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Irene Schweizer - Fred Anderson - Hamid Drake: Live in Willisau & Taktlos
by AAJ Italy Staff
Non ce ne voglia Fred Anderson, splendido e storico rappresentante della scena free di Chicago, ma questo CD brilla principalmente per le magie di “A Former Dialogue“, sontuosa conversazione tra la pianista svizzera Irene Schweizer ed il percussionista statunitense Hamid Drake. Live Taktlos & Willisau raccoglie le esibizioni del trio Schweizer/Anderson/Drake al Festival di Willisau nell’agosto ...
Irene Schweizer: First Choice. Piano Solo KKL Luzern
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il KKL è il Kultur und Kongresszentrum di Lucerna, e tra le sue iniziative presenta una serie di concerti chiamati “Director's Choice”, ovvero musicisti invitati direttamente dal direttore del centro, secondo i suoi gusti ed inclinazioni personali. Nel 2005, il concerto di apertura dei Director's Choice è stato affidato ad Irene Schweizer, figura storica e fondamentale ...
First Choice - Piano Solo KKL Luzern
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: First Choice; Into The Hall Of Fame; The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe; Scratching At The KKL; The
Loneliness Of The Long Distance Piano Player; Oska T.; Jungle Beats II.
Irene Schweizer: First Choice - Piano Solo KKL Luzern
by Nic Jones
Comparison between the opening bars of the lengthy title track on First Choice and Cecil Taylor's solo work reveals interesting details. Where Taylor's more reflective passages tend often to preview bombast and iconoclasm writ large, Irene Schweizer's approach to the piano seems more reflective--more prone to rumination on an idea or a fragment of an idea--and ...
Where's Africa
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Golden Heart; Togetherness One/Part I; I'm Goin' Fishin'; Monk's Mood; Suicide Is Painless;
Speak Low; Isn't It Romantic; Terrestial Beings; Art Deco; Togetherness One/Part II; Bleu
Fonce; Jackying; Ask Me Now; The Bride; Ntyilo; Ntyilo.
Ir: Where's Africa
by AAJ Staff
By Ken Waxman Take your pick: this is either a return to swing-bop roots for Swiss pianist Irène Schweizer or the weirdest duo session she's ever made. That's because Schweizer, who has had a commitment to the European avant-garde since the late '60s, here plays an entire program of jazz and pop standards, plus one original. ...
Ir
by Derek Taylor
Most independent recording labels have their bellwether artists, those musicians on the roster central to the label's identity and mission. Hatology has Joe McPhee. Peter Brötzmann is commonly associated with FMP. Tzadik revolves around John Zorn. In the case of Intakt it's Swiss pianist Irène Schweizer. Schweizer has been playing actively for nearly half a century ...
Irene Schweizer and Omri Ziegele: Where's Africa
by Dan McClenaghan
This duo outing, featuring saxophonist Omri Ziegele and Swiss pianist Irene Schweizer, thrives on the contrasts of the two artists' styles. Schweizer's approach is joyous and ribald, a loose and free-flowing love affair with her instrument. Alto saxophonist Ziegele has a robust tone, a bit raw-edged, intense and imaginative. On Where's Africa the duo dives into ...
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