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Swiss pianist Irene Schweizer (1941), who had cut her teeth in a local trio with drummer Mani Neumeier. A few months after British saxophonist Joe Harriott, she pioneered Indo-jazz fusion by recording Jazz Meets India (october 1967), that featured a jazz quintet with trumpeter Manfred Schoof and Neumaier improvising with and a trio of Indian musicians (Diwan Motihar on sitar, Keshav Sathe on tabla, Kasan Thakur on tamboura). She achieved notoriety in a trio with bassist Peter Kowald and drummer Pierre Favre that debuted on Santana (october 1968), with the 14-minute Santana. That trio became a Quartett (november 1969) with the addition of British saxophonist Evan Parker (the 19-minute Where are all the old cop sets Clancy)

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Piano Solo: Prelude To A Kiss And More

By Irene Schweizer

Label: Intak
Released: 2026
Track listing: IAX - Been to America; Struggle on the V.G. Terrace; Serious Fun; Dancing on the Bowery; Reflections; Below The Gate; Once Again Thelonious; Prelude To A Kiss; Back Home.

Album

Bird Food

By Pierre Favre

Label: Blaser Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Bird Food; Sounds II; Hinten; The Attack.

Article: Album Review

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 ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Remembering Irene Schweizer, Latest from Isaiah Collier, Introducing NicoleYvette and New from the Vault, J.C. Hopkins with Garth Hudson and Levon Helm

by Hobart Taylor
July 29, 2026

Guitarist/Composer David Occhipinti is inspired by Lewis Carroll, Korea's Leenalchi has the “Ultimate Prescription," and Ivo Perelman and Damon Smith engage in a “Duoloue." Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Finola Merivale/Catherine Sikora “The Sea Has Hooves" from Abhaile (Relative Pitch) 00:14 Host Speaks 08:08 David Occhipinti “Frumious Bandersnatch" fromLooking Glass(OODAV) 17:39 Irene Schweizer “Dancing on ...

Article: Year in Review

I Dischi del 2025 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 5, 2026

Immortalare la bellezza e la varietà del jazz pubblicato nel 2025 attraverso una “top ten" appare tanto arduo, vano--e alla fine deludente--quanto cercare di fotografare un tramonto sulla costiera amalfitana usando una rudimentale fotocamera digitale e facendo un forellino sul copriobiettivo. Certo, una foto verrà scattata. Potrebbe persino dimostrare che eri lì, in quel momento, quando ...

Article: Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2025

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 3, 2026

Capturing the breathtaking beauty, range, and diversity of jazz released in 2025 through a list of “10 best albums" feels as challenging, vain--and ultimately disappointing--as trying to photograph the Grand Canyon at sunset by placing a pinhole in front of a rudimentary digital camera's lens. Sure, a picture will be taken. It might even prove you ...

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Irène's Hot Four

By Irene Schweizer

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Reise; Freizeit; All Inclusive; Encore.

Article: Album Review

Pierre Favre & Sergio Armaroli, Andrea Centazzo, Francesca Gemmo: The Art Of Sound(s)

Read "The Art Of Sound(s)" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
November 10, 2025

It would not be prudent to overlook history when considering the music created by the improvising artists of The Art of Sound(s). As William Shakespeare wrote in The Tempest: “By that destiny to perform an act / Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come in yours and my discharge." In other words, this 2024 recording ...

Article: Album Review

Irene Schweizer - Rudiger Carl - Johnny Dyani - Han Bennink: Irène's Hot Four

Read "Irène's Hot Four" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
August 19, 2025

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, ...