Maxime Saury

Maxim Saury February 27 1928 November 15 2012 was a French jazz clarinetist and bandleader The son of a violinist Saury began playing violin the age of twelve He switched to clarinet because he admired the playing of Hubert Rostaing Shortly after World War II he began playing with Christian Azzi and Claude Bolling and briefly led a trio in 1949 In the 1950s he founded the New Orleans Sound which included JeanClaude Naude and went on several tours worldwide He played with Barney Bigard in the US in the late 1960s and returned the US twice in the 1970s As a representative figure in French traditional jazz he was frequently invited to play music or the role of a musician in film and television including in Bonjour Tristesse Les Tricheurs Mon oncle and Adieu Philippine Source Article Maxim Saury from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30