Matthieu Michel

Matthieu Michel (born April 29, 1963 in Freiburg im Üechtland , Switzerland) is a jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player from western Switzerland , who lived mainly in Vienna until 2004.

In 1986 he recorded his debut LP "Blue Light" in Berlin with Walter Norris , Wilson de Oliveira , Manfred Bründl and Danny Hayes. Around 1990 he founded his Matthieu Michel quintet with Maurice Magnoni - reeds, Michel Bastet - piano, Mathias Demoulin - bass and Marcel Papaux - drums. The group performed various pieces of music arranged by Michel and released the CD “Yves”.

Matthieu Michel plays (s) in a quintet by the Swiss Andy Scherrer (“Tribute to Joe Henderson ”), but also in the Vienna Art Orchestra . In the mid-1990s he also recorded his own records with Richard Galliano , Heiri Känzig and Joris Dudli , but also with Joachim Kühn , Riccardo Del Fra and Daniel Humair . A few years ago, Michel also founded a quartet with Alex Deutsch (drums), Peter Herbert (bass) and Martin Reiter (keyboards).

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SURNAME	Michel, Matthieu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss jazz trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 29, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Freiburg im Üechtland , Switzerland