# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-benita
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:02:25.605Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-benita"
name: "Michel Benita"
slug: "michel-benita"
description: "Michel Benita 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. During his career Benita has worked with Aldo Romano, Marc Ducret, Horace Parlan, Martial Solal, Lee Konitz, Andy Sheppard, Dino Saluzzi, Dewey Redman, Erik Truffaz and Archie Shepp, among many others. He formed the ELB trio in 1999 with Vietnamese guitar player Nguyên Lê and American drummer Peter Erskine."
tagline: "French musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michel_Benita.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1954-07-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.539093333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://michelbenita.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/208070"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "ميشيل بينيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "ميشيل بينيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Benita"
    title: "Michel Benita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Benita"
    title: "Michel Benita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Benita"
    title: "Michel Benita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF"
    title: "ミッシェル・ベニータ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Benita"
    title: "Michel Benita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Benita"
    title: "Michel Benita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/376ec2b3-b929-4dfc-ab4a-9724bda9ab06"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1748194"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump