Claude Tissendier (born 1 October 1952) is a French jazz reedist and bandleader. He was born in Toulouse, France. Tissendier studied classical music as well as jazz, and began playing in Paris in 1977 with Claude Bolling, Ornicar,

Gérard Badini Gérard Badini (born April 16, 1931, Paris, France), known as Mr. Swing, is a French jazz bandleader, composer, reedist, and pianist. Badini's father was an opera singer. Badini began playing professionally in the early 1950s, playing clarinet in ...

, Jean-Loup Longnon, and François Laudet. He founded an ensemble in tribute to John Kirby in 1983, then formed Saxomania, a seven-piece band which played with Benny Carter, Guy Lafitte, Spike Robinson,

Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...

, and Phil Woods.

References

Bibliography

*André Clergeat, "Claude Tissendier". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. Second edition, ed.

Barry Kernfeld Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians. Education In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at U ...

. 1952 births Living people French jazz clarinetists French jazz saxophonists French male saxophonists Musicians from Toulouse 21st-century saxophonists 21st-century clarinetists 21st-century French male musicians French male jazz musicians {{France-music-stub