Egli played the piano and recorder from the age of five, and started playing the saxophone from the age of eleven. During his school days he played in the Moondogs funk and hip hop group, with which he made recordings. He studied music at the Hochschule der Künste in Zurich (with Christoph Grab and Reto Suhner). He played in the Swiss Jazz Orchestra and was a member of the Lucerne Jazz Orchestra, in which he collaborated on the albums Don't Walk Too Far and Berge Versetzen (with Claudio Puntin, 2010). He also worked with Jürg Wickihalder (Narziss und Echo, 2011). He also works with his own bands, The Murder of Amus Ames and Weird Beard, [2] Since 2008, Egli has also been involved in the Jazzbaragge association.