Michael Simon - Bio & Discography

	Michael Simon Home Page Michael's exposure to music started at a very young age. His father, Hadsy Simon, a guitarist and singer (who started it all), and his brothers Edward (pianist) and Marlon (drummer) kept the music environment in the house and supported him throughout his studies.
At the age of fourteen, Michael started taking trumpet lessons as well as musical theory at a local music school in Valencia (Venezuela), and later started gaining on-stage experience playing with local (popular music) bands. Throughout this period, his brothers encouraged him to listen to Jazz, which drove him to a desire for new goals. In 1991, Michael went to Cuba to study music at the Escuela de Superacion Profesional "Ignacio Cervantes", which he attended for two years. In Cuba he had many private lessons with amazing trumpeters like: Juan Munguia, Roberto Garcia, El Greco, José Alberto Varona, Alfredo Pichardo and others. In 1993, he moved to The Netherlands where he attended The Rotterdam's Conservatory jazz program. In 1998 he obtained his degree of D.M. (bachelor) for trumpet and started another course on composing and arranging in the same school. He has been a member of Fra Fra Big Band & Gerardo Rosales' Latin Jazz Ensemble since 1996.

Discography


2004	Revelación	Pramisi Records
2009	New York Encounter	Fresh Sound Records
2015	Destiny's Will (Live at No Black Tie)	No Black Tie Records
2018	Asian Connection	No Black Tie Records
2024	East, West & Beyond	Pramisi Records