Michel Benita (29 Jul 1954 - )

Male Person - France

Releases (6)

Official

Album

  1. Soul 1993
  2. Lower the Walls 1998
  3. Drastic 2006
  4. Ethics 11 Oct 2010
  5. Lower the Walls 24 Jun 2013
  6. Looking At Sounds 18 Sep 2020

Relationships (4)

Member Of

  1. Michel Benita Ethics original, double bass
  2. Andy Sheppard Quartet original, double bass
  3. Erik Truffaz Ladyland
  4. Palatino

Recordings by (46)

  1. Louise 7:52 (1993)
  2. Babel 8:53 (1993)
  3. Miss Otis Regrets 2:35 (1993)
  4. Lucky Woman 7:57 (1993)
  5. Beijo Partido 5:18 (1993)
  6. You Dig ? 6:27 (1993)
  7. Alice 8:10 (1993)
  8. A Natural Woman 4:11 (1993)
  9. After Hours 2:27 (1993)
  10. Amarante 6:05 (1998)
  11. Lower the Walls 4:40 (1998)
  12. Sweet Attack 6:27 (1998)
  13. Nû Line 4:39 (1998)
  14. Yesterday in Paradise 4:41 (1998)
  15. Nowhere Land 5:13 (1998)
  16. The Switch 4:19 (1998)
  17. Peter, Ben & Susan 4:03 (1998)
  18. Bass Trip 3:10 (1998)
  19. I Want to Vanish 2:44 (1998)
  20. This Is the Moment ?:?? (2006)
  21. Kpt'n ?:?? (2006)
  22. Sky Screen ?:?? (2006)
  23. Something's Wrong ?:?? (2006)
  24. Drastic Tone ?:?? (2006)
  25. Alles Ist Möglich Intro ?:?? (2006)
  26. Alles Ist Möglich ?:?? (2006)
  27. Made Already ?:?? (2006)
  28. Steel Flow ?:?? (2006)
  29. Translating ?:?? (2006)
  30. Dub Team ?:?? (2006)
  31. Sky Screen (instrumental) ?:?? (2006)
  32. Whispering ?:?? (2006)
  33. [untitled] ?:?? (2006)
  34. Skyscreen 4:49 (20 Jul 2007)
  35. Dervish Diva 7:56 (18 Sep 2020)
  36. Berceuse / Gwell Talenn 4:01 (18 Sep 2020)
  37. Looking at Sounds 8:39 (18 Sep 2020)
  38. Barroco 4:02 (18 Sep 2020)
  39. Slick Team 7:49 (18 Sep 2020)
  40. Cloud to Cloud 2:28 (18 Sep 2020)
  41. Body Language 6:44 (18 Sep 2020)
  42. Elisian / Inutil Paisagem 4:56 (18 Sep 2020)
  43. Islander 6:45 (18 Sep 2020)
  44. Low Tide 4:19 (18 Sep 2020)
  45. Never Never Land 5:17 (18 Sep 2020)
  46. Something Wrong 4:35 ()

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Jazz lacrymogène 10:45 Orchestre National de Jazz (1986) bass
  2. Watershed #1 3:21 Orchestre National de Jazz (1986) bass
  3. Fantaisie Be Bop 5:25 Orchestre National de Jazz (1986) bass
  4. Kalimba 14:29 Orchestre National de Jazz (1986) bass
  5. Superfrigo 6:36 Orchestre National de Jazz (1986) bass
  6. Sur les marches de la piscine 10:44 Orchestre National de Jazz (1986) bass
  7. Watershed #2 4:03 Orchestre National de Jazz (1986) bass
  8. Waltz 9:53 Orchestre National de Jazz (1986) bass
  9. Miss Jude 5:27 François Jeanneau Quartet (1988) double bass
  10. Lassitude 5:40 François Jeanneau Quartet (1988) double bass
  11. Calypso Facto 3:45 François Jeanneau Quartet (1988) double bass
  12. Taxiway 5:11 François Jeanneau Quartet (1988) double bass
  13. Sequence 6:44 François Jeanneau Quartet (1988) double bass
  14. Valse 9:04 François Jeanneau Quartet (1988) double bass
  15. WYSIWYG 7:05 François Jeanneau Quartet (1988) double bass
  16. Golf 1:21 François Jeanneau Quartet (1988) double bass
  17. La même lune que moi 3:15 Enzo Enzo (1994) double bass
  18. Toscania 4:32 Vladimir Cosma (1994) double bass
  19. Tenderness 4:19 Myriam Alter (1994) bass
  20. Bossa 3:36 Myriam Alter (1994) bass
  21. Somewhere 6:59 Myriam Alter (1994) bass
  22. Keep Going 4:10 Myriam Alter (1994) bass
  23. Reminiscence 2:57 Myriam Alter (1994) bass
  24. What Can I Do? 4:34 Myriam Alter (1994) bass
  25. L’Initiation 1:30 Vladimir Cosma (1994) double bass
  26. Les Naufragés volontaires 5:46 Enzo Enzo (1994) double bass
  27. Mystery 5:04 Myriam Alter (1994) bass
  28. La Dernière Carte 4:45 Vladimir Cosma (1994) double bass
  29. Juste quelqu’un de bien 4:07 Enzo Enzo (1994) double bass
  30. Toscania (générique fin) 3:56 Vladimir Cosma (1994) double bass
  31. Mes malles 3:25 Enzo Enzo (1994) double bass
  32. Don't Rush 5:37 Myriam Alter (1994) bass
  33. Romantic Mood 6:20 Myriam Alter (1994) bass
  34. Conversation 6:05 Myriam Alter (1994) bass
  35. So Far, So Close at the Same Time 5:12 Myriam Alter (1994) bass
  36. Ce rien qui nous lie 3:39 Enzo Enzo (1994) double bass
  37. Dawn 5:32 Benita Ferris Fresu Romano (1995) double bass
  38. Interlude 3:37 Benita Ferris Fresu Romano (1995) double bass
  39. Animal Love 7:07 Benita Ferris Fresu Romano (1995) double bass
  40. Trunca e Peltunta 4:41 Benita Ferris Fresu Romano (1995) double bass
  41. Calabrian Nights 7:15 Benita Ferris Fresu Romano (1995) double bass
  42. Lulu Is Back in Town 5:17 Benita Ferris Fresu Romano (1995) double bass
  43. Aléas 3:49 Benita Ferris Fresu Romano (1995) double bass
  44. 20 Small Cigars 4:16 Benita Ferris Fresu Romano (1995) double bass
  45. Glenn’s Walk 5:00 Benita Ferris Fresu Romano (1995) double bass
  46. Variazone Tre (Tema di Mirpy) 5:45 Benita Ferris Fresu Romano (1995) double bass
  47. The Wind Blew It Away - Qua câu gio bay 7:33 Nguyên Lê (1996) bass
  48. Don't You Go Away My Friend - Nguoi oi Nguoi O Dung Vê 7:27 Nguyên Lê (1996) bass
  49. Hen Ho - Promise of a date 5:26 Nguyên Lê (1996) bass
  50. Mangustao - Part 1 4:36 Nguyên Lê (1996) bass

Credited as (30)

  1. Michel Benita
  2. Peter Erskine / Nguyên Lê / Michel Benita
  3. Michel Benita feat. Manu Codjia
  4. Benita Ferris Fresu Romano
  5. Peter Erskine, Nguyên Lê & Michel Benita
  6. Peter Erskine, Nguyên Lê & Michel Benita inviting Stéphane Guillaume
  7. Sheppard / Benita / Rochford
  8. Marc Ducret, Michel Benita & Aaron Scott
  9. Nico Morelli, Aldo Romano & Michel Benita
  10. Michel Benita, Mieko Miyazaki, Eivind Aarset, Matthieu Michel & Philippe Garcia
  11. Jean-Pierre Mas, Michel Benita & Aldo Romano
  12. Jean-Pierre Mas, Michel Benita, Aldo Romano & Éric Séva
  13. Michel Benita, Ethics
  14. Vincent Peirani, Michael Wollny, Michel Benita & Émile Parisien
  15. Michel Benita featuring Manu Codjia
  16. Philippe Fretun, Michel Benita
  17. Philippe Fretun & Michel Benita
  18. Palatino: Aldo Romano, Michel Benita, Paolo Fresu, Glenn Ferris
  19. Romano, Benita, Fresu, Ferris: Palatino
  20. Michel Benita, Aldo Romano, Paolo Fresu & Glenn Ferris
  21. Michel Benita, Glenn Ferris, Paolo Fresu & Aldo Romano
  22. Michel Benita, Paolo Fresu, Aldo Romano & Glenn Ferris
  23. Aldo Romano, Paolo Fresu, Glenn Ferris & Michel Benita
  24. Andy Sheppard, Michel Benita, Sebastian Rochford
  25. Aldo Romano ' New Blood with Baptiste Herbin, Alessandro Lanzoni, Michel Benita
  26. Philippe Macé, Serge Lazarévitch, Charles Schneider, Michel Benita, Tony Rabeson
  27. Paolo Fresu feat. Glenn Ferris, Michel Benita & Aldo Romano
  28. Michel Benita, Elise Caron
  29. Vincent Peirani, Michael Wollny & Michel Benita
  30. Martial Solal; François Laizeau, Michel Benita, Orchestre philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo, Marius Constant

Works (38)

Wrote

  1. Jadwell

Composed

  1. Shawn
  2. Dixie
  3. Country Boy
  4. Back From the Moon
  5. River Silver
  6. I See Altitudes
  7. Off the Coast
  8. Toonari
  9. Snowed In
  10. Outlaw
  11. Into Somewhere
  12. City Boy
  13. Juke
  14. Aléas
  15. Interlude
  16. No Fear
  17. Slip Duty
  18. Spacewalk, Part 1
  19. The Unconditional Secret
  20. Spacewalk, Part 2
  21. Whereveryougoigotoo
  22. When We Live on the Stars…
  23. Dervish Diva
  24. Berceuse / Gwell Talenn
  25. Looking at Sounds
  26. Barroco
  27. Slick Team
  28. Cloud to Cloud
  29. Body Language
  30. Elisian / Inutil Paisagem
  31. Islander
  32. Low Tide
  33. Saloua
  34. Whispering
  35. Tantrik
  36. Tipping Point
  37. A Letter

Links (12)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.michelbenita.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139219577
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98027470
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no98027470
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/135068118

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/394861

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/208070

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000470700

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/29719898

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1748194

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/6xgxdQWIYTveGaqFINS9iR

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id193504790