Artist · France

Michel Benita

Since 1954

Listen

Follow

Official website

Upcoming shows

No upcoming dates yet.

Tour dates elsewhere: Songkick

About

Hailing from France, Michel Benita makes music under their own name. Their music is filed under jazz and post-bop. 17 releases are on file, the latest being “Salt Catchers” (2026). Michel Benita was born in 1954.

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.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article

Also in Français

Michel Benita est un contrebassiste français de jazz, né le 29 juillet 1954 à Alger, en Algérie. Après avoir vécu à Paris, Pointe-à-Pitre, Nice, la Corse ou Montpellier, Michel Benita déménage à Paris en 1981 et participe à la scène jazz européenne. Il a notamment joué avec Aldo Romano, Marc Ducret, Martial Solal, Lee Konitz, Dino Saluzzi, Erik Truffaz et Archie Shepp.

Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0