Switzerland

Irène Schweizer

Joseph Paice August 12, 2020

Pianist Irène Schweizer (born 1941) has been at the forefront of European free jazz since the 1960s. She was initially...

George Gruntz

Joseph Paice June 29, 2020

Born in Basel, Switzerland, George Gruntz (1932-2013) was gifted enough at the piano to study at Zurich's conservatoire from the...

So why me? I have worked in jazz for more than 10 years, organising international projects and programming one of the world’s leading jazz clubs. As a result, I have become convinced that there is a wealth of exciting jazz talent to be found in every corner of the world from London to Lusaka, Shanghai to Sidney. I hope to prove that here, before I run out of steam…

You can find out more about me at my ‘professional’ website here, or on my blog here. You might also like my other lockdown project – the Art of Song website.