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Irene Schweizer


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  • 5 months later...

I just got Chicago Piano Solo - in a sales bin, for about 7 bucks.

My first Schweizer (and I am the Schweizer on this board... -_- )

No chance to listen yet, but I'll report back.

ubu

I love this albulm.

The Monk and Ibrahim influence are obvoius.

She also like to startle the listener and demand attention, intense stuff.

At first it may sound quite "out"but after a few listenings you will dicover that the music is well stuctured.

One of my fav cd of 2003.

In general theUS audience is not well exposed to European jazz, such a pity!!

As I think it as a freshess and openess that is quite different.

Your comments are awaited with anticipation

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I'd say check out 'Les Diaboliques'. It was recorded live with a trio of vocalist Maggie Nichols, bassist Joelle Leandre, and Irene on piano. There is a playful spirit that runs through this recording. And the playing is incredible!

Also check out 'The Storming of the Winter Palace' with an all-star lineup of free improvisers: vocalist Maggie Nicols, trombonist George Lewis, bassist Joelle Leandre, and percussionist GĂ¼nter Sommer. Anything with Lewis on it is essential.

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Thanks! But I think subscribing might be the best. Usually the swiss frank tends to be in between 1.4-1.5 US$ - the current situation being rather extreme for the last two or three years.

Subscribing might be the best thing, anyway, as supporting small labels is a good thing for sure, and Intakt has a very fine back list, which I think as a subscriber you can get for the special prize, too. (which is 25 swiss franks)

ubu

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Schweizer is amazing and rather underrated in the continuum of free European pianists. For some of her earlier recordings, I recommend the trio with Pierre Favre and Peter Kowald, "Santana" (on a private LP as well as an FMP reissue), the Favre quartet on Wergo (which adds Evan Parker on his usual axes), and any of FMP LPs of the 70s -- especially those involving the powerhouse saxophonist Rudiger Carl (sort of in between Brotzmann and Parker on tenor). Hopefully the Atavistic UMS-FMP reissue series will hit some of these superb titles.

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