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French jazz-pianist but born in Switzerland, orchestra leader und arranger, born 21 February 1925 in Geneva, Switzerland, died 11 June 1999 also in Geneva, Switzerland.
Groups a.o.: Dixie Dandies, Orchestre Henri Chaix, Henri Chaix Trio, Tremble Kids, Hot Mallets...
Accompanied as a solo-pianist a.o. Sidney Bechet; Stuff Smith, Bill Coleman, Buck Clayton, Rex Stewart, Ben Webster, Benny Bailey, Milt Buckner, Benny Carter, Albert Nicholas, Earle Warren...

ALBUMS


Doc Cheatham & His Swedish Jazz All Stars Featuring Henri Chaix
A Tribute To Billie Holiday
1987, LP, Album, Kenneth Records (2),
Henri Chaix
Plays The Blues
1974
Henri Chaix
Here Comes The Band
1969, LP, Album, Philips
Miriam Klein, Oscar Klein, Henry Chaix*, Bob Carter (2), Hans Peter Giger*
Blues & Boogie
1969
Rex Stewart, Henri Chaix
Rex Stewart Meets Henri Chaix
1966
Oscar Klein, Henri Chaix
Henri Chaix With Oscar Klein
LP, Album, M Records (3), M Records (3),
Henri Chaix
New Orleans Tunes
7", EP, Philips
Henri Chaix
Piano Solo
7", EP, Columbia
Henry Chaix*
Henri Chaix
7", Not On Label
Henri Chaix / Benny Carter
Henri Chaix Piano Workshop / Benny Carter + Henri Chaix And His Orchestra
Acetate, LP, Polyton (2)
Henri Chaix
Piano Solo
Acetate, LP, Not On Label
Henri Chaix
Henri Chaix
Acetate, 10", Not On Label
Benny Carter / Bill Coleman (2) / Henri Chaix
The Three C's
CD, Comp, Sackville Recordings
Henri Chaix
Plays The Greats
7", EP, Mono, Philips
Bob Barnard Meets Jim Galloway With The Henri Chaix Trio*
What's New
CD, Album, Sackville Recordings
Henri Chaix Trio
Jumpin' Punkins
1999
Henri Chaix Trio
Just Friends
1996, CD, Album, Sackville Recordings
Henri Chaix Trio
Jive At Five
1993, CD, Album, Sackville Recordings
Swing And Blues Band
Talk To Me
1985, LP, Album, Producteurs Associes
Hot Mallets
...Live!
1984
Oscar Klein Quartet
Echoes Of Harlem
1976
Buck Clayton And His Swiss Allstars
Swingin' The Blues
1966, LP, Album, Decca, ,
Swing/Big Band
Orchestre Henri Chaix
Jazz Avec L'Orchestre Henri Chaix No. 2
7", EP, Philips
Orchestre Henri Chaix
Jazz Avec L'Orchestre Henri Chaix

APPEARANCES +


Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet En Suisse / In Switzerland
2014, Box, Comp, Ltd, Num + 4xCD, Mono, Ltd, Num, United Music Foundation,
Werner "Wieni" Keller*
Recovered Collector's Items
2011, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
The Tremble Kids
A Tribute To Eddie Condon
2008, CD, Album, TCB Records (2),
Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith
2006, CD, Comp, Storyville
Rex Stewart & The Henry Chaix Orchestra*
Baden 1966 And Montreux 1971
2004, CD, Album, Comp, RE, Sackville Recordings
Stuff Smith, Henri Chaix Trio
Late Woman Blues
2001
The Tremble Kids All-Stars*
The Tremble Kids All-Stars
1999, CD, Album, Jazzology, ,
Dixieland
Quartier Latin Jazz Band, Michel Attenoux a.h. Dream Band*, Dieter Antritter a.h. Travelling Jazz Band*, Great Traditionalists In Europe
Vol. I 'Great Traditionalists' And Quartier Latin Jazz Band
1998
Albert Nicholas With The Henri Chaix Trio*
Kornhaus Theater, Baden 1969
1997, CD, Album, Sackville Recordings
Various
The First Sampler (Swinging Jazz Highlights In Ultimative Hi-Fi Sound Quality)
1997, CD,
Peter »Banjo« Meyer* & The European Jazz Giants
Jazzy Birthday '96 Live Musikhalle Hamburg
1996, CD, Pastels
The Tremble Kids
The Tremble Kids Allstars (Dixieland At Its Best)
1994, CD, Bell Records (5), ,
Dixieland
Various
Reference Highlights 3
1994, CD, Comp, Ltd, Bell Records (5),
The European Jazz Giants With Peter »Banjo« Meyer*
Jazz Party
1994, CD, Nagel Heyer Records, Nagel Heyer Records,
Various
Reference Highlights № 2
1992, CD, Comp, Ltd, Bell Records (5), ,
Fusion/Piano Blues/Folk/Swing
Buddha's Gamblers
Blue And Sentimental
1988, Vinyl,
Fatty George · Emil Mangelsdorff · Miriam Klein · Isla Eckinger · Bill Grah · Oscar Klein
Happy Dixieland
1987, CD, ,
Dixieland
Feetwarmers
Feetwarmers 86
1986, LP, Album, M Records (3),
Lino Patruno & The European Jazz Stars
Echoes Of Harlem
1985, CD, Album, Hitland
Isla Eckinger
Hot Mallets
1985, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Hot Mallets & Raymond Court
Standards For Paradise
1984, LP, Jazz et Rejazz
Buddha's Gamblers
One O'Clock Jump
1984
Various
Reference
1984, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
The Tremble Kids
Tremble Kids In Chicago
1982, Cass, International Pick
Happy Jazz Company
Jazz Im Zorn - Live Aus Dem Löwenzorn Vol. 1
1981, LP, Ltd, Num, Megaphone (7)
The Tremble Kids, George Gershwin
The Great Jazz Tunes Of George Gershwin Played By The Tremble Kids
1980
The Tremble Kids
Jumpin' The Blues
1979, LP, Intercord, ,
Dixieland
Fatty George, Emil Mangelsdorff, Oscar Klein, Miriam Klein, Albert Nicholas
Europa Jazz Parade
1978
The Tremble Kids
25 Jahre The Tremble Kids (Live)
1977, 2xLP, Intercord
Stephan Sulke
Stephan Sulke
1976
The Tremble Kids
Play Satchmo Tunes
1976,
Albert Nicholas Featuring Miriam Klein
Albert Nicholas Featuring Miriam Klein
1970
The Tremble Kids
Chicago-Jazz
7", Single, Heco
Earle Warren
Plays The Sweet Sound Of Jazz
LP, M Records (3)
Trio Henri Chaix*
Trio Henri Chaix
LP, Album, Disques Office
Milt Buckner / Eddie Boyd
Reminiscences 1967 / 8
Acetate, LP, Polyton (2)
Claude Aubert And His Orchestra* / Bill Coleman And His Orchestra*
Claude Aubert / Bill Coleman
Acetate, LP, Polyton (2)
Rex Stewart With Henri Chaix And His Orchestra*
St. Louis Blues
7", Single, Polydor
Jesper Thilo
Strike Up The Band
CD, Album, Sackville Recordings
Ben Webster, Buck Clayton And The Henri Chaix Quartet
Ben And Buck
CD, Album, Sackville Recordings
The Ed Hubble's Stars Of Dixieland
The Ed Hubble's Stars Of Dixieland
LP, Album, Evasion Disques
Johannes Kobelt And The Glarona Jazz Tigers
The Glarona Jazz Tigers
7", Single, Tiger-Records
Gabriel Ristori
Plays With (Retrospective 1955-1995)
CD, Not On Label
Loys Choquart And His Creole Jazz, The Dixie Dandies
Mandy Make Up Your Mind / Mississippi Moan
Mickey Baker & Henri Chaix Trio
A Jazz & Blues Digest
Various
The Quartier Latin Jazz Band And The Great Traditionalists In Europe
2002, CD, Jazzpoint Records
Various
Right Now, Right Now
1997, CD, Comp, BTO REC
Various
26e Jazz Festival Breda 1996 (Live Recordings)
1996, CD, Comp, Feel The Jazz, Feel The Jazz, ,
Dixieland/Ragtime/Swing/Boogie Woogie/Jump Blues