Erik Truffaz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Erik Truffaz

French jazz trumpeter and composer

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1960

Place of Birth: Chêne-Bougeries, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Profession: composer, record producer, trumpeter, jazz musician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Erik Truffaz (born 3 April 1960 in Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland) is a French jazz trumpeter, infusing elements of hip hop, rock and roll and dance music into his compositions.
He signed with the French EMI label in 1996.
Truffaz's second album on Blue Note, The Dawn, produced together with Patrick Muller, Marcello Giuliani and Mark Erbetta.
Since then they have produced many Blue Note albums together such as Bending New Corners, which became a Silver Album in France.
The 2007 release Arkhangelsk is a mixture of pop songs, French chanson, and jazz-groove.
In 2007 he and Ed Harcourt appeared in a Take-Away Show video session shot by Vincent Moon.