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Irène Schweizer (02 Jun 1941 - )

Female Person - Switzerland Swiss free jazz pianist and drummer

Releases (10)

Official

Album

  1. Wilde Señoritas 1977
  2. Hexensabbat 1978
  3. Piano Solo, Volume 1 1992
  4. Piano Solo: Many and One Direction 1996
  5. Chicago Piano Solo 2001
  6. First Choice: Piano Solo KKL Luzern 2006
  7. To Whom It May Concern: Piano Solo Tonhalle Zürich 2011

Album - Live

  1. Live at Taktlos 1986
  2. Piano Solo, Volume 2 1992

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. 2002-11-01: JazzFest, Stilwerkforum, Berlin, Germany

Relationships (2)

Member Of

  1. Elsie Jo (1991) original, piano
  2. Irène Schweizer Trio

Recordings by (80)

  1. Wilde Señoritas 15:50 (1977)
  2. Saitengebilde (Last Part to Dudu) 18:17 (1977)
  3. Hexensabbat 8:54 (1978)
  4. Rapunzel…Rapunzel…! 11:34 (1978)
  5. Chabis 2:21 (1978)
  6. Choix Mixed 4:51 (1978)
  7. Dykes on Bykes 4:17 (1978)
  8. Lavender Valse 3:09 (1978)
  9. Monkey Woman 3:50 (1978)
  10. Baba-Rum 4:01 (1978)
  11. First Meeting 9:50 (1986)
  12. Lungs and Legs Willing? 11:40 (1986)
  13. Trutznacht Igall 20:15 (1986)
  14. Every, Now and Then... 0:55 (1986)
  15. Sisterhood of Spit (Dedicated to Chris and Dudu) 3:19 (1992)
  16. Fox-Trottel 3:14 (1992)
  17. All Alone 3:01 (1992)
  18. Serious Hanging-Out 9:31 (1992)
  19. Shredded Shuffle 5:19 (1992)
  20. Creeping Waltz 6:02 (1992)
  21. Chüschtenplötz 8:02 (1992)
  22. ... Ausserdem u. andererseits u. aussersihl 8:39 (1992)
  23. Ask Me Now 3:44 (1992)
  24. Verschoben 5:33 (1992)
  25. Irritations & Variations 5:11 (1992)
  26. The Ballad of the Sad Café 4:06 (1992)
  27. Wo ist mein Hund? 2:32 (1992)
  28. Backlash 3:33 (1992)
  29. Stomping at the Church 4:47 (1992)
  30. Melancholy Single Blues 4:06 (1992)
  31. Look In 1:45 (1992)
  32. Look Out 3:27 (1992)
  33. Polka, Dots & Stringbeans 2:48 (1992)
  34. Wieso 1:38 (1992)
  35. Broken notes 3:26 (1992)
  36. Endlich! 3:46 (1992)
  37. Talking Frog 5:02 (1992)
  38. Blauer Mazurka 3:04 (1992)
  39. Contours 4:41 (1996)
  40. Hüben wie Drüben 5:14 (1996)
  41. Mayday 5:52 (1996)
  42. Jungle Beats 5:33 (1996)
  43. Nobile 4:59 (1996)
  44. Ictus 2:43 (1996)
  45. Last Call 2:33 (1996)
  46. Im Zwielicht 7:45 (1996)
  47. Sisyphos 3:54 (1996)
  48. Saitenpfade 3:40 (1996)
  49. Heat Flushes 3:51 (1996)
  50. Bleu Fonc 3:42 (1996)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. European Echoes, Part 2 15:24 Manfred Schoof (1969) piano
  2. European Echoes, Part 1 15:24 Manfred Schoof (1969) piano
  3. Goose Pannée 21:15 Schweizer/Carl Quartet (11 Sep 1975) piano
  4. Masur 0:40 Schweizer/Carl Quartet (11 Sep 1975) piano
  5. Scheidling Extra 9:40 Schweizer/Carl Quartet (11 Sep 1975) piano
  6. Glücksgäu 4:30 Schweizer/Carl Quartet (11 Sep 1975) piano
  7. Opus de Fökk 4:20 Schweizer/Carl Quartet (11 Sep 1975) piano
  8. Saitengebilde (Last Part to Dudu) 18:17 Irène Schweizer (1977) piano
  9. Wilde Señoritas 15:50 Irène Schweizer (1977) piano
  10. Hexensabbat 8:54 Irène Schweizer (1978) piano
  11. Dykes on Bykes 4:17 Irène Schweizer (1978) piano
  12. Tuned Boots 20:32 Schweizer, Carl, Moholo (1978) piano
  13. Blues 7:31 Schweizer, Carl, Moholo (1978) piano
  14. + Bambus 8:03 Schweizer, Carl, Moholo (1978) piano
  15. Boose 3:08 Schweizer, Carl, Moholo (1978) piano
  16. Rapunzel…Rapunzel…! 11:34 Irène Schweizer (1978) piano
  17. Monkey Woman 3:50 Irène Schweizer (1978) piano
  18. Baba-Rum 4:01 Irène Schweizer (1978) piano
  19. Chabis 2:21 Irène Schweizer (1978) piano
  20. Choix Mixed 4:51 Irène Schweizer (1978) piano
  21. Day by Day: Gretel's Tale 3:58 Henry Cow (1978) guest, piano
  22. Lavender Valse 3:09 Irène Schweizer (1978) piano
  23. First Meeting 9:50 Irène Schweizer (1986) piano
  24. Lungs and Legs Willing? 11:40 Irène Schweizer (1986) piano
  25. Trutznacht Igall 20:15 Irène Schweizer (1986) piano
  26. Dunoiseries du chinois 3:00 Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro (1989) piano
  27. Conversation intime 1:40 Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro (1989) piano
  28. Wüste Goldküste 7:25 Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro (1989) piano
  29. Via Eustachi 14 4:15 Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro (1989) piano
  30. Fiction of the 13th Kind 12:41 Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille (1989) piano
  31. French Fries 5:55 Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro (1989) piano
  32. Andiamo mangare, mais où ? 5:25 Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro (1989) piano
  33. Paris Quartet 4:20 Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro (1989) piano
  34. Nous on aime 5:50 Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro (1989) piano
  35. Intime Conversation 2:10 Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro (1989) piano
  36. Soft Inside 3:23 Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille (1989) piano
  37. La Fête oubliée 1:45 Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro (1989) piano
  38. From Stäfa to Willisau Via Music 13:01 Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille (1989) piano
  39. Esquimo Song 2:30 Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro (1989) piano
  40. Beaujolais pas nouveau 2:10 Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro (1989) piano
  41. A Monkish Encore 4:37 Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille (1989) piano
  42. Smashing Napf 6:53 Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille (1989) piano
  43. As Time Goes On 4:08 Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille (1989) piano
  44. Ballade Ussersihl 4:25 Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro (1989) piano
  45. Falls... 1:35 COWWS Quintett (01 Jun 1991) piano
  46. Lapide 3:40 COWWS Quintett (01 Jun 1991) piano
  47. Dieter für Günther 2:15 COWWS Quintett (01 Jun 1991) piano
  48. Ruhe II 2:10 COWWS Quintett (01 Jun 1991) piano

Produced

  1. Wilde Señoritas 15:50 Irène Schweizer (1977)
  2. Saitengebilde (Last Part to Dudu) 18:17 Irène Schweizer (1977)

Credited as (34)

  1. Irène Schweizer
  2. Irène Schweizer & Han Bennink
  3. Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Irène Schweizer, Léon Francioli & Pierre Favre
  4. Irène Schweizer & Pierre Favre
  5. Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille
  6. Marilyn Crispell & Irène Schweizer
  7. Irène Schweizer & Omri Ziegele
  8. Omri Ziegele Where's Africa Trio with Irène Schweizer & Makaya Ntshoko
  9. Irène Schweizer & Günter Sommer
  10. Irene Schweizer / Fred Anderson / Hamid Drake
  11. Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composer's Orchestra with Irène Schweizer
  12. Irène Schweizer, Rüdiger Carl, Paul Lovens, Radu Malfatti, Harry Miller
  13. Schweizer, Carl, Moholo
  14. Irène Schweizer, Rüdiger Carl
  15. Irène Schweizer, Joëlle Léandre
  16. Irène Schweizer, Maggie Nicols, George Lewis, Joëlle Léandre, Günter Sommer
  17. Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irène Schweizer, Daunik Lazro
  18. Irène Schweizer, Mani Neumeier
  19. Barry Guy, London Jazz Composers' Orchestra with Irène Schweizer, Marilyn Crispell, Pierre Favre
  20. Ensemble Oggimusica Meets Irène Schweizer
  21. Co Streiff, Irène Schweizer
  22. Barry Guy, London Jazz Composers' Orchestra, Irène Schweizer
  23. Jürg Wickihalder European Quartet featuring Irène Schweizer
  24. Schweizer, Pierre Favre
  25. Schweizer, Favre
  26. Irène Schweizer & Louis Moholo
  27. Carl / Schweizer / Moholo
  28. Peter Kowald with Irène Schweizer
  29. Schweizer/Carl/Moholo
  30. Irène Schweizer, Han Bennink
  31. Irène Schweizer - Andrew Cyrille
  32. Trio 3 + Irène Schweizer
  33. Maggie Nicols, Lindsay Cooper & Irène Schweizer
  34. Don Cherry - John Tchicai - Irène Schweizer - Léon Francioli - Pierre Favre

Works (25)

Composed

  1. Smashing Napf
  2. Soft Inside
  3. From Stäfa to Willisau Via Music
  4. As Time Goes On
  5. A Monkish Encore
  6. Elibon
  7. Serious Fun
  8. One for Dollar
  9. Sisterhood of Spit
  10. Spiral Arrival
  11. Megalops Presents
  12. Ta'Ay (Now)
  13. Anything Goes
  14. Piano Sketches
  15. Opus de Fökk
  16. Goose Pannée
  17. Musical Monsters 1
  18. Musical Monsters 2
  19. Musical Monsters 3
  20. Musical Monsters 4
  21. R. I. Exchange 1
  22. Phrases
  23. Timbral Interplay
  24. WSLC

Dedicated Works

  1. Fly Whisk

Events (3)

Main Performer At

  1. Uncool: Festival of International Contemporary Music 2001, Day 1: Ascension
  2. 14. Jazz Festival Willisau 1988: Irène Schweizer – Andrew Cyrille / Jimmy Giuffre – André Jaume / David Murray – Jack DeJohnette
  3. 2. Jazz Festival Willisau 1976, Konzert 4 piano

Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/132396122
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93074968
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14063679m
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n93074968

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/158511

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A8ne_Schweizer

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/296710

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000098952

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/40535272

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118411

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ytbVMei74be9tZ9DWiFP9

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irene_Schweizer_(Annamarie_Ursula)_P1120606.JPG