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Irene Schweizer - Rudiger Carl - Johnny Dyani - Han Bennink: Irène's Hot Four
by Glenn Astarita
Irène's Hot Four represents a significant posthumous release from the legendary Swiss jazz pianist Irène Schweizer, who passed away in 2024. This release captures a rare 1981 concert in Zurich featuring Schweizer alongside her companions Rüdiger Carl, Johnny Dyani, and Han Bennink. It is a quartet that existed for only around a year and a half, playing just a handful of performances. The album fills an important gap in Schweizer's discography, documenting this ephemeral but vital collaboration between four master ...
Continue ReadingIrène Schweizer, Gato Barbieri, Anita Donndorff & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Unearthed gems, old souls, and soulful organ jazz in this playlist.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Brian Charette “Why'd You Have To Go and Lie To Me Boy" You Don't Know Jack! (Cellar Live) 0:16 Host talks 5:24 Kresten Osgood, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Michael Blake “The World Awakes" Hammond Rens (ILK) 7:40 Daniele Cordisco, Ron Carter “Tangerine" Bitter Head (Nuccia) 19:48 Host talks 25:28 Anita Donndorff “Thirsty Soul" ...
Continue ReadingSchweizer & Drake, Tom Rainey & El Negocito Artists
by Maurice Hogue
This episode features some excellent new releases: veteran free jazzers, pianist Irène Schweizer and drummer Hamid Drake, tearing it up at a European festival, the sublime trio Ocelot from Brooklyn, South Korean drummer Soojin Suh, pianist Dahveed Behroozi, Tom Rainey & Obligato live in Europe, and Split-Bit from Berlin, plus tracks from several artists who record for the left-leaning El Negocito label from Belgium. Playlist Tiziano Tononi & Future Ancestors “Mantra Of The Wind And Water" from Going ...
Continue ReadingIrene Schweizer / Hamid Drake: Celebration
by Troy Dostert
If John Coltrane was the dominant figure behind the rise of Impulse Records in the 1960s, and Wayne Shorter played a similar role for Blue Note in the same decade, one could argue that pianist Irène Schweizer has placed her stamp upon Intakt Records. Certainly the Swiss avant-garde label has embraced that relationship, as aside from a handful of releases on FMP, Intakt has been Schweizer's exclusive home since the 1980s, with dozens of releases over the years documenting her ...
Continue ReadingIrene Schweizer / Hamid Drake: Celebration
by Dan McClenaghan
Celebration is a walloping storm of free jazz, rolling in on a hard-hitting percussion mode. Pianist Irene Schweizer holds down the piano chair, Hamid Drake is behind the drum kit. The pair has played and recorded together often. The opener, “A Former Dialogue," introduces us to a drum thunder and a splattering of fat piano-crafted raindrops. Schweizer's piano approach sounds as if it is an attack full of elbows and knees, making madcap, Cecil Taylor-like pandemonium interspersed with moments of ...
Continue ReadingMostly Outside
by Patrick Burnette
Time for a traditional mixed-bag podcast ranging over the decades and through musical styles, though 2001 gets special treatment for whatever reason. Artists range from an Ornette Coleman-esque quartet from the sixties to an uplifting piano trio from right now, with an outward questing pianist and trumpeter in the middle of the sandwich. Pop matters dwells on some recent vinyl re-issues of old skool alternative rock classics and--good lord--is that some Thin Lizzy in there? Playlist Discussion of ...
Continue ReadingIrene Schweizer, Joey Baron: Live!
by Alberto Bazzurro
Inciso a Zurigo a fine 2015, l'album riunisce due improvvisatori di scuole e generazioni diverse: Irène Schweizer, settantasei anni, svizzera di Sciaffusa, attraversa l'avanguardia europea praticamente fin dal suo primo affermarsi (se non affacciarsi), mentre Joey Baron, sessantaduenne di Richmond, quella stessa avanguardia (ovviamente dall'altra sponda dell'Atlantico) l'ha accompagnata, per così dire fiancheggiata, nel corso di una carriera ultratrentennale abbracciando però anche esperienze “altre." La prima volta che l'abbiamo ascoltato, per dirne una, era nel trio di Jim Hall, la ...
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