BenjaFaconnier

Oulu, Finland

I am a French trumpet player, singer and music composer. I started to play the trumpet at seventeen and have been in many bands of various styles such as horror movie sound tracks inspired band, and a lot of traditional ska before exploring New-Orleans music. I experienced during those years many studio sessions, and tours in France, Belgium, Switzerland and UK. Once I moved to the city of Montpellier, France, I found a real interest for deeper meaning in improvisation, and studied more in depth the instrument. During those years, I played with different New-Orleans and Swing bands meant for swing dancers community in and around Europe (France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Bulgaria). It was a bit before I graduated from the conservatory that I started writing my own music. I am really inspired by the music of masters such as Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk, as well as by musicians like Ambrose Akinmusire and Christian Scott Athunde Adjuha.