AIRELLE BESSON
Genres: Post-Fusion Contemporary, Classic Fusion • France

French trumpeter born 1978 in Paris. She studied trumpet, violin, composition and harmony before pursuing Musicology at the Sorbonne University. Violin studies in Oxford were under the tutelage of Kato Havas. She became a student at the Jazz Department of Le Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musicque et de Danse de Paris. There she became the first award of the Jazz Department of Le Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musicque Et de Danse de Paris. Jazz greats such as Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Brad Mehldau and Ornette Colman. from discogs Airelle Besson is a multi-talented trumpet player who lights up the European jazz scene with her projects, as a much sought-after sidewoman and as a composer/arranger. Airelle Besson has enjoyed exceptional success in recent years: she has twice been named Best French Musician of the Year by the French Django Reinhardt Award Academy and as Jazz Revelation of the Year at the French Award ceremony read more...