John Wolf Brennan
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John Wolf Brennan is an Irish
pianist, organist, melodica
player, and composer based out of Switzerland
.
Brennan's family moved to Switzerland when he was seven years old. He took piano lessons from age eleven, but played bass guitar
in a rock band in 1970 before returning to keyboards in 1974 to play in a jazz rock group. In 1977 he founded the free jazz
group Freemprovisations, which featured Peter Schärli among its members; he formed Impetus
in 1979. He studied at the University of Fribourg
(late 1970s), Swiss Jazz School in Berne
(1975-79), the conservatory in Lucerne
(1979-84), and the Academy of Church and School Music (1985-87).
Brother Peter Wolf was a singer,played saxophone,flute,oboe and founded in 1977 Weggis
Lucerne
possibly the most successful progressive rock bands to come from Switzerland Flame Dream (1977-1986) that released one album on Philips Records
,and five albums on Vertigo Records
;which featured new member Los Angeles guitarist Dale Hauskins on Flame Dream's third album "Out in the Dark" in 1981 produced by British producer John Acock(Steve Hackett
).
From 1980 to 1984 Brennan played in the Mohrenkopf Afro-jazz band, and worked in Impetus
and Triumbajo with Ushma Agnes Baumeler and Barni Palm in 1980-82. Between 1982 and 1989 he worked extensively with Urs Leimgruber, and in the 1980s also worked with Corin Curschellas and Christy Doran
. In 1988 he worked in New York City
for six months, then founded the drumless quartet Pago Libre the following year. Early in the 1990s he worked with Lindsay Cooper
, Daniele Patumi and Tscho Theissing in several ensembles, established the SinFONietta ensemble in 1991. In 1993 he worked with American drummer Alex Cline
in the quintet “Shooting Stars & Traffic Lights". In 1994, Russian hornist Arkady Shilkloper joined Pago Libre, resulting in a string of albums, from “Pago Libre" (1996, re-released 2002) to “Stepping Out" (2006), "platzDADA!" (2008) and "Fake Folk" (2009). In 1997 he lived in London and worked with Julie Tippetts, Evan Parker
and Chris Cutler
in a sextet called HeXtet, which set poems by Seamus Heaney
, Edgar Allan Poe
, Theo Dorgan
e.a. to music. In 1999 he toured in Finland with Ivo Perelman
, and worked with Gianluigi Trovesi
, Gianni Coscia
and Daniele Patumi in the quartet “Euradici“.
As improvisor, he worked with Chicago bassclarinetist Gene Coleman in a series of MOMENTUM albums, and with Christy Doran
and Patrice Héral in the group Triangulation, where he developed his personal style of “comprovisation“, a term he coined in 1989. He also released seven solopiano albums so far, from the first “The Beauty of Fractals“ (1989) to “Pictures in a Gallery" (2006) and the award-winning “The Speed of Dark" (2009). Following his album “The Well-Prepared Clavier“ (1998), he has developed an extensive array of prepared piano techniques, creating a whole universe of non-electronic sounds, from “arcopiano“ to “pizzicatopiano“, “tamburopiano“ to “sordinopiano“. In 2010, he created the sound installation “Inner & Outer Spaces“ together with video artist Susanne Hofer for the Lucerne Art Museum, performing live with Gerry Hemingway
and Thomas K.J.Mejer. Together with yodel singer Franziska Wigger and brass player Hanspeter Wigger he works in the trio Melos Montis, with pianist Esther Flückiger in the piano duo TwinKeys. In 2010, he launched the ensemble SONIC ROOTS with Andreas Gabriel, Christy Doran
, Marcel Oetiker, Heiri Kaenzig and Marc Halbheer. In addition to his work in jazz
music, Brennan composes for the art-music world as well, particularly chamber music and songs and pieces for theater, among them the two operas “Güdelmäntig“ (2004) and “Night.Shift“ (2007, based on W.H.Auden's poem "The Age of Anxiety". Brennan is a member of the Groupe Lacroix. The first volume of his SONIC ROOTS series of books (inspired by Celtic Country Dances) was premiered at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2010, published by Pan-Verlag.
(Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, 2009)
with Christy Doran
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
pianist, organist, melodica
Melodica
The melodica, also known as the "blow-organ" or "key-flute", is a free-reed instrument similar to the melodeon and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole,...
player, and composer based out of Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
Brennan's family moved to Switzerland when he was seven years old. He took piano lessons from age eleven, but played bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
in a rock band in 1970 before returning to keyboards in 1974 to play in a jazz rock group. In 1977 he founded the free jazz
Free jazz
Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
group Freemprovisations, which featured Peter Schärli among its members; he formed Impetus
Impetus
Impetus may refer to:* Impetus , a re-release of the EP Passive Restraints* Impetus , a concept very similar to momentum* Jean Buridan#Impetus Theory, middle-ages treatment on impetus and its originator Jean Buridan...
in 1979. He studied at the University of Fribourg
University of Fribourg
The University of Fribourg is a university in the city of Fribourg, Switzerland.The roots of the University can be traced back to 1582, when the notable Jesuit Peter Canisius founded the Collège Saint-Michel in the City of Fribourg. In 1763, an Academy of law was founded by the state of Frobourg...
(late 1970s), Swiss Jazz School in Berne
Berne
The city of Bern or Berne is the Bundesstadt of Switzerland, and, with a population of , the fourth most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 43 municipalities, has a population of 349,000. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000...
(1975-79), the conservatory in Lucerne
Lucerne
Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
(1979-84), and the Academy of Church and School Music (1985-87).
Brother Peter Wolf was a singer,played saxophone,flute,oboe and founded in 1977 Weggis
Weggis
Weggis is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.It forms part of the northern shore of Lake Lucerne. The official language is German.-History:In about 800 the monastery of Pfäfers acquired the court of Wattawis...
Lucerne
Lucerne
Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
possibly the most successful progressive rock bands to come from Switzerland Flame Dream (1977-1986) that released one album on Philips Records
Philips Records
Philips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics company Philips. It was started by "Philips Phonographische Industrie" in 1950. Recordings were made with popular artists of various nationalities and also with classical artists from Germany, France and Holland. Philips also...
,and five albums on Vertigo Records
Vertigo Records
Vertigo Records today is a UK-based record label operated by Universal Music UK.-History:Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the late 1960s for its record sub-label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI with Harvest Records and Decca Records with Deram...
;which featured new member Los Angeles guitarist Dale Hauskins on Flame Dream's third album "Out in the Dark" in 1981 produced by British producer John Acock(Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett
Stephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...
).
From 1980 to 1984 Brennan played in the Mohrenkopf Afro-jazz band, and worked in Impetus
Impetus
Impetus may refer to:* Impetus , a re-release of the EP Passive Restraints* Impetus , a concept very similar to momentum* Jean Buridan#Impetus Theory, middle-ages treatment on impetus and its originator Jean Buridan...
and Triumbajo with Ushma Agnes Baumeler and Barni Palm in 1980-82. Between 1982 and 1989 he worked extensively with Urs Leimgruber, and in the 1980s also worked with Corin Curschellas and Christy Doran
Christy Doran
Christy Doran is a jazz guitarist born in Dublin, Ireland and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland.Doran founded OM with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgrumber, and Bobby Burri in the 1970s; this ensemble recorded for ECM Records. He and Studer also worked together on a Jimi Hendrix tribute project in the 1990s...
. In 1988 he worked in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
for six months, then founded the drumless quartet Pago Libre the following year. Early in the 1990s he worked with Lindsay Cooper
Lindsay Cooper
Lindsay Cooper is an English bassoon and oboe player, composer and political activist. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the Pedestrians...
, Daniele Patumi and Tscho Theissing in several ensembles, established the SinFONietta ensemble in 1991. In 1993 he worked with American drummer Alex Cline
Alex Cline
Alex Cline is an American jazz drummer.Cline began playing drums with his twin brother, guitarist Nels Cline, at age 11. Their first band was called Homogenized Goo and included David Hirschman on guitar. He began a musical association with woodwind artist Jamil Shabaka in 1976 as "Duo Infinity"...
in the quintet “Shooting Stars & Traffic Lights". In 1994, Russian hornist Arkady Shilkloper joined Pago Libre, resulting in a string of albums, from “Pago Libre" (1996, re-released 2002) to “Stepping Out" (2006), "platzDADA!" (2008) and "Fake Folk" (2009). In 1997 he lived in London and worked with Julie Tippetts, Evan Parker
Evan Parker
Evan Shaw Parker is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded...
and Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of a number of other bands, including Art Bears, News from Babel, Pere Ubu and Gong/Mothergong...
in a sextet called HeXtet, which set poems by Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer. He lives in Dublin. Heaney has received the Nobel Prize in Literature , the Golden Wreath of Poetry , T. S. Eliot Prize and two Whitbread prizes...
, Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
, Theo Dorgan
Theo Dorgan
Theo Dorgan is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer. He currently lives in Dublin.- Career :Dorgan's poetry collections are The Ordinary House of Love ; Rosa Mundi; and Sappho’s Daughter...
e.a. to music. In 1999 he toured in Finland with Ivo Perelman
Ivo Perelman
Ivo Perelman is a Brazilian free jazz saxophonist born in Sao Paulo.Perelman learned to play guitar, cello, clarinet, trombone, and piano while young, and concentrated on tenor sax from age 19. He attended the Berklee College of Music for one semester and then dropped out, moving to Los Angeles in...
, and worked with Gianluigi Trovesi
Gianluigi Trovesi
thumb|200px|Gianluigi Trovesi in 2006.Gianluigi Trovesi is an Italian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer.A native of Nembro near Bergamo in Lombardy, he studied harmony and counterpoint under Vittorio Fellegara. Since then he has been a major player in the Italian and European jazz scene....
, Gianni Coscia
Gianni Coscia
Gianni Coscia is an Italian jazz accordionist. Originally a lawyer, Coscia began focusing full time on jazz music. Expresses an interest in developing "the remote values of cultural and popular tradition through the language of jazz." Has toured widely on the international jazz circuit...
and Daniele Patumi in the quartet “Euradici“.
As improvisor, he worked with Chicago bassclarinetist Gene Coleman in a series of MOMENTUM albums, and with Christy Doran
Christy Doran
Christy Doran is a jazz guitarist born in Dublin, Ireland and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland.Doran founded OM with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgrumber, and Bobby Burri in the 1970s; this ensemble recorded for ECM Records. He and Studer also worked together on a Jimi Hendrix tribute project in the 1990s...
and Patrice Héral in the group Triangulation, where he developed his personal style of “comprovisation“, a term he coined in 1989. He also released seven solopiano albums so far, from the first “The Beauty of Fractals“ (1989) to “Pictures in a Gallery" (2006) and the award-winning “The Speed of Dark" (2009). Following his album “The Well-Prepared Clavier“ (1998), he has developed an extensive array of prepared piano techniques, creating a whole universe of non-electronic sounds, from “arcopiano“ to “pizzicatopiano“, “tamburopiano“ to “sordinopiano“. In 2010, he created the sound installation “Inner & Outer Spaces“ together with video artist Susanne Hofer for the Lucerne Art Museum, performing live with Gerry Hemingway
Gerry Hemingway
Gerry Hemingway is an American jazz composer and percussionist.He has performed with Ernst Reijseger, Anthony Davis, Earl Howard, Leo Smith, George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, Ray Anderson, Mark Helias, Reggie Workman, Michael Moore, Oliver Lake, Marilyn Crispell, Christy Doran, John Wolf Brennan, Don...
and Thomas K.J.Mejer. Together with yodel singer Franziska Wigger and brass player Hanspeter Wigger he works in the trio Melos Montis, with pianist Esther Flückiger in the piano duo TwinKeys. In 2010, he launched the ensemble SONIC ROOTS with Andreas Gabriel, Christy Doran
Christy Doran
Christy Doran is a jazz guitarist born in Dublin, Ireland and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland.Doran founded OM with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgrumber, and Bobby Burri in the 1970s; this ensemble recorded for ECM Records. He and Studer also worked together on a Jimi Hendrix tribute project in the 1990s...
, Marcel Oetiker, Heiri Kaenzig and Marc Halbheer. In addition to his work in jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
music, Brennan composes for the art-music world as well, particularly chamber music and songs and pieces for theater, among them the two operas “Güdelmäntig“ (2004) and “Night.Shift“ (2007, based on W.H.Auden's poem "The Age of Anxiety". Brennan is a member of the Groupe Lacroix. The first volume of his SONIC ROOTS series of books (inspired by Celtic Country Dances) was premiered at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2010, published by Pan-Verlag.
Discography with the Groupe Lacroix
- 1997: The Composer Group together with the Moscow Rachmaninov Trio ([Creative Works Records])
- 1999: “Arpiade“ together with Barbara Sutter, Béatrice Wolf and Michael WolfMichael WolfMichael Wolf is the founder and managing partner of , a technology and strategy firm. He also currently serves on the boards of Entercom Communications Corporation...
(edition edex) - 2003: 8 Pieces on Paul Klee together with the Ensemble SortisatioEnsemble SortisatioEnsemble Sortisatio is a quartet founded by violist Matthias Sannemüller in 1992 in Leipzig, Germany. Its members are mostly soloists at the MDR Symphony Orchestra. They have specialized in contemporary classical music.- Formation :The Ensemble Sortisatio was founded in 1992 by Matthias...
Leipzig (Creative Works Records)
Discography (Various Ensembles)
- "Impetus: Opening Seed" (Zytglogge, 1979)
- "Impetus: Down to Earth“ (Plainisphare, 1983) with Marco Käppeli, Ushma Agnes Baumeler, Thomas Dürst and Jürg Burkhard
- Mountain Hymn (Bellaphon, 1986) with Urs Leimgruber
- "Entupadas" (Creative Works, 1988) with Corin Curschellas
- An Chara (Bellaphon, 1988) with Urs Leimgruber
- Henceforward (Core Records, 1988) with Christy DoranChristy DoranChristy Doran is a jazz guitarist born in Dublin, Ireland and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland.Doran founded OM with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgrumber, and Bobby Burri in the 1970s; this ensemble recorded for ECM Records. He and Studer also worked together on a Jimi Hendrix tribute project in the 1990s...
- M.A.P. (Music for Another Planet) (Bellaphon, 1990) with Norma WinstoneNorma WinstoneNorma Ann Winstone MBE is a British jazz singer and lyricist. In a career spanning over forty years she is best known for her wordless improvisations....
and Urs Leimgruber - Polyphyllum (Bellaphon, 1989) with Urs Leimgruber
- TEN ZENtences (Bellaphon, 1993) with Daniele Patumi
- Aurealis (Les Disques Victo, 1997) with Robert DickRobert DickRobert Dick , Scottish geologist and botanist was born at Tullibody, in Clackmannanshire.His father was an officer of excise. At the age of thirteen, after receiving a good elementary education at the parish school, Dick was apprenticed to a baker, and served for three years...
and Daniele Patumi - Moskau–Petuschki (Leo Records, 1997) with Martin Mayes, Daniele Patumi, Marion Namestnik, Tscho Theissing and Lars Lindvall
- HeXtet: Through the Ear of a Raindrop (Leo Records, 1998) with Julie DriscollJulie DriscollJulie Tippetts is an English singer and actress, known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan's "This Wheel's on Fire", and Donovan's "Season of the Witch", both with Brian Auger & The Trinity...
, Evan ParkerEvan ParkerEvan Shaw Parker is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded...
, Paul RutherfordPaul RutherfordPaul Rutherford is the former backing vocalist, dancer and occasional keyboardist with 1980s pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood , one of the group's two openly gay singers....
, Chris CutlerChris CutlerChris Cutler is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of a number of other bands, including Art Bears, News from Babel, Pere Ubu and Gong/Mothergong...
and Peter Whyman - Minute Age (For4ears Records, 1999) with Margrit Rieben and Reto Senn
- Nisajo (FMR Records, 1999) with Nicky Heinen and Alexander AlexandrovAlexander AlexandrovAlexander Alexandrov may refer to:*Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov , Russian mathematician and physicist*Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov , Russian cosmonaut...
- pipelines (Leo Records, 2000) with Hans Kennel
- Entropology - The Science of Sonic Poetry (For4Ears Records, 2000) with Eddie PrévostEddie PrévostEdwin Prévost is an English drummer and percussionist.Prévost began as a jazz drummer before branching out into entirely improvised music. He was a co-founder of the group AMM, and remains its only constant member...
and Simon Picard - Broken Dreams live (Creative Works Records, 2002) with Alexandra Prusa, Hans Kennel and Marc Unternährer
- klanggang (Creative Works Records, 2003)
- Glockenspiel (Altrisuoni Records, 2003)
- Zero Heroes (Leo Records, 2003) with Peggy LeePeggy LeePeggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and...
and Dylan van der Schyff - “pipelines - live at Lucerne Festival“ (Creative Works Records, 2004) with Hans Kennel and Marc Unternährer
- I.N.I.T.I.A.L.S. (Creative Works Records, 2004) with Urs Blöchlinger, Peter Schärli, Lindsay CooperLindsay CooperLindsay Cooper is an English bassoon and oboe player, composer and political activist. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the Pedestrians...
, Steve ArgüellesSteve ArgüellesSteve Argüelles is an English jazz drummer, producer and is the boss of the record label . He has also worked in film and theatre. He is the elder brother of saxophonist Julian Argüelles...
, Christy DoranChristy DoranChristy Doran is a jazz guitarist born in Dublin, Ireland and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland.Doran founded OM with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgrumber, and Bobby Burri in the 1970s; this ensemble recorded for ECM Records. He and Studer also worked together on a Jimi Hendrix tribute project in the 1990s...
, Urs Leimgruber, Marco Käppeli e.a. - Sculpted Sound (Altrisuoni Records, 2004) with Magda Vogel, Charlotte Hug, Shirley Anne Hofmann, Eugen GomringerEugen GomringerEugen Gomringer is often called the father of concrete poetry. Gomringer lives in the region of Bamberg in Germany, he writes in German .-References:...
and Christian Wolfarth - "Broken Dreams: Hommage an Sophie Taeuber-Arp" (Narrenschiff, 2007) with Alexandra Prusa and Peter Gossweiler
- “Mein liebstes Krokodil: nach Anton Tschechow 'Die Dame mit dem Hündchen' und Briefen an und von Olga Knipper' (Christoph Merian Verlag, 2007) with Thomas HürlimannThomas HürlimannThomas Hürlimann is a Swiss playwright and novelist.His 1989 novel Das Gartenhaus was published as The Couple in the United States in 1991.-External links:*. Goethe-Instituts Website...
and Arkady Shilkloper - "Jodel Vol.1 (Mülirad Verlag Altdorf, 2008) with Nadja Räss and Franziska Wigger
- Klick, klick, ihr Sätzlinge (Christoph Merian Verlag, 2009) with Eveline HaslerEveline HaslerEveline Hasler is a Swiss writer. Born in Glarus, she studied Psychology and History at the University of Fribourg and worked as a teacher in St. Gallen. She has written both novels and children's books. Eveline Hasler lives in Ticino.-Bibliography :*Martin is our friend. Trans. Dorothea...
solopiano
- The Beauty of Fractals (Creative Works, 1989)
- Iritations (Creative Works, 1991)
- T e x t , C o n t e x t , C o - T e x t & C o - C o - T e x t (Creative Works Records, 1994)
- The Well-Prepared Clavier (Creative Works Records, 1998) with Marianne SchroederMarianne SchroederMarianne Schroeder is a Swiss pianist and composer. She studied with Giacinto Scelsi. She played at Carnegie Hall, Lucerne Festival and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. She worked with John Cage and Shigeru Kan-no....
- Flügel (Creative Works Records, 2002)
- Pictures in a Gallery (Leo Records, 2006)
- THE SPEED OF DARK (Leo Records, 2009)
with Pago Libre
- “Pago Libre: Extempora" (Splasch Records, 1990) with Steve GoodmanSteve GoodmanSteve Goodman was an American folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. The writer of "City of New Orleans", made popular by Arlo Guthrie, Goodman won two Grammy Awards.-Personal life:...
, Lars Lindvall, Gabriele Hasler and Daniele Patumi - pago libre (Bellaphon Records, 1996) with Pago Libre with Arkady Shilkloper, Tscho Theissing and Daniele Patumi
- Wake up Call - Live in Italy (Leo Records, 1999) with Tscho Theissing, Arkady Shilkloper and Daniele Patumi
- c i n é m a g i q u e (TCB The Montreux Label, 2001) with Pago Libre with Arkady Shilkloper, Tscho Theissing and Daniele Patumi
- Phoenix – Live in Salzburg and Zurich (Leo Records, 2003) with Pago Libre with Arkady Shilkloper, Tscho Theissing and Daniele Patumi
- “Stepping Out“ (Leo Records, 2006) with Pago Libre with Arkady Shilkloper, Tscho Theissing and Georg BreinschmidGeorg BreinschmidGeorg Breinschmid , is an Austrian double bass player, composer and jazz musician.-Biography:...
- “Pago Libre Sextett: platzDADA!" (Christoph Merian Verlag, 2008) with Pago Libre Sextett with Agnes Heginger, Arkady Shilkloper, Tscho Theissing, Georg BreinschmidGeorg BreinschmidGeorg Breinschmid , is an Austrian double bass player, composer and jazz musician.-Biography:...
and Patrice Héral
(Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, 2009)
- Fake Folk (Zappel Music, 2009) with Pago LIbre with Arkady Shilkloper, Tscho Theissing, Patrice Héral and Georg BreinschmidGeorg BreinschmidGeorg Breinschmid , is an Austrian double bass player, composer and jazz musician.-Biography:...
with Christy DoranChristy DoranChristy Doran is a jazz guitarist born in Dublin, Ireland and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland.Doran founded OM with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgrumber, and Bobby Burri in the 1970s; this ensemble recorded for ECM Records. He and Studer also worked together on a Jimi Hendrix tribute project in the 1990s...
and Triangulation
- "Henceforward“ (Leo Records, 1995)
- Triangulation (Leo Records, 2004) with Patrice Héral
- "Whirligigs“ (Leo Records, 2010) with Bruno Amstad and Patrice Héral
with MOMENTUM
- MOMENTUM (Leo Records, 1999) with Gene Coleman and Christian Wolfarth
- MOMENTUM 2 - The Law of Refraction (Leo Records, 2000) with Gene Coleman, Alfred Zimmerlin and Christian Wolfarth
- MOMENTUM 3 (Leo Records, 2002) with Bertrand Denzler, Christian WeberChristian WeberChristian Weber is a German football player who currently plays for Fortuna Düsseldorf.Weber can play as either a defender or a midfielder.-External links:* at kicker.de...
and Christian Wolfarth - MOMENTUM 4 - Rising Fall (Leo Records, 2005) with Gene Coleman, Thomas K.J.Mejer and Marc Unternährer