- He was a member of The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band.
- His first instrument was xylophone, which he played in a circus in the 1930s.
- During World War II, he works as semi-professional, then becomes professional. After the war, he makes many European tours for the U.S. army.
- Sadi won the Belgian Golden Django for best French-speaking artist in 1996.
- In 1969 he has his own show on Belgian T.V., which lasted to 1974, as musician and singer, mc, arranger, bandleader and also in charge of the screenplay.
- He had his own quartet and nonet.
- He chose the name "Sadi" because he disliked his last name, which means "the German" in French.
- Sadi became seriously ill in January 1995 and appeared rarely on stage.
- After World War II, he became a professional vibraphonist. He performed with Jacques Pelzer in the Bob Shots, then with Django Reinhardt, Kenny Clarke, Stéphane Grappelli, and Don Byas when he was in Paris (from 1950 to 1961), also co-leading a quartet with pianist Martial Solal in 1955, which recorded the following year.
- He discovers jazz around 1938 listening to Louis Armstrong.
- Sadi worked in the most famous jazz clubs of Paris, the most known being the Club Saint-Germain, the Rose Rouge, the Ring Side, the Blue Note.
- He went with her 5 times to America : New-York, New Orleans, twice, for a six weeks stint to Las Vegas at the Sahara Hotel and Flamingo, with Mickey Rooney.
- He was a Belgian jazz musician, vocalist, and composer who played vibraphone and percussion.
- Sadi died in the night between February 19 and 20, 2009, from a virus and complications while he was treated for several problems at the hospital.
- In the Belgian jazz referendum organized by Belgian radios RTBF and VRT and the Belgian critics poll, Sadi was elected best European vibraphone player of the year '98.
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