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Erik Truffaz
Artist Biography For Erik Truffaz
Erik Truffaz Born In 1960 In Switzerland Received An Early Introduction Into The World Of A Professional Musician Thanks To His Saxophone-Playing Dad. When He Was Ten Years Old The French Trumpeter Began Performing In His Father's Dance Band. As He Grew Older Truffaz Performed With Other Bands In The Region Until He Was 16 And Heard Kind Of Blue By Miles Davis. The Great Jazz Trumpeter's Music Inspired Him To Learn More And He Set Off For Switzerland's Geneva Conservatoire Where He Became A Student. Truffaz's Repertoire Expanded To Works By Mozart And Verdi And He Performed As Part Of Orchestre De Suisse Romande. He Also Played In Cover Bands Before Establishing A Group Called Orange. The Band Concentrated On Truffaz's Compositions. Among Its Members Was Marc Erbetta A Drummer Who Continued To Play With Truffaz As The Trumpeter Evolved. Truffaz's Jazz Fusion Artistry Led France's Jury Du Concours National De La Defense To Bestow Upon Him The 1991 Prix Special That Country's Coveted Jazz Award. Within Three Years He Became A Leader With The Release Of Nina Valeria. In 1991 He Made The First Of His Three Appearances On The Stage Of The Montreux Jazz Festival. For Two Years Beginning In 1994 He Toured Europe Russia And Brazil Thanks To Funds Bestowed By The ProHelvetia Foundation. In 2000 Truffaz Signed With Blue Note Records And Released The Mask A Straight Ahead Jazz Session With Miles Davis Similarities. By His Second Revisite And Third Mantis Discs However Truffaz Began To Stretch The Boundries Of Contemporary Jazz By Incorporating Drum'n'bass And Hip-Hop Rhythms Establishing Himself As A Cutting Edge Artist In His Own Right. In 2003 Both Walk Of The Giant Turtle And Bending New Corners Were Issued On Blue Note. Saloua From 2005 Expanded His Interest In Hip-Hop By Adding Some Rap. Discography * Arhangelsk 2007 * Face-A-Face 2CD Live DVD 2006 * Saloua 2005 * The Walk Of The Giant Turtle 2003 * Magrouni 2002 * Revisite 2001 * Mantis 2001 * Bending New Corners 1999 * The Dawn 1998 * Out Of A Dream 1997 * Nina Valeria 1994
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Erik Truffaz Born In 1960 In Switzerland Received An Early Introduction Into The World Of A Professional Musician Thanks To His Saxophone-Playing Dad. When He Was Ten Years Old The French Trumpeter Began Performing In His Father's Dance Band. As He Grew Older Truffaz Performed With Other Bands In The Region Until He Was 16 And Heard Kind Of Blue By Miles Davis. The Great Jazz Trumpeter's Music Inspired Him To Learn More And He Set Off For Switzerland's Geneva Conservatoire Where He Became A Student. Truffaz's Repertoire Expanded To Works By Mozart And Verdi And He Performed As Part Of Orchestre De Suisse Romande. He Also Played In Cover Bands Before Establishing A Group Called Orange. The Band Concentrated On Truffaz's Compositions. Among Its Members Was Marc Erbetta A Drummer Who Continued To Play With Truffaz As The Trumpeter Evolved. Truffaz's Jazz Fusion Artistry Led France's Jury Du Concours National De La Defense To Bestow Upon Him The 1991 Prix Special That Country's Coveted Jazz Award. Within Three Years He Became A Leader With The Release Of Nina Valeria. In 1991 He Made The First Of His Three Appearances On The Stage Of The Montreux Jazz Festival. For Two Years Beginning In 1994 He Toured Europe Russia And Brazil Thanks To Funds Bestowed By The ProHelvetia Foundation. In 2000 Truffaz Signed With Blue Note Records And Released The Mask A Straight Ahead Jazz Session With Miles Davis Similarities. By His Second Revisite And Third Mantis Discs However Truffaz Began To Stretch The Boundries Of Contemporary Jazz By Incorporating Drum'n'bass And Hip-Hop Rhythms Establishing Himself As A Cutting Edge Artist In His Own Right. In 2003 Both Walk Of The Giant Turtle And Bending New Corners Were Issued On Blue Note. Saloua From 2005 Expanded His Interest In Hip-Hop By Adding Some Rap. Discography * Arhangelsk 2007 * Face-A-Face 2CD Live DVD 2006 * Saloua 2005 * The Walk Of The Giant Turtle 2003 * Magrouni 2002 * Revisite 2001 * Mantis 2001 * Bending New Corners 1999 * The Dawn 1998 * Out Of A Dream 1997 * Nina Valeria 1994
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