Guy Lafitte

A Fine Swing Tenorman Whose Main Inspiration Was Always Coleman Hawkins Guy Lafitte Appeared In Many Mainstream Settings Through The Years. LaFitte Started Out Paying Clarinet Including With Swing-Oriented Gypsy Bands. After Switching To Tenor In 1947 And Moving To Paris He Worked With Big Bill Broonzy 1950 Mezz Mezzrow 1951 Bill Coleman Off And On Starting In 1952 Dicky Wells And Buck Clayton. Through The Years LaFitte Has Frequently Led His Own Mainstream Combos And Was Also Often Utilized By Veteran American Players Who Were Visiting France Including Lionel Hampton 1956 Duke Ellington For The 1961 Film Paris Blues Milt Buckner Wallace Davenport Arnett Cobb And Wild Bill Davis. As A Leader Guy Lafitte Led Many Sessions During The 1954-93 Period Particularly 1954-64 Including For CFD Duc-Thomson Pathe French Columbia VSM French RCA Vega Black & Blue And CTPL. read less