Érik Truffaz (Chêne-Bougeries, 3 April 1960) is a Swiss-born French-nationality 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.
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- Official homepage at eriktruffaz.com
- MySpace at myspace.com/truffaz
- Wikipedia article on Erik Truffaz
- IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm0874151
- Last.fm page on Erik Truffaz
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Erik Truffaz
- MusicBrainz entry on Erik Truffaz
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BBC Reviews
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Arkhangelsk 2007
Reviewed by Martin Longley
Not so much an involving variety as a confusion of stylistic droppings.
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Mantis
Reviewed by Colin Buttimer
he places gorgeous jazz that wouldn't appear to be out of place on a 50s Blue Note...
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The Walk Of The Giant Turtle
Reviewed by Colin Buttimer
Gallic Nu-jazz trumpet star switches tack with this latest release for Blue Note.
