Song:Less
Album:Original Album Series
French trumpeter Erik Truffaz will likely remind you of Miles Davis early 70s jazz fusion. Less is from his 2000 album The Mask. He was born Apr. 3, 1960 in Chene-Bougeries, Switzerland and he grew up in France. His father played sax and Truffaz was ten years old when he started playing in his dad's dance band. Then he listened to the 1959 Miles Davis classic Kind of Blue. So now Truffaz knows who he wants to be and he studied at the Geneva Conservatoire. He was also in the band Orange. That's where he met long time drummer Marc Erbetta. After winning France's coveted Prix Special jazz award in 1991, Truffaz made his recording debut as a leader on the 1992 album Nina Valena on the Swiss label Planisphere. He signed with EMI France in 1996. And that led to a US deal with Blue Note. Less is from the 2000 album The Mask which was his first album released in the US. Musicians are Patrick Muller on keyboards, Marcello Giuliani on bass and Marc Erbetta on drums. Truffaz recorded with other musicians but this was his main band for at least a decade. Truffaz mixes straight jazz with fusion and hip hop elements. Blue Note recognized that he had crossover potential. so they decided to release an album of remixes of the songs from The Mask called Revisite. Less was remixed by Swiss producer Pierre Audetat. Truffaz recorded for Blue Note until 2010. Around that time Muller was replaced by Benoit Corboz. He now records for Warner Music and Rhino has released five of Truffaz' Blue Note albums in a box set. The Mask and Revisite are both included so you don't have to choose. His latest CD Lune Rouge was released in 2019 still with Corboz and Giuliani. Arthur Hnatek replaced Erbetta. Here's the video for Less by Erik Truffaz.
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