Michel Poffet (musician)

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Michel Poffet (* 1956 ) is a Swiss jazz musician ( double bass , bass guitar ) who is also active in the blues and rock and pop music sectors.

Live and act

Poffet has been playing since 1975, initially in the trio of Jürg Ammann. Soon she belonged to avant-garde jazz bands such as Jazz Community , Uepsilon or Mani Planzer's big band as well as traditional jazz bands such as the Swiss Dixie Stompers or Swing Kids and the Blues Shouters . He performed with Jasata Jazz in 1983 at the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Lugano Jazz Festival . In the following years he belonged to the Markus Plattner Quartet, the Blues Band Jazz Community, the Caspar Glaus Quartet and The Alpinistos . He also appeared with Raymond Court , Wild Bill Davison , Jay McShann , Bobby Durham , Peanuts Hucko , Sam Rivers , Babs Gonzales , Clifford Jordan , Vernel Fournier , Billy Brooks , Charlie Byrd , Herb Ellis , Doc Cheatham , Sal Nistico or Joe Haider on .

Poffet is still on sound carriers by Eddie Boyd , Hank Shizzoe , Andi Hoffmann & B-Goes, Büne Huber , Andreas Vollenweider , Vera Kaa , Teddy Bärlocher, Torita Quick / Max Neissendorfer , Sandy Patton , Riccardo Garzoni, Georg Steinmann, Theo Kapilidis , Mike Henderson, Simon la Bey, Chicco Veranda, Polo Hofer , Vino Tonto or Ueli Schmezers MatterLive .

Poffet also teaches electric bass and double bass at the Bern Conservatory and the Muri-Gümligen Music School .

Prizes and awards

With the Gloria Niemann Quartet, Poffet won the second prize in the 1980 Jazz Festival Augst. In 1985 he won the Swiss Jazz Contest Lugano with the Riccardo Garzoni Trio. With Hank Shizzoe and Loose Gravel, he received 1st prize at the Prix ​​de la scene Nyon in 1997 .

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personal data
SURNAME Poffet, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss jazz musician (double bass, bass guitar)
DATE OF BIRTH 1956