Claude Tissendier (born 1 October 1952) [1] is a French jazz reedist and bandleader.
He was born in Toulouse, France. [1]
Tissendier studied classical music as well as jazz, and began playing in Paris in 1977 with Claude Bolling, Ornicar, Gérard Badini, Jean-Loup Longnon, and François Laudet. [2] He founded an ensemble in tribute to John Kirby in 1983, [2] then formed Saxomania, a seven-piece band which played with Benny Carter, Guy Lafitte, Spike Robinson, Clark Terry, and Phil Woods. [2]
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