Birthday
1923/09/09
Day of death
2023/01/18 (99 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]
Also know as
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Marcel Zanini (real name Zannini; 9 September 1923 – 18 January 2023) was a Turkish-born French jazz musician. Zanini was born on 9 September 1923 in Istanbul, Turkey. His family arrived in Marseille in 1930 and settled there. His father was Neapolitan and his mother was Greek. He began learning the clarinet in 1942 and joined the orchestra of Leo Missir in 1946. He founded his first band in the early 1950s. He left for the United States in 1954 and has lived in New York for four years. He was ...Read more
(1989) Life and Nothing But
as Léon, musician
(1990) Overdose
as Un vendeur de télévisions
(1973) La brigade en folie
as Chef d'orchestre
(1972) War Spies
as Professor Meier
(1974) Par ici la monnaie
as Seller of eau de vie
(1989) Life and Nothing But
as Léon
(1971) Samedi soir
as Self
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1972) Midi trente
as Self
(1975) Midi Première
as Self