Results for "Andy Scherrer"

Andy Scherrer

Old, Borrowed and Just a Little Blue

by Geno Thackara
December 11, 2017

How many collections of standards does the jazz world really need? The answer, of course, is that there's always room for more as long as the players and listeners can find something relevant and fresh. Every piece on offer in this batch has been around for several decades at least, but these old things never fail ...

Swiss Jazz Orchestra: Sincerely Yours

by Jack Bowers
March 11, 2014

The world-class Swiss Jazz Orchestra produced the 2-CD set Sincerely Yours to mark its tenth anniversary in 2013. As is the SJO's custom, the nineteen tracks were taped during a series of stellar concert performances spanning those years, showcasing the orchestra's excellence as a unit and its roster of impressive soloists performing compositions and arrangements by ...

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Drumfree

by Raul d'Gama Rose
July 15, 2011

Drumfree contains some of the most stimulating three-way counterpoint written and played in a long time. All of the compositional credit goes to Wolfgang Muthspiel, the composer; but making it all come alive is Muthspiel, the guitarist, and his chosen partners for this date: saxophonist Andy Scherrer and bassist Larry Grenadier. Muthspiel leads from the front ...

Serenity: A Tribute to Joe Henderson

By Andy Scherrer

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: A Shade of Jade; Max

Andy Scherrer: Serenity: A Tribute to Joe Henderson

by Gabriel Medina Arenas
January 23, 2005

Serenity is an album which makes you instantly travel to the soulful sound of jazz of the sixties. Prepare your ears to hear a really free sax. Swiss tenor saxophonist Andy Scherrer is an under-recognized European jazz talent, just like Ohio native Joe Henderson (1937-2001) was in his early days. He started his career in the ...

Serenity -- A Tribute To Joe Henderson

By Andy Scherrer

Label: CBS/Sony
Released: 2004

Second Step

By Andy Scherrer

Label: TCB Music
Released: 2000
Track listing: Tuberiferous; Second Step; Songman; Stardust; Habiba; If I could Fly; Blues East

Andy Scherrer Quartet: Second Step

by AAJ Staff
July 1, 2000

Andy Scherrer is arguably one of the best jazz saxophonists to come from the other side of the Atlantic. He has a big tone, an advanced harmonic disposition, and can swing with the best of his American counterparts. A native of Switzerland, Scherrer's career spans 3 decades, and has worked with everyone from Dexter Gordon to ...