Erik Truffaz

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Erik Truffaz
Background information
Birth name	Erik Truffaz
Born	c. 1960
Origin	Switzerland
Genre(s)	Jazz fusion Acid jazz Post bop
Occupation(s)	Trumpeter
Instrument(s)	Trumpet
Years active	1990s – present
Label(s)	Blue Note Records (current) EMI
Associated acts	Erik Truffaz Ladyland Quartet Matt Penman Thor Madsen
Website	Official Website

Erik Truffaz (born 1960 in Switzerland) is a Swiss-born French contemporary jazz trumpeter, infusing elements of hip hop, rock and roll and dance music into compositions. He is best known for his improvised style of playing, having signed with the French EMI label in 1996. Truffaz gained international attention for his second album on Blue Note, The Dawn, that had been produced together with Pat Muller, Marcello Giuliani and Mark Erbetta. Since then they produced many Blue Note albums together such as Bending New Corners, which became a Silver Album in France. The latest Truffaz release Arkhangelsk is a mixture between pop songs, french songs, and Jazz-groove.

[edit] Discography

• Arkhangelsk (2007)
• Face-à-Face (2CD Live + DVD) (2006)
• Saloua (2005)
• The Walk Of The Giant Turtle (2003)
• Magrouni (2002)
• Revisité (2001)
• Mantis (2001)
• The Mask (2000)
• Bending New Corners (1999)
• The Dawn (1998)
• Out Of A Dream (1997)
• Nina Valéria (1994)

[edit] External links

• Official site
• A documentary about the recording of Erik Truffaz's last album 'Arkhangelsk' featuring Nya, Christophe & Ed Harcourt.