Alix Combelle

French clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, born June 15, 1912 in Paris, France, died March 2, 1978 in Mantes, France. Combelle began as a drummer (1928-1931), then worked with all well-known jazz musicians in pre-WWII France, and later recorded with US musicians visiting Paris in the 1950s and 1960s (Bill Coleman (2), Buck Clayton, etc). Father of Philippe Combelle.