Alix Combelle

Alix Combelle
Born	1 June 1912
Origin	Paris, France
Died	2 March 1978 (aged 65)
Genres	Continental jazz Swing
Occupation(s)	Professional musician Bandleader
Instruments	Clarinet Tenor saxophone
Years active	1930s-1940s
Associated acts	Gregor et ses Gregoriens Arthur Briggs Michel Warlop Ray Ventura

Alix Combelle (15 June 1912 – 26 February 1978^[1]) was a French swing jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and bandleader, born in and performing in Paris for most of his life.

He was well known on the Continental Jazz scene of Europe, active mostly in the 1930s and 1940s. He performed or featured in his bands such musicians as Arthur Briggs, Ray Ventura and Michel Warlop, among others. During the 1940s his popularity eased off somewhat, though he did perform with some American musicians at the time, such as Jonah Jones and Buck Clayton.^[2]

Discography

Album	Year	Label
Alix Combelle 1935-1940	1935—1940	Classics
Alix Combelle 1940-1941	1940—1941	Classics
Alix Combelle 1942-1943	1942—1943	Classics
The Swinging Mister Alix: 1937-1942	1937—1942	Epm Musique
Django Reinhardt Album	Year	Label
Rare Django	1928—1938	Disques Swing
Freddy Johnson Album	Year	Label
Freddy Johnson 1933-1939	1933—1939	Classics
Coleman Hawkins Album	Year	Label
Coleman Hawkins 1934-1937	1934—1937	Classics
The Hawk in Europe	1934—1937	ASV/Living Era
Coleman Hawkins 1937-1939	1937—1939	Classics
Bill Coleman Album	Year	Label
Bill Coleman 1936-1938	1936—1938	Classics
Bill Coleman in Paris	1936—1938	Disques Swing
Benny Carter Album	Year	Label
Benny Carter 1937-1939	1937—1939	Classics
Buck Clayton Album	Year	Label
Buck Clayton in Paris	1949—1953	Vogue Records
Lionel Hampton Album	Year	Label
The Complete Paris Session (1953)	1953	Vogue Records
Lionel Hampton in Paris	1953	Everest Records
Stan Kenton Album	Year	Label
In Paris September 1953	1953	Royal Jazz
Adelaide Hall Album	Year	Label
Crooning Blackbird	1927—1939	EPM Musique
Jean Sablon Album	Year	Label
French Swinging Troubadour	1934—1939	EPM Musique
Michel Warlop Album	Year	Label
Modernistic 1933/1943	1933/1943	EPM Musique
Stephane Grappelli Album	Year	Label
Fit as a Fiddle	1933/1947	EPM Musique
Georges Ulmer Album	Year	Label
Pigalle	1998	EPM Musique
Charles Trénet Album	Year	Label
La Mer	1935—1950	ASV/Living Era
Oscar Alemán Album	Year	Label
Buenos Aires-Paris: 1928-1943	1928—1943	Fremeaux & Associes
Danny Polo Album	Year	Label
The Complete Sets	1935—1939	Retrieval Records

References

1. fr:Alix Combelle
2. Yanow, Scott. "Alix Combelle Biography". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2007-06-25.