Erik Truffaz

Erik Truffaz is a Swiss jazz trumpeter.

Born in 1960, Truffaz sang rock and roll with his first band at the age of thirteen while discovering Miles Davis and his timeless album Kind of Blue. At the Geneva Conservatory he played the music of Mozart and Verdi, formed the band Orange in 1990 and a year later won France's prestigious Prix Special jazz prize. In 1994 he released his first album under his own name and performed at one of Europe's most important jazz festivals in Montreux. He received a contract with EMI France, and in 2000 he broke through to the American public, where his recordings are released by the legendary jazz label Blue Note. Critics have compared Truffaz not only to jazz genius Miles Davis, but also to ambient pioneer Brian Eno: "Using a minimum of notes, he creates an ecstatic sonic atmosphere, " says Rolling Stone magazine.