Michael’s musical background goes back to Punta Cardón (his native town), in Venezuela in the 80s when he was only ten years old already jamming with his brothers. His musical studies cover a wide spectrum, first in Havana, Cuba, where he went to the Ignacio Cervantes music school to study trumpet and to explore Cuban music. Then the Rotterdam conservatory of music in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where he obtained his bachelor on Jazz trumpet and his arranging and composition degree.

For the past twenty three years Michael travels around the world's festivals and stages as a side man trumpeter for Fra Fra Sound, Conexion Latina, Gerardo Rosales and Lucas van Merwijk & The Cubop City Big Band, as well as with his own formations: Dutch Caribbean Groove Orchestra, a multi-origin Caribbean jazz big band and Michael Simon & Roots United, a Latin jazz septet with which he debuted on “Revelación” (2004 Pramisi Records/BMCD 442). His following CD release was the critically acclaimed “New York Encounter” (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2009/FSNT 360). Bringing together a ‘dream team’ of New York musicians including his brothers Edward and Marlon Simon.

His most recent release “Asian Connection” (2018 NBT Records), his second release on this label, was recorded live at Malaysia’s premier jazzclub No Black Tie, in collaboration with Malaysian and Taiwanese traditional and jazz artists. The contact with Asian music and the interactions with Malaysian musicians have impacted his music drastically and have resulted in many new ideas. Experiencing a cultural transcendence between the West and the Far East, Michael’s music has become reinvented through these new associations. His most recent performances include the Borneo Jazz Festival in Malaysia, the Tong Tong Festival and the Red Light Jazz Festival in The Netherlands, and Taiwan’s Taipei Jazz Festival.