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Marc Halbheer's 5th Edition: Confidence in Symmetry
by Ian Patterson
Swiss drummer/bandleader Marc Halbheer couldn't be accused of lumping his eggs in one basket. His more orthodox projects encompass a jazz standards quartet, and the contemporary Trio Edition with bassist Arild Andersen and guitarist Christy Doran. Halbheer's more exotic collaborations embrace the folk musics of China, Central Asia, the Alps and the Balkans in genre-defying fusions. ...
Christof Irniger: Gowanus Canal
by Luca Casarotti
Per essere una formazione senza strumenti armonici, il trio del sassofonista svizzero Christoph Irniger sembra dare un'importanza capitale all'armonia nella sua accezione più stretta, tonale. Questo non significa che il gruppo pensi, componga e suoni in modo troppo tradizionale. A fugare il sospetto bastano i primi secondi della prima traccia, che dà il titolo a questo ...
Ikarus: Through birds, through fire, but not through glass
by Eyal Hareuveni
The evocative title of the debut EP of the Swiss quintet Ikarus is inspired by a painting of French surrealist painter Yves Tanguy. This trio, as the painter, attempts to create a surreal, cinematic tapestry of dreamy images and reality with its music, its presentation on stage--with the light design and the musicians tailor- made clothes--and ...
Michel Wintsch - Christian Weber - Christian Wolfarth: Willisau
by Glenn Astarita
Willisau follows up the Swiss trio's The Holistic Worlds Of (Monotype, 2012) and once again the artists are seemingly intent on routing one's imagination through multiple locations, while not embarking upon a utilitarian approach to the core jazz or avant- jazz piano trio concepts. In fact, the band proffers an antidote to the norm, which can ...
Polwechsel: Traces Of Wood
by Glenn Astarita
Since the late '90s, the European outfit known as Polwhechsel has brandished a strikingly unique sound campaign. Other than the dual-drummer percussionists' attack consisting of polytonal cymbals swashes and soft timbres, the music predominately emanates from the lower register schematic via double bassist Werner Daffeldecker and cellist Michael Moser's earthen-toned string implementations. Nonetheless, the quartet depicts ...
Irene Schweizer - Pierre Favre: Live in Zurich
by Glenn Astarita
Swiss pianist Irene Schweizer's celebrated duets with jazz drumming greats, Andrew Cyrille, Han Bennink and Gunter “Baby" Sommer must have been impressive spectacles. This album denotes her third duo album with her infamous fellow countryman, drummer Pierre Favre. Needless to state, the artists' extraordinary interactions are in full force via these concise pieces that were not ...
Michael Jaeger Kerouac: Dance Around in Your Bones
by Glenn Astarita
Zurich-based saxophonist Michael Jaeger and his band Kerouac have been a well-known entity in the European progressive jazz community amid alternating personnel since 2006. Jaeger is a musical voyager and covers a broad sound-design spectrum, steeped in prismatic colorations and the axiomatic peaks and valleys. Rather uncannily, the musicians impart numerous variables as they shape a ...
Stewy von Wattenwyl: After the Rain
by Dan McClenaghan
After the storm has passed through, after the rain, with the sunbeams peaking though the breaking clouds, the day takes on an unblemished clarity. The horizon's sharp edge separates land from sky. Details of the landscape shine with fine detail. That after-the-rain clarity and focus is what elevates the artistic endeavor. Swiss pianist Stewy von Wattenwyl, ...
Marc Halbheer's 5th Edition "confidence In Symmetry" Release Speptember 30th 2013 On Texit Music / Cadiz Music
Texit Music is proud to present the release of the cd CONFIDENCE IN SYMMETRY by Marc Halbheer's 5th Edition. Halbheer introduces a quintet with eminent personalities of the legendary Vienna Art Orchestra and the inventive guitarist Christy Doran. 5th Edition is the first band that plays Marc Halbheer’s work as a composer and arranger. He explains: ...
Christy Doran's New Bag: Mesmerized
by Glenn Astarita
Celebrated Swiss guitarist Christy Doran assets pertain to his indefatigable creative sparks, evidenced by his work in jazz-rock, avant-garde jazz improvisation or when tackling world music. And from a fundamental shedding perspective, he could hold his own with most if not all of the present guitar heroes. New Bag was created in 1997, but ...
