Irène Schweizer & Pierre Favre is a live album by pianist Irène Schweizer and drummer Pierre Favre. It was recorded on February 16 and 17, 1990, at Restaurant Schweizerbund in Bern, Switzerland, and was released in 1992 by Intakt Records.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Irène Schweizer & Pierre Favre | |
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| Live album by | |
| Released | 1992 |
| Recorded | February 16 and 17, 1990 |
| Venue | Restaurant Schweizerbund, Bern, Switzerland |
| Genre | Free Improvisation |
| Length | 59:32 |
| Label | Intakt CD 009 |
In an interview, Schweizer reflected on her long-term relationship with Favre, stating: "Playing with Pierre has an intuitive sureness... Because of our collaboration over decades, we have a broad basis of common musical experiences that of course are useful in our improvisation. It has been a long friendship: even when we haven't seen each other for a long time, as soon as we play together, everything that went before is again present."[3]
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [6] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | A[7] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz |  [8] |
In a review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek wrote: "the sheer musicality of this pair is staggering... This is a topnotch live set that reveals piano and drum pairings are not always percussive pound-a-thons."[1]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings described Favre as a "melodic" player, "moving round the kit much as [Schweizer] moves across the keyboard," and commented: "the level of interaction is such that one almost seems to be hearing a meta-instrument, a source of sound which is neither one voice nor the other, but a genuine synthesis of the two."[6]
Track listing
editComposed by Irène Schweizer and Pierre Favre.
- "Cache-Cache" – 4:38
- "Ein Schnelles Verfahren" – 4:54
- "Miramara" – 3:30
- "Bongiorno Giacomo" – 7:44
- "Fulmination" – 2:55
- "Flying Over the Limmat" – 13:03
- "Ein Ton Kommt Selten Allein..." – 3:35
- "Moving Time" – 5:04
- "What Is It You Wanted?" – 5:25
- "First Wave - Last Word" – 5:07
Personnel
edit- Irène Schweizer – piano
- Pierre Favre – drums, percussion
References
edit- ^ a b c Jurek, Thom. "Irène Schweizer / Pierre Favre: Irène Schweizer & Pierre Favre". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ "Irène Schweizer & Pierre Favre". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ a b "Irène Schweizer – Piano/Drums Duos". Intakt Records. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ "Irène Schweizer discography". JazzLists. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ "Irène Schweizer: Intakt Records" (PDF). Intakt Records. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 1271.
- ^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Irene Schweizer". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 773.