Armand Migiani

Armand Migiani (born January 22, 1919 in Monte Grimano ; † October 28, 2008 in Précy ) was a French jazz musician ( baritone saxophone ) and arranger , who from the 1960s mostly worked as an entertainment musician and also as a film composer .

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Migiani played while in Paris during the time of the occupation by the German Wehrmacht in Aimé Barelli's band , with whom the first recordings for Pathé were made around 1943. After the liberation of Paris and in the post-war period he played in Barelli's orchestra with Django Reinhardt (“Yesterdays”, 1952), from 1954 also with Bobby Jaspar , André Hodeir , Christian Chevallier , Chet Baker , Claude Bolling , Martial Solal , Bill Coleman and with Kenny Clarke ( Kenny Clarke's sextet plays André Hodeir ). 1956 Migiani recorded several titles for Polydor for the first time under his own name ; Christian Bellest , Roger Guerin , Charles Verstraete , William Boucaya , Georges Grenu , Maurice Vander , Pierre Michelot and Roger Paraboschi played in his studio band . In the late 1950s he was a member of André Hodeir's Le Jazz Groupe de Paris ; he also worked for Michel Legrand . In the 1960s and 1970s he continued to play in the orchestras of Bolling, Legrand, Hodeir and Chevallier; he also recorded light music with his own studio formations. The discographer Tom Lord lists Migiani in 59 recording sessions between 1943 and 1975.

From the mid-1950s, Migiani accompanied various pop and pop singers such as Paule Dejardins ("Il est là"), Marcel Amont , Maria Candido ("1, 2, 3 amoureux") for recordings as Armand Migiani et son Orchester , Bob Martin, Janique Aimée , Johnny Hallyday ( Les Chevaliers Du Ciel / Jet - Jerk , 1967), Simone Real ("Mon amant de Saint-Jean"), Annie Cordy / Luis Mariano ("Les moustiques") and Jacques Verrières . He also made solo recordings under the pseudonym Billy's Sax . In later years Migiani also worked as a film composer and orchestra director, a. a. for feature films such as Two Equal Crooks (1968, directed by Claude Guillemot ), Quatre hommes aux poings nus (1970, directed by Robert Topart ) and The daring baron of lies - Münchhausen and his cunning pranks (1979, directed by Jean Image ) as well as for TV series such as Es once upon a time ... life .

Armand Migiani / Jean Claudric / Jacques Loussier : In the Mood ( RCA Victor , 1961)
Armand Migiani / Tom Perkins: Twistez le Madison (RCA Victor, 1963)
Migiani Grand Orchester: Bravo Aznavour (RCA Victor, 1963)
Armand Migiani / Renaldo Cerri : Variances (CAM, 1975)

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SURNAME	Migiani, Armand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French jazz and entertainment musician and film composer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 22, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Monte Grimano
DATE OF DEATH	October 28, 2008
Place of death	Précy