Su formato favorito y el más habitual en la gran mayoría de sus grabaciones es el trio, siempre con unas secciones rítmicas muy poderosas y bien escogidas. En Night Cap, su debut en el año 1970 ya contó con Percy Heath y Connie Kay. Para Gail (1974) Sardaby se hizo con los servicios de Richard Davis y Billy Hart y en Going Places (1984) tocó junto a Rufus Reid y Smitty Marvin Smith. En Classics and Ballads (1996) le acompañarían Buster Williams y Ben Riley y en Intense Moment (1997), quizás uno de sus trabajos más inspirados de esa década, Reggie Johnson y John Betsch . Todo y así Sardaby se siente también cómodo trabajando con un quinteto como demostró en el precioso directo Straight On (1992), el larga duración que le reportó uno de sus mayores éxitos junto a Gail. Otros trabajos de Sardaby son Blue Sunset (1970), Night Blossom (1990), Karen (2003) y At Home Tribute to my Father (2004).
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Michel Sardaby
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Born in Fort-de-France, Martinique, he moved to Paris, where in March 1967, he was one of the pianists, the others being Joe "Stride" Turner, Errol Parker, Claude Bolling, Stuart de Silva, and Aaron Bridgers, accompanied on some tracks by bassist John Lamb, among others, who recorded the 90-minute session known as Tape for Billy, dedicated to Billy Strayhorn, who was in hospital. Duke Ellington, also in Paris, personally supervised the recording, although he didn't actually perform on it himself, and wanted to use the proceeds from its sale to create a Billy Strayhorn scholarship in Paris, similar to the one at Juilliard in New York.
In 1970, he led a trio comprising Percy Heath and Connie Kay which appeared on his debut album, Night Cap.
A 1972 New York recording has him leading a line-up comprising Richard Davis, Billy Cobham and Ray Barretto (Sound Hills Records 1997).
His 1974 album, Gail, won the 1976 Prix Boris Vian.[3] For his 1989 album, Going Places, he was accompanied by Rufus Reid and Marvin "Smitty" Smith, and in 1993, he recorded with his quintet comprising Ralph Moore, Louis Smith, Peter Washington and Tony Reedus.
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine





