Guy Lafitte

Guy Lafitte (12 January 1927 – 10 June 1998) was a French jazz saxophonist.
Guy Lafitte was born with name Denis Fernand Lafitte on January 12, 1927, in Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, France.
He began his career performing as a clarinetist in Romani music bands in Southwest France. In 1947 he began playing the tenor saxophone.
By 1950 Lafitte had moved to Paris where he was performing in a band backing the blues singer Big Bill Broonzy. In... more