Erik Truffaz

Erik Truffaz
Background information
Birth name	Erik Truffaz
Born	c. 1960
Origin	Switzerland
Genres	Jazz fusion Acid jazz Post bop
Occupations	Trumpeter
Instruments	Trumpet
Years active	1990s–present
Labels	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 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 gained international attention with his second album on Blue Note, The Dawn, produced together with Pat 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.

Discography

• In between (2010)
• Benares (2008)
• Mexico (2008)
• Paris (2008)
• 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

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