p, *1941 CH, Schaffhausen
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Irène Schweizer
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.
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Live! | Irene Schweizer – Joey Baron | 2017 | Album |
Musical Monsters | Don Cherry - John Tchicai - Irene Schweizer, Léon Francioli - Pierre Favre | 2016 | Album |
Welcome Back | Irene Schweizer – Han Bennink | 2015 | Album |
Spring | Irene Schweizer - Jürg Wickihalder | 2014 | Album |
Live In Zürich | Irene Schweizer, Pierre Favre | 2013 | Album |
Jump! | Jürg Wickihalder European Quartet feat. Irene Schweizer | 2011 | Album |
To Whom It May Concern: Piano Solo Tonhalle Zürich | Irene Schweizer | 2011 | Album |
Radio Rondo / Schaffhausen Concert | Barry Guy – London Jazz Composers Orchestra / Irene Schweizer | 2009 | Album |
Berne Concert | Trio 3 + Irene Schweizer | 2009 | Album |
Willisau & Taktlos | Irene Schweizer / Fred Anderson / Hamid Drake | 2007 | Album |
First Choice – Piano Solo KKL Luzern | Irene Schweizer | 2006 | Album |
Portrait | Irene Schweizer | 2005 | Compil. |
Where's Africa | Irene Schweizer / Omri Ziegele | 2005 | Album |
Ulrichsberg | Irene Schweizer - Pierre Favre | 2004 | Album |
Wilde Señoritas Hexensabbat | Irene Schweizer | 2002 | Album |
Twin Lines | Co Streiff / Irene Schweizer | 2002 | Album |
Chicago Piano Solo | Irene Schweizer | 2001 | Album |
Ensemble Oggimusica Meets Irene Schweizer | Ensemble Oggimusica Meets Irene Schweizer | 2000 | Album |
Double Trouble Two | Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers Orchestra with Irene Schweizer, Marilyn Crispell, Pierre Favre | 1998 | Album |
European Masters Of Improvisation | Irene Schweizer + Mani Neumeier | 1997 | Album |
Irène Schweizer & Han Bennink | Irene Schweizer & Han Bennink | 1996 | Album |
Many And One Direction | Irene Schweizer | 1996 | Album |
Piano Solo Vol. 1 | Irene Schweizer | 1992 | Album |
Theoria | Barry Guy, London Jazz Composers Orchestra, Irene Schweizer | 1992 | Album |
Irène Schweizer & Pierre Favre | Irene Schweizer & Pierre Favre | 1992 | Album |
Piano Solo Vol. 2 | Irene Schweizer | 1992 | Album |
Overlapping Hands: Eight Segments | Marilyn Crispell & Irene Schweizer | 1991 | Album |
Jazz Excitement | Irene Schweizer Und Bovard Bourquin Francioli Clerc | 1989 | Single |
Paris Quartet | Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Irene Schweizer, Daunik Lazro | 1989 | Album |
Irene Schweizer / Andrew Cyrille | Irene Schweizer / Andrew Cyrille | 1989 | Album |
Irene Schweizer & Günter Sommer | Irene Schweizer / Günter Sommer | 1988 | Album |
Cordial Gratin | Irene Schweizer, Joëlle Léandre | 1988 | Album |
The Storming Of The Winter Palace | Irene Schweizer - Maggie Nicols - George Lewis - Joëlle Léandre - Günter Sommer | 1988 | Album |
Irène Schweizer & Louis Moholo | Irene Schweizer / Louis Moholo | 1987 | Album |
Live At Taktlos | Irene Schweizer | 1986 | Album |
Die V-Mann Suite | Irene Schweizer / Rüdiger Carl | 1981 | Album |
Hexensabbat | Irene Schweizer | 1978 | Album |
Tuned Boots | Irene Schweizer / Rüdiger Carl / Louis Moholo | 1978 | Album |
The Very Centre Of Middle Europe | Irene Schweizer / Rüdiger Carl | 1978 | Album |
Wilde Señoritas | Irene Schweizer | 1977 | Album |
Messer | Irene Schweizer / Rüdiger Carl / Louis Moholo | 1976 | Album |
Ramifications | Irene Schweizer, Rüdiger Carl, Paul Lovens, Radu Malfatti, Harry Miller | 1975 | Album |