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Birth name
  
Irene Schweizer

Role
  
Jazz Pianist

Name
  
Irene Schweizer

Instruments
  
Piano

Occupation(s)
  
Musician


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Origin
  
Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Albums
  
Live in Zurich, Where\'s Africa, Live At Taktlos

Genres
  
Avant-garde jazz, Free improvisation, Free jazz

Associated acts
  
Pierre Favre, Louis Moholo, Andrew Cyrille, Gunter Sommer

Similar People
  
Pierre Favre, Maggie Nicols, Han Bennink, Omri Ziegele, Joelle Leandre

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Irène Schweizer (born June 2, 1941) is a Swiss jazz and free improvising pianist. She was born in Schaffhausen, in 1941. She has performed and recorded numerous solo piano performances as well as performing as part of the Feminist Improvising Group, whose members include Lindsay Cooper, Maggie Nichols, Georgie Born and Sally Potter. She has also performed a series of duets with drummers Pierre Favre, Louis Moholo, Andrew Cyrille, Günter Sommer, Han Bennink, Hamid Drake, as well as in trio and quartet sessions with others, including John Tchicai, Evan Parker and Peter Kowald. With Yusef Lateef, Uli Trepte and Mani Neumeier she performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967. One of her most enduring collaborations is with the improvising musician Rüdiger Carl.

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Irène Schweizer Solo - Schaffhauser Jazzfestival 2016


Solo

Irène Schweizer Irne Schweizer Piano Drums Duos on Intakt Records

  • Wilde Señoritas (FMP, 1977)
  • Hexensabbat (FMP, 1978)
  • Piano Solo Vol. 1 (Intakt, 1992)
  • Piano Solo Vol. 2 (Intakt, 1992)
  • Piano Solo: Many And One Direction (Intakt, 1996)
  • Chicago Piano Solo (Intakt, 2001)
  • First Choice: Piano Solo KKL Luzern (Intakt, 2006)
  • To Whom It May Concern: Piano Solo Tonhalle Zürich (Intakt, 2011)

    • Duo


  • The Very Centre of Middle Europe (HatHut, 1978), with Rüdiger Carl
  • Die V-Mann Suite (FMP, 1981), with Rüdiger Carl
  • Irène Schweizer & Louis Moholo (Intakt, 1987)
  • Cordial Gratin (FMP, 1987), with Joëlle Léandre
  • Irene Schweizer & Günter Sommer (Intakt, 1988), with Günter Sommer
  • Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille (Intakt, 1989), with Andrew Cyrille
  • Overlapping Hands: Eight Segments (FMP, 1991), with Marilyn Crispell
  • Irène Schweizer & Pierre Favre (Intakt, 1992), with Pierre Favre
  • Irène Schweizer & Han Bennink (Intakt, 1996), with Han Bennink
  • European Masters of Improvisation (Captain Trip, Tokyo Tower Wax Museum, 1997), with Mani Neumeier
  • Twin Lines (Intakt, 2002), with Co Streiff
  • Ulrichsberg (Intakt, 2004), with Pierre Favre
  • Where's Africa (Intakt, 2005), with Omri Ziegele
  • Live in Zürich (Intakt, 2013), with Pierre Favre
  • Spring (Intakt, 2014), with Jürg Wickihalder
  • Welcome Back (Intakt, 2015), with Han Bennink

    • Trios and larger ensembles

    Irène Schweizer INTAKT RECORDS Irne Schweizer Jrg Wickihalder Spring INTAKT CD 234

  • Jazz Meets India (SABA, 1967), with Mani Neumeier, Dewan Motihar, Keshay Sathe, Manfred Schoof, Kusum Thakur, Uli Trepte, and Barney Wilen
  • Ramifications (Ogun, 1975), with Rüdiger Carl, Paul Lovens, Radu Malfatti, and Harry Miller
  • Messer (FMP, 1976), with Rüdiger Carl and Louis Moholo
  • Tuned Boots (FMP, 1978), with Rüdiger Carl and Louis Moholo
  • Live at Taktlos (Intakt, 1986), with Lindsay Cooper, Joëlle Léandre, George Lewis, Paul Lovens, Maggie Nichols, and Günter Sommer
  • The Storming of the Winter Palace (Intakt, 1988), with Joëlle Léandre, George Lewis, Maggie Nichols, and Günter Sommer
  • Paris Quartet (Intakt, 1989), with Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, and Daunik Lazro
  • Theoria (Intakt, 1992), with Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers Orchestra
  • Double Trouble Two (Intakt, 1998), with Marilyn Crispell, Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers Orchestra, and Pierre Favre
  • Ensemble Oggimusica Meets Irene Schweizer (Altrisuoni, 2000), with Ensemble Oggimusica
  • Willisau & Taktlos (Intakt, 2007), with Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake
  • Radio Rondo / Schaffhausen Concert (Intakt, 2009), with Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers Orchestra
  • Berne Concert (Intakt, 2009), with Trio 3 (Andrew Cyrille, Oliver Lake, and Reggie Workman)
  • Jump! (Intakt, 2011), with the Jürg Wickihalder European Quartet

    • With Joe McPhee

  • Topology (Hat Hut, 1981)

    • Songs

    Wilde SeñoritasWilde Señoritas · 1977
    Radio RondoRadio Rondo / Schaffhausen Concert · 2009
    The Storming of the Winter PalaceThe Storming of the Winter Palace · 1988

    References

    Irène Schweizer Wikipedia
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