- 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 did not perform on it himself.
- Throughout the 1960s, he played piano with blues musicians such as Sonny Boy Williamson and T-Bone Walker, as well as releasing more jazz-focused solo albums. He has been active on the European scene, especially in Paris where he resided.
- His album, Gail (1974), won the 1976 Prix Boris Vian.
- In 1993, he recorded with his quintet, which comprised Ralph Moore, Louis Smith, Peter Washington and Tony Reedus.
- Michel Sardaby was a French jazz pianist.
- Sardaby learned to play the piano when five in the brasserie of his father, where music was constantly played. He goes to Paris where he studies, obtaining his diploma in 1956, at which point he decides to devote himself to his career as jazz pianist.
- For his 1989 album, Going Places, he was accompanied by Rufus Reid and Marvin "Smitty" Smith.
- A 1972 New York recording has him leading a line-up comprising Richard Davis, Billy Cobham and Ray Barretto (Sound Hills Records 1997).
- Sardaby's first album Five Cat's Blues was recorded in October 1967 in Paris with 5 compositions created by the pianist.
- In 1970, he led a trio comprising Percy Heath and Connie Kay for his second album, Night Cap.
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