Léo Petit

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Léo Petit (born September 22, 1923 in Haubourdin , Hauts-de-France ; † February 10, 2017 in Levallois-Perret , Île-de-France ) was a French jazz and entertainment musician ( guitar , arrangement , composition ).

Petit, who also worked under the pseudonyms Michael Hington and William Stanray , played with Aimé Barelli in Paris from the mid-1940s and also took part in Barelli's recording sessions with Django Reinhardt (1952) and Sidney Bechet (1953). From 1955 he worked with David Bee , Claude Luter , Pierre Gossez , Pierre Cavalli , and in the 1960s with Eddy Louiss , Hubert Rostaing , Stéphane Grappelli and Memphis Slim . In the field of jazz he was involved in twelve recording sessions between 1943 and 1964, also with Alain Goraguer , Henri Salvador and Jimmy Walter . In the course of his career he also led his own bands and belonged to the twist formation Les Guitares Du Diable (with Pierre Gomez, Gus Wallez, Guy Petersen and Jacques Bartel); the Petit-derived title Galaxie (1964) was one of the group's biggest hits. As an arranger and composer he worked a. a. for Éric Charden ( Claudie , Pas question , S'il fallait , Va-t'en de ma vie , 1966), Nathalie Degand ( Je a'ai pas vingt ans ), Johnny Hallyday ( souvenirs, souvenirs , 1960), Bernard Lavilliers ( L'Oiseau de satin , Légende , 1967), Corinne Marchand ( L'Adieu , La Plage , 1964), Sheila ( On est heureux , 1966) and Sylvie Vartan (La Chanson) .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michel Laplace: Actualités: Léo Petit. In: Jazz Hot . February 10, 2017, accessed March 13, 2017 (French).
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 22, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Petit, Léo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hington, Michael (pen name); Stanray, William (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz and entertainment musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Haubourdin , Hauts-de-France , France
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 2017
Place of death Levallois-Perret , Île-de-France , France