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Conny Bauer: Trombonist, born 1943. Repeated appearances with Schweizer in the 1980s. Recordings with Schweizer and the London Jazz Composers Orchestra: Theoria (1991) and Radio Rondo (2008). Lives in Berlin.

Han Bennink: Percussionist, born 1942. Has worked with Schweizer since the recording of European Echoes in 1969. Countless appearances together in various ensembles. Duo CDs: Irène Schweizer – Han Bennink (1995) and Welcome Back (2015). Lives in Amsterdam.

Anthony Braxton: Saxophonist, music theorist, born 1945. Lives in Middletown (Connecticut).

Peter Brötzmann: Saxophonist, born 1941. Has known Schweizer since 1965. Occasional concerts together in the early years. Recorded on European Echoes in 1969. In 1984, Schweizer played in his ensemble at the Sound Unity Festival in New York. Lives in Wuppertal.

Peter Bürli: Journalist, head of the jazz department of the Swiss Radio DRS/SRF. Born 1957. Has done articles and programs on Schweizer since 1985; organized numerous studio recordings and concert recordings with Schweizer, some of which appear on Intakt CDs. Lives in Zürich.

Rüdiger Carl: Saxophonist, clarinetist, accordionist, born 1944. Met Schweizer in 1972 as part of the FMP scene, and then played in many ensembles with her. Various recordings together for FMP, and, after 1988, with COWWS. Lives in Frankfurt.

John Corbett: Cultural organizer, concert promoter, gallerist, born 1963. Presented Schweizer in Chicago; her solo concert there in 2000 was released on CD. Re-released the out-of-print live recording of the Tchicai-Schweizer Group at the 1975 Willisau Jazz Festival, “Willi the Pig,” on CD. Lives in Chicago.

Sylvie Courvoisier: Pianist, born 1968. Met Schweizer in the early 1980s. Lives in New York.

Monique Crelier: Born 1994; has been Schweizer’s partner since 2009. Formerly ran a hairdresser’s salon. Lives in Basel.

Marilyn Crispell: Pianist, born 1947. Duo CD with Irène Schweizer: Overlapping Hands: Eight Segments (FMP 1990). Lives in Woodstock.

Andrew Cyrille: Percussionist, born 1939. Various concerts with Schweizer; CD releases: Irène Schweizer – Andrew Cyrille (recorded live at Willisau Jazz Festival 1988) and Berne Concert with Trio 3 + Irène Schweizer (2007). Lives in New York.

Jacques Demière: Pianist, born 1954. Worked with Schweizer as composer and pianist in the mid-1980s. Lives in Geneva.

Hamid Drake: Percussionist, born 1955. Numerous appearances with Schweizer in Europe and Chicago. Their recordings from taktlos 1998 and Willisau 2007 appear on the Intakt CD Irène Schweizer – Fred Anderson – Hamid Drake. Lives in Chicago and Milan.

Pierre Favre: Percussionist, born 1937. First recording with Schweizer as Pierre Favre Trio: Santana (1968). Has since been a close musical partner and confidant of Schweizer. Was present along with Schweizer in 1969 at the recording of European Echoes by Manfred Schoof. Countless concerts and three duo CDs with Schweizer. Worked at Paiste from 1967 to 1972, Schweizer worked there as his secretary. Lives in Uster.

Peter K. Frey: Bassist, born 1941. In 1971, played in the Irène Schweizer Quartet with Makaya Ntshoko and Jürg Grau. Lived in the cultural-politically engaged musicians’ living community WG am Wasser with, among others, Schweizer and the pianist Urs Voerkel, from 1974 to 1977. In their Huus Trio, Schweizer played drums. Founded the Workshop for Improvised Music (WIM) and Swiss Musicians’ Cooperative (MKS). Lives in Zürich.

Jost Gebers: Bassist, social worker, born 1940. Founder of Free Music Production (FMP), directed FMP, organized the Total Music Meeting, Free Music Workshop, and other concert series in Berlin from 1968 to 2000. Produced and released numerous recordings with Schweizer, including Wilde Señoritas (1976) and Hexensabbat (1977). Lives in Borken.

Barry Guy: Bassist, born 1947. Leads the London Jazz Composers Orchestra. Various appearances and recordings with Schweizer, including Theoria (1991) and Radio Rondo (2008). Lives near Zürich.

Rosina Kuhn: Painter, born 1940, a friend of Schweizer’s since 1977. Performances together until 1983. Designed the CD covers for Les Diaboliques. Lives in Zürich.

Oliver Lake: Saxophonist, born 1942. Concerts with Schweizer, Reggie Workman, and Andrew Cyrille in 2007 in Bern and Zürich; a concert recording was released on Intakt as Berne Concert with Trio 3 + Irène Schweizer. Lives in Montclair, New Jersey.

Patrik Landolt: Cultural organizer, journalist, CD producer, concert organizer, editor for many years of the left-wing weekly paper WoZ. Born 1956. Has known Schweizer since 1976. Beginning in 1982, he founded, with Schweizer, various autonomous musicians’ and cultural initiatives, including Fabrikjazz, taktlos, unerhört! and, finally, Intakt. Close friend, confidant, and supporter of Schweizer. Lives in Zürich.

Joëlle Léandre: Bassist, born 1951. Has known Schweizer since 1978. Countless appearances together, including the trio Les Diaboliques with Maggie Nicols since 1991. Various recordings and releases together on Nato, FMP, and Intakt. Lives in Paris.

George E. Lewis: Trombonist, composer, professor of composition at Columbia University in New York. Born 1952. Many concerts with Schweizer in a wide variety of ensembles. Recordings together: Les Douze Sons (Joëlle Léandre, 1983), Live at taktlos (1984), and The Storming of the Winter Palace (1986). Lives in New York.

Paul Lovens: Percussionist, born 1949. Has known Schweizer since 1975, from the WG am Wasser. Played with Schweizer at the first taktlos festival in 1984; the recording appeared as the first Intakt LP, Live at taktlos. Lives in Nickelsdorf, Austria.

La Lupa: Folksinger, born 1947. Has known Schweizer since 1985, is her friend, and developed a concert program together with her. Lives in Zürich.

Rosmarie A.Meier: Sociologist, concert organizer, born 1955. Directs the Alters­zentrum Pfrundhaus-Bürgerasyl elder living facility in Zürich. Has known Schweizer since 1979 as a close friend and confidante. Organized the first Swiss Women’s Jazz Festival Canaille in 1986. Has organized concerts and tours for Schweizer, and founded the Intakt label with Patrik Landolt. Lives in Zürich.

Tommy Meier: Saxophonist, born 1959. CDs with Schweizer and his band Root Down: Root Down (2007), and The Master and the Rain (2010). Lives in Jonen.

Louis Moholo: Percussionist, born 1940. Has known Schweizer since 1964; countless concerts together in a wide variety of ensembles. Recordings and releases in trio with Schweizer and Rüdiger Carl from 1975 to 1978: Messer and Tuned Boots; duo CD Irène Schweizer – Louis Moholo (Intakt, 1986). 2003 tour of South Africa with Schweizer. Lives in Cape Town.

Mani Neumeier: Percussionist, born 1940. Has known Schweizer since 1963; played in the Schweizer Trio from 1964 to 1967. Recordings together: Early Tapes (1967) and Jazz Meets India (1967). Lives near Heidelberg.

Maggie Nicols: Singer, born 1948. Has played with Schweizer in a wide variety of ensembles since 1978, first in the Feminist Improvising Group FIG, later also in the taktlos group, and since 1991 in the trio Les Diaboliques with Léandre. Various recordings and releases together. Lives in Carms, Wales.

Lucas Niggli: Percussionist, born 1968. Works as board member with Schweizer in the Intakt Records Association. Lives in Uster.

Makaya Ntshoko: Percussionist, born 1939. Has known Schweizer since 1962, countless concerts in many different groups. Recordings and releases together: Willi the Pig: Live at the Willisau Jazz Festival (1975, with John Tchicai and Buschi Niebergall) and Can Walk on Sand (Where’s Africa Trio with Omri Ziegele, 2009). Lives in Basel.

Evan Parker: Saxophonist, born 1942. Worked with Schweizer sporadically over many years, beginning in 1969 in the Pierre Favre Quartet. Recordings with Schweizer and the London Jazz Composers Orchestra: Theoria (1991) and Radio Rondo (2008). Lives in Faversham, England.

William Parker: Bassist, directs the New York Vision Festival. Born 1952. With Peter Kowald, organized the Sound Vision Festival in New York in 1984, at which Schweizer appeared. Occasional appearances together since then in New York and Zürich. Lives in New York.

Barre Phillips: Bassist, born 1934. Occasional concerts with Schweizer in various groups since 1970; recordings with her and the London Jazz Composers Orchestra: Theoria (1991) and Radio Rondo (2008). Lives in France.

Marianne Regard: Neuropsychologist, born 1946. Has known Schweizer since the late 1960s; they have been friends since 1975. Since then she has become one of Schweizer’s closest friends, and has accompanied her on many concert tours. Lives in Zürich.

Urs Röllin: Guitarist, founder and director of the Schaffhausen Jazz Festival, born 1959. Organized many of Schweizer’s concerts, and has presented her work since 1990 at the festival in many different ensembles. Also a member of the festival’s advisory board. Lives in Schaffhausen.

Isolde Schaad: Writer, publicist, works for the left-wing weekly paper WoZ, born 1944. In 1967, she wrote her first article about Schweizer, and in 1990 she gave the honorary address when Schweizer was awarded the Georg Fischer prize. Originally from Schaffhausen. Lives in Zürich.

Margrit Schlatter: Younger sister of Irène Schweizer, pharmacist, born 1942. Married with a son. Lives in Schaffhausen.

Alexander von Schlippenbach: Pianist, born 1938. With Schweizer, was part of the recording of European Echoes by Manfred Schoof. Lives in Berlin.

Manfred Schoof: Trumpeter, born 1936. Appeared with Schweizer in 1967 at the Donaueschingen Music Days and the Berlin Jazz Days, in the project “Jazz Meets India.” Schweizer also took part in the recording of his European Echoes in June 1969 in Bremen. This influential LP was the beginning of the FMP label. Lives near Cologne.

Günter Baby Sommer: Percussionist, born 1943. Numerous appearances and tours with Schweizer since 1984. Recordings together: Live at taktlos (1984), The Storming of the Winter Palace (1986), and Irène Schweizer – Günter Sommer (1987). Lives in Radebeul.

Bruno Spoerri: Saxophonist, born 1935. Has known Schweizer since her first appearance at the National Amateur Jazz Festival Zürich in 1958. They performed together with his band Jazz Rock Experience in 1970. Lives in Zürich.

Co Streiff: Saxophonist, born 1959. Met Schweizer at the 1986 Canaille Festival; since then has played with her in various groups. Duo CD: Twin Lines (Intakt, 2001). Lives in Jonen.

Fredy Studer: Percussionist, born 1948. Played with Schweizer in the Jazz Rock Experience. In 1972, he took over Pierre Favre’s position at Paiste, where Schweizer worked as a secretary until 1974. Lives in Lucerne.

Niklaus Troxler: Graphic artist, founded the Willisau Jazz Festival in 1975, born 1947. Organized numerous concerts for Schweizer, and presented her work continuously and comprehensively in a wide variety of ensembles between 1968 and 1992. Presented Schweizer’s first solo concert, in Willisau in 1976. Lives in Willisau and Berlin.

Nikola Weisse: Actress with the Marthaler company in Basel, born 1941. Has known Schweizer since 1985; has been her friend and neighbor since 2004. Lives in Zürich.

Jürg Wickihalder: Saxophonist, born 1973 in Glarus. Recorded the Intakt CDs Jump, by the Jürg Wickihalder European Quartet feat. Irène Schweizer, and Spring, by the Irène Schweizer – Jürg Wickihalder Duo. Lives in Zürich.

Reggie Workman: Bassist, born 1937. Concerts with Schweizer, Lake, and Cyrille in 2007, in Bern and Zürich, were released on Intakt as Berne Concert with Trio 3 + Irène Schweizer. Lives in New York.

Omri Ziegele: Saxophonist, born 1959. Numerous duo concerts with Schweizer since 1997; founded and worked with her in the musicians’ initiative OHR. With Schweizer, recorded the CDs Where’s Africa (2005) and Can Walk on Sand (2009). Lives in Zürich.