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Colin Vallon

Born: November 17, 1980

After studying classical music for 2 years Colin Vallon (born November 17 1980 in Lausanne) took classes with jazz pianist Marc Ueter at the age of fourteen. He enrolled at the Swiss Jazz School when he was 18 and studied with Silvano Bazan, William Evans, Manuel Bärtsch and Bert Joris.

In 1999, he founds the Colin Vallon trio with Lorenz Beyeler on double-bass and Raphaël Pedroli on drums; in 2004 it released his debut-album « Les Ombres ». At that time, he starts to use and develop his own prepared piano techniques. In January 2005, the trio opens the Swiss Diagonales Festival with New-York guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel.

ATLAS

By Wolfgang Muthspiel

Label: Clap Your Hands
Released: 2026
Track listing: Guacho Schubert; Atlas; Might This Be The End; Lionel; Vevey; Duke'S Blues; Spring; Dogs; Ballard; Etude Number 11.5.

Wolfgang Muthspiel: ATLAS

by Tyran Grillo
June 18, 2026

There is a special kind of intimacy that can arise when a trio dispenses with the obvious rhythmic anchor of drums. In the right hands, that absence makes every gesture structurally important. On Atlas, guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel, trumpeter Mario Rom, and pianist Colin Vallon make precisely that kind of space. Their music is chamber-like in its balance ...

Gianni Coscia, Tarun Balani, Laura Jurd, Igor Lumpert & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 16, 2025

Cultural roots--and our shared roots on this planet--tie together the projects featured in this playlist of recent and soon-to-land treasures.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Igor Lumpert “Sures" Resistance of the Earth (ears&eyes) 0:16 Host talks 6:08 Tarun Balani “The Laburnum Blooms" Kadahin Milandaasin ...

KALI Trio: The Playful Abstract

by David Bruggink
March 25, 2025

Nik Bärtsch's Ronin Rhythm Records has become a go-to label for hypnotic groove enthusiasts. Established in 2006, its artists share a focus on uncommon time signatures and post-minimalist composition but interpret them in strikingly different ways. For example, Blaer leans towards the more restrained, stately and steady, building to powerful catharsis, similar to the Colin Vallon Trio; ...

Dörner-Schwerdt-Sartorius: Jul Fuel

by Mark Corroto
February 3, 2025

Jul Fuel unfolds more like a tale of three cities than a singular statement--especially when the tracks are experienced in album order. The release transitions from a solo piano performance to a piano-drum duet, a trio performance, and, finally, a slide trumpet solo. At its core, however, Jul Fuel revolves around German improviser Axel Dörner, even ...

Mars

February 6, 2025

Album: Samares
By Colin Vallon
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:47

Samares

By Colin Vallon

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Racine; Mars; Lou; Ronce; Étincelle; Timo; Samares; Souche; Brin.

Lawrence Peryer's Jazz & Beyond for 2024

by Lawrence Peryer
December 7, 2024

I very much enjoy the moment we are in for improvisatory and creative music. So many traditions are coming into contact and interacting with each other: jazz cats, indigenous practitioners, electronic music experimenters, modern composers and many others. The breakdown and blurring of genre divides and dogma is something I revel in. “Collision Music," to quote ...

Mike Jurkovic's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Mike Jurkovic
December 5, 2024

It has been, to say the least, one hell of fright night year. But here is the music that stayed with me, through thick and thin, and all manner of human foible and political upheaval. Vijay IyerCompassion ECM Records Kris Davis