Swiss pianist (1941–2024)
Irène Schweizer
Schweizer performing in 2014
Background information Born Irène Schweizer
(1941-06-02 ) 2 June 1941Died 16 July 2024(2024-07-16) (aged 83) Genres Occupation Musician Instrument Piano Labels Formerly of Feminist Improvising Group
Musical artist
Irène Schweizer (2 June 1941 – 16 July 2024) was a Swissjazz and free improvising pianist.
Schweizer was born inSchaffhausen , Switzerland on 2 June 1941.[ 1] Feminist Improvising Group ,[ 1] Lindsay Cooper ,Maggie Nichols ,Georgie Born andSally Potter . She has also performed a series of duets with drummersPierre Favre ,Louis Moholo ,Andrew Cyrille ,Günter Sommer ,Han Bennink ,Hamid Drake , as well as in trio and quartet sessions with others, includingJohn Tchicai ,Evan Parker andPeter Kowald .[ 1] Yusef Lateef ,Uli Trepte andMani Neumeier , she performed at theMontreux Jazz Festival in 1967. One of her most enduring collaborations was with the improvising musicianRüdiger Carl [de ] .[ 1]
In 2016, on the occasion of Schweizer's 75th birthday, Broecking Verlag and the music department of theLucerne University published (in German) an authorized biography titledThis Uncontainable Feeling of Freedom: Irène Schweizer – European Jazz and the Politics of Improvisation , written byChristian Broecking . An English translation was published in 2021.[ 2] [ 3]
Schweizer died inZurich on 16 July 2024, at the age of 83.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
The Very Centre of Middle Europe (HatHut , 1978), with Rüdiger CarlDie V-Mann Suite (FMP, 1981), with Rüdiger CarlIrène Schweizer & Louis Moholo Intakt , 1987)Cordial Gratin (FMP, 1987), withJoëlle Léandre Irène Schweizer & Günter Sommer Günter Sommer Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille Andrew Cyrille Overlapping Hands: Eight Segments Marilyn Crispell Irène Schweizer & Pierre Favre Pierre Favre Irène Schweizer & Han Bennink Han Bennink European Masters of Improvisation (Captain Trip , Tokyo Tower Wax Museum, 1997), withMani Neumeier Twin Lines (Intakt, 2002), withCo Streiff Ulrichsberg Where's Africa (Intakt, 2005), withOmri Ziegele [de ] Live in Zürich (Intakt, 2013), with Pierre FavreSpring Jürg Wickihalder [de ] Welcome Back Live! Joey Baron Celebration Hamid Drake Les Diaboliques (Intakt, 1994)Splitting Image Live at the Rhinefalls (Intakt, 2000)Jubilee Concert (DVD) (Intakt, 2009)Source:[ 7]
Trios and larger ensembles [ edit ] Jazz Meets India (SABA , 1967), withMani Neumeier , Dewan Motihar, Keshay Sathe,Manfred Schoof , Kusum Thakur,Uli Trepte , andBarney Wilen Ramifications (Ogun , 1975), with Rüdiger Carl,Paul Lovens ,Radu Malfatti , andHarry Miller Messer (FMP, 1976), with Rüdiger Carl and Louis MoholoWilli the Pig John Tchicai ,Buschi Niebergall , andMakaya Ntshoko Tuned Boots (FMP, 1978), with Rüdiger Carl andLouis Moholo Live at Taktlos Intakt , 1986), withLindsay Cooper ,Joëlle Léandre ,George E. Lewis ,Paul Lovens ,Maggie Nichols , andGünter Sommer The Storming of the Winter Palace George E. Lewis ,Maggie Nichols , andGünter Sommer Paris Quartet (Intakt, 1989), with Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, and Daunik LazroTheoria Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers Orchestra Double Trouble Two Marilyn Crispell ,Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers Orchestra , and Pierre FavreEnsemble Oggimusica Meets Irene Schweizer (Altrisuoni, 2000), with Ensemble OggimusicaWillisau & Taktlos Fred Anderson andHamid Drake Radio Rondo/Schaffhausen Concert Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers Orchestra Berne Concert Trio 3 (Andrew Cyrille ,Oliver Lake , andReggie Workman )Jump! (Intakt, 2011), with the Jürg Wickihalder European QuartetWithJoe McPhee
WithManfred Schoof
^a b c d Colin Larkin , ed. (1992).The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz Guinness Publishing . p. 352.ISBN 0-85112-580-8 ^ Broecking, Christian."The Book Cooks: Excerpt from This Uncontainable Feeling of Freedom: Irène Schweizer – European Jazz and the Politics of Improvisation" .Point of Departure . RetrievedApril 4, 2023 . ^ Schray, Martin (September 21, 2021)."Christian Broecking – This Uncontainable Feeling of Freedom: Irène Schweizer – European Jazz and the Politics of Improvisation" .Point of Departure . RetrievedApril 4, 2023 . ^ "Irène Schweizer (2 June 1941–16 July 2024)" .The Wire ISSN 0952-0686 . Retrieved18 July 2024 .^ "Irène Schweizer, la grande dame du jazz suisse, est morte" .24 heures . Retrieved17 July 2024 .^ Wagner, Christoph (17 July 2024)."Irène Schweizer bot den Mitmusikern Paroli. Und entwickelte dabei ihre unverkennbare Klangsprache" .Neue Zürcher Zeitung . Retrieved17 July 2024 . ^ "Artists: Irène Schweizer, piano / drums" .Intakt Records . RetrievedOctober 22, 2023 .
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