William Boucaya

William Boucaya (* 1922 , † 1985 ) was a French jazz musician ( baritone saxophone , also alto saxophone , bass clarinet ).

Live and act

Boucaya worked in the Parisian modern jazz scene in the post-war period ; from the mid-1940s he played with Hubert Rostaing ("Chelsea Bridge"), in 1950 in his sextet. During this time he also worked with Roy Eldridge , Claude Bolling , Bill Coleman , Bill Tamper , André Hodeir , Henri Renaud 's All-Stars, Gigi Gryce , Jack Dieval , as well as Christian Chevallier , André Persiany , Dave Pochonet , Guy Lafitte , Bobby Jaspar and with the American jazz greats Lionel Hampton , Chet Baker , Clifford Brown and Lucky Thompson who are in Paris . In the second half of the decade he also worked on recordings by Benny Vasseur , Armand Migiani , Martial Solal , Sacha Distel , Michel Legrand , Eddie Barclay , Sarah Vaughan , Alain Goraguer (soundtrack of Les loups dans la Bergerie , 1959). In the early 1960s he played with Martial Solal (fill music for Si le vent te fait peur ) and in the studio band that recorded the soundtrack for Paris Blues (with Louis Armstrong ). In the early 1960s he worked again with Rostaing and Lafitte, and also with the singer Tony Milton . In 1963 he was a member of Jef Gilson's big band . In the field of jazz, he was involved in 76 recording sessions between 1947 and 1969, most recently with Maxim Saury and The Three Dimensional Band.

His playing on the baritone saxophone was influenced by Gerry Mulligan .