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Michel Benita
Michel Benita is credited on 123 releases across 39 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1977–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
123
Pressings credited
39
Albums
6
Decades active
1
In collections
Biography
Michel Benita (born 1954 in Algiers, Algeria) is a double bass player, prominent in jazz music since the 1980s. Benita moved to Paris in the early 1980s, performing extensively in local jazz clubs and concert venues alongside visiting players, expatriates, and local musicians. In 1986 he was invited to join the inaugural line-up of the Orchestre National de Jazz, under the direction of François Jeanneau. During his career Benita has worked with Aldo Romano, Marc Ducret, Horace Parlan, Martial Solal, Lee Konitz, Andy Sheppard, Dino Saluzzi, Dewey Redman, Erik Truffaz and Archie Shepp, among many others. He formed the ELB trio in 1999 with Vietnamese guitar player Nguyên Lê and American drummer Peter Erskine. In recent years Benita has been closely associated with ECM Records, releasing a number of albums as leader but also as a sideman for saxophonist, Andy Sheppard.
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Credited work
123 releases · 39 albums · active 1977–2020
- Performance · 224
- Other credits · 4
- Engineering · 4
Studios: Studio Charles Cros · Maison De La Culture D'Amiens · Studio Acousti · Studio Décibels
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Erik Truffaz
- Various
- Aldo Romano
- Palatino (2)
- Patric (7)
- Andy Sheppard Quartet
- Enzo Enzo
- Michel Portal
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