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Willisau and Taktlos

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Released
  
2007

Length
  
68:21

Label
  
Intakt Records

Venue
  
Willisau, Zürich

Release date
  
2007

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
August 28, 2004 & March 28, 1998

First Choice Piano Solo KKL Luzern (2006)
  
Willisau & Taktlos (2007)

Willisau & Taktlos (2007)
  
To Whom It May Concern Piano Solo Tonhalle Zürich (2011)

Artists
  
Irène Schweizer, Hamid Drake, Fred Anderson

Jazz albums
  
The Missing Link, Blue Winter, Dark Day, The Great Vision Concert, Summer Snow

Willisau & Taktlos is an album by Swiss jazz pianist Irène Schweizer with saxophonist Fred Anderson and drummer Hamid Drake, which was released on the Swiss Intakt label. The opening piece by the duo Schweizer-Drake was recorded at the Taktlos-Festival Zürich in 1998 and the other three improvisations by the trio were recorded at Jazzfestival Willisau in 2004.

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Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Alain Drouot states "The quieter passages certainly betray her European origins, but are not a distraction from this otherwise energetic, soulful, and pleasurable set."

The All About Jazz review by Nic Jones says "All three players are deeply alert to the integral values of free playing and they mine the seam so deeply that it seems as though their creativity is bottomless."

Track listing

All compositions by Schweizer, Anderson, Drake except as indicated
  1. "A Former Dialogue" (Schweizer-Drake) - 21:59
  2. "Trinity" - 28:55
  3. "Schwandrake" - 10:16
  4. "Willisau" - 7:41

Personnel

  • Irène Schweizer - piano
  • Fred Anderson - saxophone
  • Hamid Drake - drums
  • Songs

    1A Former Dialogue21:59
    2Trinity28:35
    3Schwandrake10:16

    References

    Willisau & Taktlos Wikipedia