"Fats" Sadi (Lallemand) (born October 23, 1927 in Andenne) is a Belgian jazz musician, vocalist and composer, playing vibraphone and percussion. He chose Sadi as an artist name as he had an aversion for his last name (which means "the German" in French. He has his own quartet and nonet. Sadi won the Belgian Golden Django for best French-speaking artist in 1996. October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Andenne is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form that originated around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in African American musical styles blended with Western music technique and theory. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A typical Ludwig-Musser vibraphone. ... A percussion instrument can be any object which produces a sound by being struck with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration. ... A quartet is a group of four identical or similar objects, or a grouping of four persons for a common purpose. ... In music, a nonet is a composition which requires nine musicians for a performance, or a musical group that consists of nine people. ... The Golden Django is the name of awards for jazz musicians in Europe, with an obvious reference to guitarist Django Reinhardt. ... A Francophone is a person who speaks French natively or by adoption (i. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Biography

After World War II, he became a professional vibraphonist. He performed with Jacques Pelzer in The Bob Shots, then with among others Django Reinhardt, Kenny Clarke, Stéphane Grappelli and Don Byas when he was in Paris (from 1950 to 1961), also co-leading a quartet with pianist Martial Solal in 1955, which recorded the following year. On his return to Belgium, he worked for RTBF, the Belgian national TV channel. Sadi became seriously ill in January 1995. He appeared rarely on stage subsequently. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Jean Baptiste Django Reinhardt (January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953) was a Belgian Roma jazz guitarist. ... Kenny Clarke (born January 9, 1914 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania-died January 26, 1985 in Paris, France) was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming. ... Django (left) & Grappelli (right). ... Carlos Wesley (Don) Byas (October 21, 1912-August 24, 1972) was a popular African-American jazz musician born in Muskogee, Oklahoma in the United States. ... -1... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Martial Solal (born August 23, 1927 in Algiers, Algeria) is a French jazz pianist and composer, who is probably most widely known for the music he wrote for Jean-Luc Godards debut feature film À bout de souffle (1960). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RTBF official logo RTBF or Radio télévision belge de la communauté française is the publicly-funded broadcaster for the French-speaking southern part of Belgium, the counterpart to the Dutch-speaking VRT in the northern part of the country. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bands

He led:

• Sadi quartet
• Sadi nonet

He recorded as a member of:

• Act Big Band
• The Bob Shots

References

• Jazz in Belgium biography

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