- Erik Truffaz
Name = Erik Truffaz
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Erik Truffaz
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Born = c.1960
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Origin =Switzerland
Instrument =Trumpet
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Genre =Jazz fusion Acid jazz Post bop
Occupation =Trumpeter
Years_active = 1990s – present
Label =Blue Note Records (current)EMI
Associated_acts =Erik Truffaz Ladyland Quartet Matt Penman Thor Madsen
URL = [http://www.eriktruffaz.com Official Website]
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Notable_instruments =Erik Truffaz (born
1960 inSwitzerland ) is a Swiss-born Frenchcontemporary jazz trumpeter , infusing elements ofhip hop ,rock and roll anddance music into compositions. He is best known for his improvised style of playing, having signed with the FrenchEMI label in1996 . Truffaz gained international attention for his second album onBlue Note , "The Dawn", that had been produced together withPat Muller ,Marcello Giuliani andMark Erbetta . Since then they produced manyBlue 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, andJazz-groove .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)External links
* [http://www.eriktruffaz.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.kidam.net/index.php/2007/02/15/truffaz/ A documentary] about the recording of Erik Truffaz's last album 'Arkhangelsk' featuring Nya, Christophe & Ed Harcourt.
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