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Irene Schweizer: Piano Solo: Prelude To A Kiss And More

Read "Piano Solo: Prelude To A Kiss And More" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
September 8, 2026

It might be a touch of hyperbole to say the world wasn't ready for Swiss pianist Irène Schweizer's 1986 recording Piano Solo: Prelude To A Kiss And More. Yet listening to it some 40 years later, that may well be your first thought. Schweizer (1941--2024) had already established herself as a formidable improviser through recordings such ...

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Pierre Favre: Bird Food

Read "Bird Food" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 31, 2026

Captured live at Radio Studio Zurich in 1968, this is the earliest known recording of the Pierre Favre Trio, dormant for more than half a century until Favre and trombonist Samuel Blaser unearthed it while sorting through forgotten tapes. That it survived at all feels faintly miraculous, the jazz equivalent of finding cash in an old ...

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Barry Guy: Ode to a Bassist

by A. Henkin
May 24, 2009

In 2007, just in time for bassist Barry Guy's 60th birthday, Intakt Records released Portrait, equal parts compilation, introduction, overview and mere glimpse into the musical world of this instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. There are tracks from several editions of Guy's colossal London Jazz Composers Orchestra (LJCO), pieces done with longstanding collaborators like Evan Parker and ...