Released 2007 Length 68:21 Label Intakt Records | Release date 2007 | |
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) 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- "A Former Dialogue" (Schweizer-Drake) - 21:59
- "Trinity" - 28:55
- "Schwandrake" - 10:16
- "Willisau" - 7:41
Personnel
Songs
1A Former Dialogue21:59
2Trinity28:35
3Schwandrake10:16