ALBUMLive Sessions and Unissued Studio TracksErik Truffaz
ALBUMSalouaErik Truffaz
ALBUMThe Walk of the Giant Turtle (Edition Deluxe)Erik Truffaz
ALBUMMantisErik Truffaz
ALBUMRevisité (Edition Deluxe)Erik Truffaz
ALBUMThe MaskErik Truffaz
ALBUMBending New CornersErik Truffaz
ALBUMThe DawnErik Truffaz
ALBUMOut of a DreamErik Truffaz
Erik Truffaz's Popular Music Videos
Born to Be Blue
Hugh Coltman & Erik Truffaz
Addis Abeba (feat. Sly Johnson)
Erik Truffaz
Indigo Drum
Erik Truffaz & Sly Johnson
In Heaven (feat. Bertrand Belin)
Erik Truffaz
One Silver Dollar
Erik Truffaz & Camélia Jordana
Concert À Emporter N°2
Erik Truffaz
Concert À Emporter N°1
Erik Truffaz
About Erik Truffaz
Artist Biography
Combining cool jazz with the influence of hip-hop grooves and various strands of electronica, trumpeter Erik Truffaz emerged in the ’90s as one of modern jazz’s most distinctive voices on an international level. Born in Switzerland in 1960, Truffaz was drawn to music at an early age by his sax-playing father. They began performing together when Erik was just a child, and in his teens the artful understatement of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue rocked his world, profoundly affecting his musical direction. As a young man, he recorded with the disparate likes of Swiss rockers The Needles and Brazilian jazzers Cruzeiro do Sul before releasing his first album on the Swiss label Plainisphare in 1992. He soon signed with Blue Note, with late-’90s albums like The Dawn and Bending New Corners helping to establish him at the forefront of jazz/dance music crossover. With his minimalist phrasing and his passion for blending jazz with dance beats and international influences, Truffaz has ventured far and wide, working with jazz veterans like Ben Sidran, younger artists such as José James and artists outside the jazz realm, including London singer/songwriter Ed Harcourt.
Hometown
Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland
Genre
Jazz
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