Results for "Zurich"

Simon Berz

by Lawrence Peryer
October 28, 2023

Today, the Spotlight shines On drummer and sound artist Simon Berz. The impetus for our conversation was the release of Simon's collaboration with American bassist and sonic wizard Bill Laswell and the Japanese avant-garde trumpeter Toshinori Kondo. While Kondo passed away in October of 2020, this work, Breath versus Beats (Everest Records), was not ...

DOMi & JD Beck at Winterhurer Musikfestwochen 2023

by Gergely Nyiro
August 27, 2023

On the enchanting evening of August 15, 2023, music aficionados and enthusiasts were treated to an extraordinary auditory journey at the Winterthurer Musikfestwochen, courtesy of the mesmerizing DOMi & JD Beck concert. The stage came alive with DOMi's keyboard prowess painting a vivid tapestry of harmonies, while JD Beck's virtuosic drumming elevated the rhythmic landscape to ...

Zurich Jazz Orchestra

Active since: 1995

The European jazz scene boasts a number of world class professional Big Bands, all with their own rich history and tradition. The Zurich Jazz Orchestra, founded in 1995, undoubtedly belongs to this exclusive club.

The big band recorded its fifth studio album in the winter of 2020/21, the second under the direction of Steffen Schorn, who was musical director for six years before changing to his current role as congenial composer in residence.

Fortunately. The album “Dedications” is a worthy successor to “Three Pictures”, released in 2018. Schorn’s compositions and thus the sound of the orchestra have, if at all possible, become even richer, more colorful, more differentiated, but at the same time more powerful

Journeys

«Journeys» is the project of six experienced top musicians from Zürich, who have been on the scene for the last twenty-five years. Based on the remarkable compositions of Dennis Roshard and Angelo Signore the band has developed an exciting, timeless mix of grooving funk tunes, beautiful ballads and kicking Latin jazz, leaving their audiences overwhelmingly enthusiastic. Their new CD «New Destinations» is filled with beautiful melodies, colorful harmonies, driving grooves and excellent solos. Take a trip with the music of «Journeys» to «New Destinations»" you’ll always want to come back.

Take Five with Mareille Merck

by AAJ Staff
October 23, 2021

Meet Mareille Merck Mareille Merck is a guitarist and composer who was born in Germany and lives in jny: Zurich, Switzerland. She studied with Frank Möbus, Lionel Loueke, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Roberto Bossard and Kalle Kalima. At the young age of 25 she has already shared the stage with John McLaughlin and Michael League from Snarky Puppy. ...

Swiss Music Ensemble Kali Trio To Release Second Album 'Loom' On March 19, 2021

February 14, 2021

KALI Trio is a Swiss post-genre band. They function as a collective, with every member contributing equally to the writing and creative processes. Their original score for Thomas Imbach’s movie Nemesis will arrive in 2021. Loom is the second album by KALI trio and shows the consequent development of the original style of the working band. ...

Michael Neff

„Michael Neff setzt mit seiner Gruppe auf entspannte und entspannende Töne. Das hält er auch durch, wenn es mal ein wenig lauter wird. Seine Trompete und sein Flügelhorn klingen dabei so schön, lyrisch und leicht, dass sich die Frage aufdrängt: darf Jazz schön klingen? Er darf. Vor allem dann, wenn Michael Neff's Ruhepole so viel weiter tragen, als mancher rohe musikalische Kraftakt.“ (Franz X.A. Zipperer)

Geboren im Jahr 1975, aufgewachsen auf einem Bauernhof im Appenzellerland, begeisterte er sich schon früh für Musik und spielt seit seiner Jugendzeit Trompete (mit Adrian Eugster als inspirierendem Lehrer) - zuerst in einer Brassband und in einer groovigen Funkband zusammen mit Schulkollegen.

HELY

Hely is Lucca Fries (piano) and Jonas Ruther (drums), from Zurich, Switzerland. Listening to their music is a trance inducing experience where multi-directional beats fuse with post-romantic and minimalistic sensibilities. They craft sonic spaces out of staccato piano riffs and ecstatic waves of percussion, last heard on their record ‚Borderland' that was released on Ronin Rhythm Records. Over a decade of band history with concert tours in Europe, Russia and India provides the foundation for their immersive live performances.

Alain Brenzikofer

Born: April 3, 1979

Alain Brenzikofer discovered jazz at the International Music Camp in Canada in 1997 after having played the saxophone since the age of 10, mostly in a wind orchestra. Illinois Jacquet and Eddie Harris opend the door to jazz for him. In 1999 he studied at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Zurich but then chose to do a masters degree in electrical engineering at ETH Zurich. During 13 years he was member of the ETH Big Band and had the chance to go on tour in eastern Europe, China, India and Brazil. Apart from that he played for the Big Band of the Zurich Jazz School and in Horn Sections for Elijah, Lakeside, Royal Hangmen, Mike Sanchez or Stan or Itchy

Thomas Lüscher

Born: September 27, 1978

Pianist and Composer based in Aarau, Switzerland. Educated in classical and improvised music, he is and has been performing with Tiger Okoshi, Lionel Loueke, Frank Möbus, Oscar Stagnaro, George Robert, Ronny Graupe, Christoph Grab and many more. Appearances on stages in New York, London, Prag, Berlin, Boston, Zürich and Bottenwil with his own bands or as a higly sensitive colleague supporting the musical intentions of fellow musician made him an adorable musician. He started at an early age with harmonica, accordion and piano. By the age of 15 he began his classical studies at Musikhochschule Basel (Switzerland) while already playing in bands and performing his own music