Irène Schweizer

Irène Schweizer
Irène Schweizer
	File:Irene Schweizer (Annamarie Ursula) P1120606.JPG Irene Schweizer in concert at Loft (Cologne) 2014
Background information
Birth name	Irène Schweizer
Born	June 2, 1941
Origin	Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Genres	Avant-garde jazz; Free improvisation; Free jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Piano
Associated acts	Pierre Favre, Louis Moholo, Andrew Cyrille, Günter Sommer, Feminist Improvising Group

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.

Discography

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 Records, 1987), with Louis Moholo
Cordial Gratin (FMP, 1987), with Joëlle Léandre
Irene Schweizer & Günter Sommer (Intakt Records, 1988), with Günter Sommer
Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille (Intakt Records, 1989), with Andrew Cyrille
Overlapping Hands: Eight Segments (FMP, 1991), with Marilyn Crispell
Irène Schweizer & Pierre Favre (Intakt Records, 1992), with Pierre Favre
Irène Schweizer & Han Bennink (Intakt Records, 1996), with Han Bennink
European Masters Of Improvisation (Captain Trip Records, Tokyo Tower Wax Museum, 1997), with Mani Neumeier
Twin Lines (Intakt Records, 2002), with Co Streiff
Ulrichsberg (Intakt Records, 2004), with Pierre Favre
Where's Africa (Intakt Records, 2005), with Omri Ziegele
Live In Zürich (Intakt Records, 2013), with Pierre Favre
Spring (Intakt Records, 2014), with Jürg Wickihalder
Welcome Back (Intakt Records, 2015), with Han Bennink

Jazz Meets India (SABA Records, 1967), with Mani Neumeier, Dewan Motihar, Keshay Sathe, Manfred Schoof, Kusum Thakur, Uli Trepte, and Barney Wilen
Ramifications (Ogun Records, 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 Records, 1986), with Lindsay Cooper, Joëlle Léandre, George Lewis, Paul Lovens, Maggie Nichols, and Günter Sommer
The Storming Of The Winter Palace (Intakt Records, 1988), with Joëlle Léandre, George Lewis, Maggie Nichols, and Günter Sommer
Paris Quartet (Intakt Records, 1989), with Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, and Daunik Lazro
Theoria (Intakt Records, 1992), with Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers Orchestra
Double Trouble Two (Intakt Records, 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 Records, 2007), with Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake
Radio Rondo / Schaffhausen Concert (Intakt Records, 2009), with Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers Orchestra
Berne Concert (Intakt Records, 2009), with Trio 3 (Andrew Cyrille, Oliver Lake, and Reggie Workman)
Jump! (Intakt Records, 2011), with the Jürg Wickihalder European Quartet

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