Sacha Alexandre known as Sacha Distel is a Guitariste of Jazz, Compositeur and Chanteur French born with Paris, on January 29th 1933 and died in the Rayol-Canadel-on-Sea (close to Saint-Tropez) the July 22nd 2004.
Biography
He is the nephew of Ray Ventura. He starts by being a guitarist of Jazz. He makes his beginnings of singer in 1958 with the casino of Algiers. After a idylle with Brigitte Bardot, he marries in 1963 the skier Francine Bréaud with whom he will have two wire.Crowned in 1959 by the Grand Prix of the academy Charles-Cross-country race, it begins with the screen with “Bitten”. From 1962, it starts to animate the variety programmes on television, in particular the “Sacha show” of Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier.
April 28th, 1985 it is victim of a road accident, in the crossing of the hamlet of Maltaverne (commune of the Tracy-on-Loire, near the Cosne-on-Loire), on board a Porsche with Chantal Nobel, heroin of the serial tele Châteauvallon . Chantal Nobel, seriously wounded, out of spring handicapped with life, itself is slightly wounded and condemned to one one-year suspended sentence for involuntary injuries.
It held the main role in the Musical comedy Chicago with London in 2001.
It is deceased on July 22nd 2004 continuations of a Cancer. It rests in the family crypt of the property of his parents-in-law in Rayol-Canadel, close to Saint-Tropez.
Quotation
" I remember the time when Sacha Distel was guitarist of jazz". , I remember , 43, Georges Perec.
Discography jazz
Recordings:- Night in Tunisia (with Jaspar, 1955)
- Crazy Rhythm (with L. Hampton, 1955)
- Bags' Groove (with J. Lewis, 1956)
- Two Guitar Blues (with Jean-Pierre Sasson, 1956)
- Sacha Distel: Jazz of today, with Billy Byers, 1956.
- Olympia Orgy
- One would be cats
- Round butt midnight
- N° 1 For Sacha
- Thanks Bill
- With these eyes-there
- has part off pizza pie
- Blues for Tiny
- Bobby Jaspar & Sacha Distel quintet 1957.
- Scotch tape Bop
- Everything happens to me
- Competition
- Sacha, Bill and Bobby
- No sad song for Sacha
- Stop and go
- Hubert Fol & Sacha Distel Quintet: Jazz Boom, 1954.
- Half Nelson
- I' L remember April
- Sacha Distel: 7 capital Sins/pride, 1961
- Marina
- Blue waltz of pride
- Sacha Distel: Back to jazz with Hampton Slide, 1968.
- Felicidade
- The good life
- The girl from Ipanema
- Francine
- Bird
- Living room room
- Who edge Tel. me why?
- Saki
- My Own Blues (1983)
Some of its songs with success
- scoubidous (of apples… of pears…)
- the Beautiful life (also known under the English title The good life )
- the Sun of my life (in duet with Brigitte Bardot)
- All the rain falls on me
- the white Boat
- the fire to Rio
- Rebecca and me
- the Parrots
- Y has which do that
- the Small chip
- Mr Cannibale
- They are smart
- These words stupid (in duet with Johanna Shimkus)
- Scandal in the family
- My first guitar
Catalog of films
- 1953 : Women of Paris of Jean Boyer (appearance, member of the orchestra of Ray Ventura)
- 1961: Seven deadly sins of Claude Chabrol
- 1962: We will go to Deauville of Francis Rigaud
- 1963: Good soup of Robert Thomas
- 1964: the Good bargain of Michel Drach
- 1970: the Hooligan of Claude Lelouch
- 1971: Without apparent mobile of Philippe Labro
External bonds
- Official site
- Biography of the jazzman on www.about-django.com
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