-Woogie a La Parisienne (Pathe Marconi, 2002)
• Brother John Sellers, Blues and Spirituals (Columbia, 1957)
• Brother John Sellers, Brother John Sellers (Columbia, 1958)
• Lucky Thompson, Nothing but the Soul (EMI, 1993)

References

Bibliography

• Richard Morton & Brian Cook, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Sixth Edition. Penguin, London. 2001