Thank you for this text, I enjoyed reading the tribute about Irène Schweizer very much! What a great musician, I miss her. I saw her at the Porgy+Bess Vienna, solo and at the MUKU Alte Gerberei in St. Johann Tyrol, for example, with Joelle Léandre.
wonderful obit, thanks for the links! been listening to those drummer duets all week. anyway, i think you first heard her live in October '89 in the Elbo Room where the nomads were temporarily housed. She was in a trio with Leandre and Nichols...the owner/manager kept coming over and saying how good the girls were. from their reactions, or lack there of, it wasn't the first time they heard such "compliments" (he did mean well...)
Oh damn, you're right, Lawrence. My memory is even worse that I thought. When I think of Southend and Elbo Room it's always the Brötzmann/Sharrock duo I think of, but you're right. Wow.
Spent the weekend with much of her work, but most of the concentration was on "Canaille..."; "Ulrichsberg" ("Nomades" got played over and over...); "Musical Monsters," "Jazz Meets India" and the "Early Tapes" with Mani and Uli. She was a mighty force! Thanks for spreading the memories.
Thank you for this text, I enjoyed reading the tribute about Irène Schweizer very much! What a great musician, I miss her. I saw her at the Porgy+Bess Vienna, solo and at the MUKU Alte Gerberei in St. Johann Tyrol, for example, with Joelle Léandre.
wonderful obit, thanks for the links! been listening to those drummer duets all week. anyway, i think you first heard her live in October '89 in the Elbo Room where the nomads were temporarily housed. She was in a trio with Leandre and Nichols...the owner/manager kept coming over and saying how good the girls were. from their reactions, or lack there of, it wasn't the first time they heard such "compliments" (he did mean well...)
Oh damn, you're right, Lawrence. My memory is even worse that I thought. When I think of Southend and Elbo Room it's always the Brötzmann/Sharrock duo I think of, but you're right. Wow.
Spent the weekend with much of her work, but most of the concentration was on "Canaille..."; "Ulrichsberg" ("Nomades" got played over and over...); "Musical Monsters," "Jazz Meets India" and the "Early Tapes" with Mani and Uli. She was a mighty force! Thanks for spreading the memories.
Yeah, so much more that I didn't get into. The Canaille stuff is fascinating.