[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":849},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-posts":3},[4,119,136,182,202,251,283,339,374,397,464,538,762],{"id":5,"title":6,"body":7,"date":110,"description":111,"extension":112,"meta":113,"navigation":114,"path":115,"seo":116,"stem":117,"__hash__":118},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fbari.md","Masterclass at Bari Conservatory, October 2026",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":106},"minimark",[10,14,27,39,51,57,60,80,83,86,98],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Moments of the days spent in Bari with the music of a beautiful class of singers, dear colleagues, everyone’s compositions and\u002For renderings and also some of my work.\nWe started out with singing Abbey Lincoln's THE MUSIC IS THE MAGIC, together, as an invocation of sorts, and as a reminder for all of us. Some excerpts of her magical words:",[11,15,16,17,20,21,23,24,26],{},"The music is the magic of a secret world",[18,19],"br",{},"\na secret world, a secret world",[18,22],{},"\nthe music is the magic of a secret world",[18,25],{},"\nit's a world that is always within",[11,28,29,30,32,33,35,36,38],{},"The music is the magic and the hiding place",[18,31],{},"\nthe hiding place, the hiding place",[18,34],{},"\nthe music is the magic and the hiding place",[18,37],{},"\nit's a place where the spirit is home",[11,40,41,42,44,45,47,48,50],{},"The music is the magic through the raging storm",[18,43],{},"\nthe raging storm, the raging storm",[18,46],{},"\nthe music is the magic through the raging storm",[18,49],{},"\nit's a storm that is over again.",[11,52,53,54,56],{},"We also sang my first recorded composition, I AM ROSE, together. Maybe I chose this composition because in many ways, what I started with I Am Rose was later continued over many years of composing for and with poems. It contained many elements I later continued working with.",[18,55],{},"\nJeanne Lee had taught me this poem, as she had set parts of it to music before I did, not composing but setting the words to Monk's MISTERIOSO (check out her recording YOU STEPPED OUT OF A CLOUD for this). It’s such a great match.",[11,58,59],{},"Some excerpts of Gertrude Stein's words:",[11,61,62,63,65,66,68,69,71,72,68,74,76,77,79],{},"I am Rose",[18,64],{},"\nmy eyes are blue",[18,67],{},"\nI am Rose",[18,70],{},"\nand who are you?",[18,73],{},[18,75],{},"\nand when I sing",[18,78],{},"\nI am Rose like anything",[11,81,82],{},"Thank you Gianna Montecalvo and the Bari Conservatory, to each and every voice as well as to \"our\" pianist Nicola and to Alessandro and Pat for horizontal and vertical strings played.",[11,84,85],{},"We ended as we started, as they insisted on singing Abbey's song once again, for all of us.",[87,88,89,90,89,94],"figure",{},"\n  ",[91,92],"img",{"src":93,"alt":6},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fbari\u002Fbari-1.jpeg",[95,96,97],"figcaption",{},"Masterclass at Bari Conservatory, October 2026, photo by JF Paga",[87,99,89,100,89,104],{},[91,101],{"src":102,"alt":103},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fbari\u002Fbari-2.jpeg","Teaching at the Bari Conservatory Masterclass 2026, photo by Cinzia Eramo",[95,105,103],{},{"title":107,"searchDepth":108,"depth":108,"links":109},"",2,[],"2026-11-01","Days in Bari with a beautiful class of singers at the Conservatory, opening and closing with Abbey Lincoln's THE MUSIC IS THE MAGIC, and singing my first recorded composition, I AM ROSE, together.","md",{},true,"\u002Fnews\u002Fbari",{"title":6,"description":111},"news\u002Fbari","CFKM-hwDuq1w16O6P4XqDuFUidM1oDaKSs_znMOmoCo",{"id":120,"title":121,"body":122,"date":129,"description":130,"extension":112,"meta":131,"navigation":114,"path":132,"seo":133,"stem":134,"__hash__":135},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-return.md","The Return",{"type":8,"value":123,"toc":127},[124],[11,125,126],{},"Just a quick note to let you know this space is still inhabited, and as soon as I can, I will write again. Since this year, I am back in The Hague, and have the great honor of heading the jazz department of the Royal Conservatoire, where I also continue to teach. More soon!",{"title":107,"searchDepth":108,"depth":108,"links":128},[],"2020-10-24","Just a quick note to let you know this space is still inhabited, and as soon as I can, I will write again. Since this year, I am back in",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-return",{"title":121,"description":130},"news\u002Fthe-return","EWbkIzqytLmLhdVVBtRycHinpn5X1fQlYJrj04MEuI0",{"id":137,"title":138,"body":139,"date":175,"description":176,"extension":112,"meta":177,"navigation":114,"path":178,"seo":179,"stem":180,"__hash__":181},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-long-river.md","the long river",{"type":8,"value":140,"toc":173},[141,164,167,170],[11,142,143,144,151,152,157,158,163],{},"Between starting my work as ",[145,146,150],"a",{"href":147,"rel":148},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hslu.ch\u002Fen\u002Flucerne-university-of-applied-sciences-and-arts\u002Fabout-us\u002Fpeople-finder\u002Fprofile\u002F?pid=350",[149],"nofollow","head of the institute for jazz and folk"," at Lucerne University of Sciences and Arts in March 2019, being involved with ",[145,153,156],{"href":154,"rel":155},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.aec-music.eu\u002Fabout-aec\u002Forganisation\u002Faec-working-groups\u002Fpop-and-jazz-platform-preparatory-working-group",[149],"AEC’s Jazz and Pop platform",", doing concerts, research… as well as raising two sons, I’ve been truly busy. Very proud to start as a ",[145,159,162],{"href":160,"rel":161},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.studyfoundation.ch\u002Fswiss-study-foundation\u002Fmentors\u002F",[149],"mentor for the Swiss Study Foundation",", too!",[11,165,166],{},"I’ve worked long days and nights, with not much sleep involved. What holds everything together is music itself, and my love for it has never once faded.",[11,168,169],{},"I will try to post here more regularly again, many things to come.",[11,171,172],{},"Stay in touch!",{"title":107,"searchDepth":108,"depth":108,"links":174},[],"2019-08-07","Between starting my work as head of the institute for jazz and folk at Lucerne University of Sciences and Arts in March 2019, being involved with AEC’s Jazz and Pop",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-long-river",{"title":138,"description":176},"news\u002Fthe-long-river","H7A4sVpVuGkgrWvZun3GIGE99J9h20Vo3gG6sFObql4",{"id":183,"title":184,"body":185,"date":195,"description":196,"extension":112,"meta":197,"navigation":114,"path":198,"seo":199,"stem":200,"__hash__":201},"news\u002Fnews\u002Flive-in-vevey-residency-october-24-27-2018.md","Live In Vevey Residency October 24 – 27, 2018",{"type":8,"value":186,"toc":193},[187,190],[11,188,189],{},"Everything has a beginning, and this will be the very first time I am including dance in one of my projects. I saw Sun-a Lee perform in a choreography by Luc Petton in Strasbourg in June and was very moved. Great joy to experiment with her (October 24 & 25), as well as with the wonderful Matthieu Michel (October 24-27), Andrew Audiger (October 24 & 25), Thibault Gomez (October 26 & 27) and Samuel Ber (October 26 & 27).",[11,191,192],{},"Hope to see you there!",{"title":107,"searchDepth":108,"depth":108,"links":194},[],"2018-10-20","Everything has a beginning, and this will be the very first time I am including dance in one of my projects. I saw Sun-a Lee perform in a choreography by",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Flive-in-vevey-residency-october-24-27-2018",{"title":184,"description":196},"news\u002Flive-in-vevey-residency-october-24-27-2018","tEljFEmmksl-XMkZSUaFfbSlbWO6QguKj_hIJuU6hj8",{"id":203,"title":204,"body":205,"date":244,"description":245,"extension":112,"meta":246,"navigation":114,"path":247,"seo":248,"stem":249,"__hash__":250},"news\u002Fnews\u002Feuropean-musician-2017-award-by-the-french-academie-du-jazz.md","European Musician 2017 award by the French Académie du Jazz",{"type":8,"value":206,"toc":242},[207,215,218,221,224,227,230,233,236,239],[87,208,89,209,89,213],{},[91,210],{"src":211,"alt":212},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Feuropean-musician-2017\u002Faward-paris-2018.jpg","January 21, 2018: winning the European Musician 2017 award by the French Académie du Jazz in Paris",[95,214,212],{},[11,216,217],{},"I’ve taken so long for a little update… there was lots of work and more coming up. A very special day happened last Sunday in Paris, where I won the „European Musician 2017“ award from the prestigious Académie du Jazz. I’ve won several prizes and awards over the years*, but this one made me very happy.",[11,219,220],{},"Very grateful to the wonderful group of people who have helped me realize my work and whom I’ve been collaborating with, in most cases, for many years.",[11,222,223],{},"Not that working together for a long time is a value in itself – but it might be a marker for a way of collaborating that acknowledges the importance of everyone involved.",[11,225,226],{},"Many thanks to all the Academy members and to the French press and media that so many times succeeded in expressing with words what this music is and can be. A very big thank you to ECM founder and producer Manfred Eicher (and everyone at ECM Records) who has given me the chance to develop and grow as a musician and whom I am continuing to learn from. In 2000, I was one of the first after just a handful of other Swiss to record for ECM as a leader, and I was the first Dutch to do so. As an artist you need people who give you a chance before you have credentials, and Manfred was one of these persons for me. As in a dream, and by miracle, all the musicians of my main projects at the moment could be in Paris on Sunday: A big big thank you to Wolfert Brederode, Matthieu Michel, Øyvind Hegg-Lunde, Stephan Oliva and Boris Darley as well as to Tijmen Zinkhaan. Many thanks also to my agent Simon Barreau and to Marie-Claude Nouy who was very instrumental in launching this intimate and breakable chamber jazz of mine in France back in 2001, and who is now Vision Fugitive’s label manager – the French label that released Stephan Oliva\u002FSusanne Abbuehl\u002FØyvind Hegg-Lunde’s „Princess“ last year and that I was happy to be part of. Thanks again also to the Swiss Embassy in Paris, Ambassador M. Regazzoni and cultural attachée Mrs Scharf. BIG THANK YOUS to our listeners from near and far and to colleagues and students who inspire me with their talent and creativity.",[11,228,229],{},"* Edison award for April 2002",[11,231,232],{},"Prix Marulić nomination for Der Gaukler Tag 2013",[11,234,235],{},"Swiss Music Prize nomination 2016",[11,237,238],{},"Grand Prix du Disque Académie Charles Cros for Princess 2017",[11,240,241],{},"European Musician 2017 award from the French Académie du Jazz 2018",{"title":107,"searchDepth":108,"depth":108,"links":243},[],"2018-01-29","I’ve taken so long for a little update… there was lots of work and more coming up. A very special day happened last Sunday in Paris, where I won the",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Feuropean-musician-2017-award-by-the-french-academie-du-jazz",{"title":204,"description":245},"news\u002Feuropean-musician-2017-award-by-the-french-academie-du-jazz","aSsZXGFCz8Q7ZdxGfK-Cjio-EPlRUpQ4eDCYx7IyNAY",{"id":252,"title":253,"body":254,"date":276,"description":277,"extension":112,"meta":278,"navigation":114,"path":279,"seo":280,"stem":281,"__hash__":282},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fstephan-oliva-susanne-abbuehl-oyvind-hegg-lunde-princess.md","Stephan Oliva \u002F Susanne Abbuehl \u002F Øyvind Hegg-Lunde: “Princess”",{"type":8,"value":255,"toc":274},[256,259,262,265],[11,257,258],{},"I’ve been singing with French pianist Stephan Oliva since 2000, doing a few concerts per year, mostly playing duo. These concerts have always been special to me, they felt like fleeting night music. We were never in any rush to record, enjoying very much the intense and elusive moments concerts are. In 2006, I was invited to record two tracks on Stephan’s album “Miroirs” (his other duo partners on this record including Joey Baron, Linda Sharrock, Jean-Marc Foltz). And last year, he invited me to be part of an entire record, together with Norwegian drummer and percussionist Øyvind Hegg-Lunde. We really love Jimmy Giuffre and Don Cherry: Their playing, but also very much their compositions. For a singer, to be invited into a collective, where the voice is a very equal part of the group, is a privilege. It allows me to develop different shades of musicianship, and I truly enjoy it.",[11,260,261],{},"“Princess” will be released on the French independent label “Vision Fugitive” (I am appearing courtesy of ECM Records) by the end of the month. We will be playing concerts in Arles (Jazz à Arles, May 11), Paris (Duc des Lombards, May 12), Porquerolles (Festival, July 7) and Sint-Niklaas (Belgium, Festival, February 18, 2018).",[11,263,264],{},"Hope to see you around!",[87,266,89,267,89,271],{},[91,268],{"src":269,"alt":270},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fprincess\u002Fprincess-maxim-francois.jpg","Stephan Oliva, Susanne Abbuehl, Øyvind Hegg-Lunde, photo by Maxim Francois",[95,272,273],{},"Stephan Oliva \u002F Susanne Abbuehl \u002F Øyvind Hegg-Lunde, photo by Maxim Francois",{"title":107,"searchDepth":108,"depth":108,"links":275},[],"2017-03-26","I’ve been singing with French pianist Stephan Oliva since 2000, doing a few concerts per year, mostly playing duo. These concerts have always been special to me, they felt like fleeting",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Fstephan-oliva-susanne-abbuehl-oyvind-hegg-lunde-princess",{"title":253,"description":277},"news\u002Fstephan-oliva-susanne-abbuehl-oyvind-hegg-lunde-princess","vhZsmVEvLxtOs0JhMa5BFPy0RqkiCpOWfDD5Q5ZJzSM",{"id":284,"title":285,"body":286,"date":332,"description":333,"extension":112,"meta":334,"navigation":114,"path":335,"seo":336,"stem":337,"__hash__":338},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fsteps-again.md","steps, again",{"type":8,"value":287,"toc":330},[288,291,297,300,303,306,309,318,321],[11,289,290],{},"Steps, always. Sorry to have left this space unattended for so long. My students have convinced me that 2016 should be the year that I am joining Facebook. So after years of not having joined the club (my fan page was NOT created by me) I now can be found on Facebook here:",[11,292,293],{},[145,294,295],{"href":295,"rel":296},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002Fprofile.php?id=100011178250431",[149],[11,298,299],{},"My time to be spent on www is limited, and everyone said that I was the very last to join, so I figured that everyone else will be able to find me there.",[11,301,302],{},"Next two concerts coming up:",[11,304,305],{},"Friday September 16, w\u002F “The Gift” @ Festival Label Suisse, BCV Hall, Lausanne, 22:00-22:45 (free entrance)",[11,307,308],{},"and",[11,310,311,312,317],{},"Friday November 18, duo concert with Matthieu Michel @ ",[145,313,316],{"href":314,"rel":315},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.inderbinen.com\u002Floc_news_d.html",[149],"Inderbinen Concerts",", Buchs AG, Switzerland",[11,319,320],{},"Hope to see you there.",[87,322,89,323,89,327],{},[91,324],{"src":325,"alt":326},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fsteps-again\u002Fabbuehl-michel-lausanne-2015.jpg","Susanne Abbuehl with Matthieu Michel, Lausanne 2015",[95,328,329],{},"with Matthieu Michel, photo by Gabrielle Besenval, 2015",{"title":107,"searchDepth":108,"depth":108,"links":331},[],"2016-09-14","Steps, always. Sorry to have left this space unattended for so long. My students have convinced me that 2016 should be the year that I am joining Facebook. So after",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsteps-again",{"title":285,"description":333},"news\u002Fsteps-again","4xva9a5lUAW-8WtnAFbrFEvf5gf7czdAn6niSvV0T9s",{"id":340,"title":341,"body":342,"date":367,"description":368,"extension":112,"meta":369,"navigation":114,"path":370,"seo":371,"stem":372,"__hash__":373},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fsmall-things.md","Small things",{"type":8,"value":343,"toc":365},[344,347,356,359,362],[11,345,346],{},"Back from China and Japan – oh my, two countries I travelled to for the very first time, discovery! – we will play a last concert before taking a break to work on my music.",[11,348,349,350,355],{},"In April, I was nominated for the ",[145,351,354],{"href":352,"rel":353},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.schweizermusikpreis.ch\u002Fen\u002F",[149],"Swiss Music Prize 2016",", a very big honor.",[11,357,358],{},"What I do is small and fragile. It’s never in your face, it’s not “pushing boundaries”, in fact, it’s not pushing anything. It’s not “crazy”, “wild”, and it isn’t “funny” either. It’s intimately circling chamber music that requires deep listening. Since releasing the first of my three recordings on ECM back in 2001, I have had a very international listening community that loves what we do.",[11,360,361],{},"Collecting sound moments, together with my fantastic musicians, it’s what we do and what we love. Come join us if you can!",[11,363,364],{},"May 22, 17:00, Schloss Wartegg, Rorschacherberg",{"title":107,"searchDepth":108,"depth":108,"links":366},[],"2016-05-18","Back from China and Japan – oh my, two countries I travelled to for the very first time, discovery! – we will play a last concert before taking a break",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsmall-things",{"title":341,"description":368},"news\u002Fsmall-things","qpACEF1pKKavY6aRXrIkYtC8GlX4oT7J13GLQYT1-iQ",{"id":375,"title":376,"body":377,"date":390,"description":391,"extension":112,"meta":392,"navigation":114,"path":393,"seo":394,"stem":395,"__hash__":396},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fdirections.md","Directions",{"type":8,"value":378,"toc":388},[379,382],[11,380,381],{},"What I might enjoy most of all about working in music, in the arts, is the process of ideas shaping into more concrete things (compositions, records…). The creative process. I absolutely LOVE it. And it never ever loses any of its fascination. It is so subtle, and has its own winding ways. Got this “postcard” today, of a poster announcing the ECM Festival in Shanghai – and it made my day. Going East, soon…",[87,383,89,384],{},[91,385],{"src":386,"alt":387},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fdirections\u002Fshanghai-poster.jpg","ECM Festival Shanghai",{"title":107,"searchDepth":108,"depth":108,"links":389},[],"2016-04-21","What I might enjoy most of all about working in music, in the arts, is the process of ideas shaping into more concrete things (compositions, records…). The creative process. I",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Fdirections",{"title":376,"description":391},"news\u002Fdirections","BXF3rRYHjYK_QGXzgcsqodNFKhaUUkKQXud5RDejzoM",{"id":398,"title":399,"body":400,"date":457,"description":458,"extension":112,"meta":459,"navigation":114,"path":460,"seo":461,"stem":462,"__hash__":463},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-thank-yous.md","the thank yous",{"type":8,"value":401,"toc":455},[402,405,413,434,437,446],[11,403,404],{},"I have written before about my love and appreciation for my teachers, and also about my thankfulness to fellow musicians and ECM producer Manfred Eicher. During my career, I have received support in many different forms, and it all has been so important. Support enables an artist to proceed in doing what she or he really wants and needs to do.",[11,406,407,408,412],{},"I recently spoke to one of my students about Carla Bley. When I wrote to Carla Bley to ask permission to write words for her compositions, she sent me an original edition of her “Early Short Pieces” that contained some of my very favourite compositions of hers (",[409,410,411],"em",{},"Vashkar, Closer, Ictus…","). Later, upon hearing our first recording for ECM (“April”, in 2001), her kind words meant much. I was lucky enough to hear her in concert several times, and meet her, too. Her work is groundbreaking to me, to this day. Her compositions, played by Don Cherry, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow and many others, have stayed all-time favorites. I will never forget what she said once in a documentary: “A good composition is simple and complex at the same time.”",[11,414,415,416,421,422,427,428,433],{},"When she received an NEA Jazz Masters award in 2015, an ",[145,417,420],{"href":418,"rel":419},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=PtTubXA00Go",[149],"extensive interview"," with her was published by the NEA. A short ",[145,423,426],{"href":424,"rel":425},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=qKuXnC9DDds",[149],"trailer"," is available, too, great to watch! If you want to watch the ",[145,429,432],{"href":430,"rel":431},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=nDrPPlkq3iw",[149],"entire ceremony",", that is possible, too (scroll to 14:07 so see her speak).",[11,435,436],{},"Thank you, Carla, for being such an inspiration!",[87,438,89,439,89,443],{},[91,440],{"src":441,"alt":442},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fthe-thank-yous\u002Fearly-short-pieces.jpg","Early Short Pieces by Carla Bley",[95,444,445],{},"“Early Short Pieces” by Carla Bley",[87,447,89,448,89,452],{},[91,449],{"src":450,"alt":451},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fthe-thank-yous\u002Fcloser.jpg","Closer by Carla Bley",[95,453,454],{},"“Closer”, one of her gorgeous compositions",{"title":107,"searchDepth":108,"depth":108,"links":456},[],"2016-04-01","I have written before about my love and appreciation for my teachers, and also about my thankfulness to fellow musicians and ECM producer Manfred Eicher. During my career, I have received",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-thank-yous",{"title":399,"description":458},"news\u002Fthe-thank-yous","D5K01F-fj8RCTjfhM-Yqiw-YtuWHMSlpShTdd9QmOpM",{"id":465,"title":466,"body":467,"date":531,"description":532,"extension":112,"meta":533,"navigation":114,"path":534,"seo":535,"stem":536,"__hash__":537},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fmissing-jeanne.md","Missing Jeanne",{"type":8,"value":468,"toc":529},[469,472,494,497,512,520],[11,470,471],{},"Still my favourite voice in jazz, and a genre-defying artist, so deep and rich. I miss Jeanne Lee these days.",[11,473,474,475,478,479,482,483,486,487,490,491],{},"I think I love just about everything she did. Her ground-breaking duo with Ran Blake. The ",[409,476,477],{},"other"," duo, with Mal Waldron. Her fantastic ",[409,480,481],{},"Jeanne Lee Music & Dance Ensemble,"," with dancer Mickey Davidson, trumpet player Lester Bowie, percussionist Famadou Don Moye and others. ",[409,484,485],{},"Vocal Summit,"," the group she had with Bobby McFerrin, Lauren Newton, Jay Clayton, and Ursula Dudziak. Also, the groups of others she sang in, Reggie Workman’s group for example, and Marion Brown’s record. The music she recorded with Archie Shepp. Her duo with Dave Holland, ",[409,488,489],{},"Mingus Meditations."," Her words. The way she sang standards. And her singing in Carla Bley’s ",[409,492,493],{},"Escalator Over The Hill.",[11,495,496],{},"Memories of studying with her, of her advice, of her generosity. Memories of her coming to listen to our first concert at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland. Of her being present during rehearsals with my band. Of singing with her and her group at what is may be the most beautiful open air stage I have ever been at, the Théâtre de la Mer, in Sète, Southern France. And so many more.",[11,498,499,500,505,506,511],{},"Listen to this sweet short excerpt, ",[145,501,504],{"href":502,"rel":503},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ina.fr\u002Fvideo\u002FI09247616",[149],"“Jada”",", from 1963 (Jeanne was 24 years old). And to this ",[145,507,510],{"href":508,"rel":509},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.ina.fr\u002Fvideo\u002FI06349871",[149],"live snippet",".",[11,513,514,515,511],{},"And if you like, listen to a radio tribute on Swiss radio SRF from 2009, ",[145,516,519],{"href":517,"rel":518},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.srf.ch\u002Fplay\u002Fradio\u002Fjazz-collection\u002Faudio\u002Fjeanne-lee?id=7f7737b4-61b9-4c5e-b451-2a35bcd2e7bb",[149],"here",[87,521,89,522,89,526],{},[91,523],{"src":524,"alt":525},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fmissing-jeanne\u002Fjeanne-lee-1995.jpg","Jeanne Lee during a lesson at the Royal Conservatory, around 1995",[95,527,528],{},"Jeanne Lee during a lesson at the Royal Conservatory, around 1995, photograph by Susanne Abbuehl",{"title":107,"searchDepth":108,"depth":108,"links":530},[],"2016-01-19","Still my favourite voice in jazz, and a genre-defying artist, so deep and rich. I miss Jeanne Lee these days. I think I love just about everything she did. Her",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmissing-jeanne",{"title":466,"description":532},"news\u002Fmissing-jeanne","Tm13Cx-PJJaFOb6iN-g4kn-sw8F5zVX3osLygPTsr08",{"id":539,"title":540,"body":541,"date":755,"description":756,"extension":112,"meta":757,"navigation":114,"path":758,"seo":759,"stem":760,"__hash__":761},"news\u002Fnews\u002Frecap.md","Recap",{"type":8,"value":542,"toc":753},[543,546,551,558,561,569,577,586,594,601,608,616,624,633,641,650,659,668,677,680,689,698,701,710,733,741,744],[11,544,545],{},"Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne, der uns beschützt und der uns hilft, zu leben.",[11,547,548],{},[409,549,550],{},"(from Hermann Hesse’s poem “Stufen”)",[11,552,553,554,557],{},"Happy New Year! It is so wonderful to ",[409,555,556],{},"start."," My 2015 was full to the brim, and I am thankful for what it had to offer.",[11,559,560],{},"There sure was a lot of traveling: Planes, trains, and automobiles, one could say, but to me, it was much more than that. Connecting by music, collaborating, setting up things together, sharing knowledge and time, that’s what I do the traveling for.",[87,562,89,563,89,567],{},[91,564],{"src":565,"alt":566},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Ftrain-view.jpg","train view",[95,568,566],{},[87,570,89,571,89,575],{},[91,572],{"src":573,"alt":574},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Ftracks-2015.jpg","tracks in 2015",[95,576,574],{},[87,578,89,579,89,583],{},[91,580],{"src":581,"alt":582},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Fberne.jpg","Berne",[95,584,585],{},"mostly passing by: my beautiful home town Berne",[87,587,89,588,89,592],{},[91,589],{"src":590,"alt":591},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Fplanes.jpg","small planes, big planes",[95,593,591],{},[11,595,596,597,600],{},"I sang along Matthieu Michel, Wolfert Brederode and Olavi Louhivuori with ",[409,598,599],{},"The Gift",", and in several duos: with Wolfert Brederode, with Stéphan Oliva, and in a new duo setting with Matthieu Michel.",[11,602,603,604,607],{},"2015 also provided me with moments of joy working with my students (who sang, composed, performed, recorded… and progressed so much). Past collaborations were revived, like the ",[409,605,606],{},"Hörspiel"," I did for my class in collaboration with SRF back in 2013 being broadcast again in July. Also up in 2015 were times of appreciation for what other artists and educators had to say, during masterclasses, for example. There were among others Sidsel Endresen and Stian Westerhus in Lucerne, Nils Petter Molvaer in Montreux, and Kurt Rosenwinkel in Villeneuve.",[87,609,89,610,89,614],{},[91,611],{"src":612,"alt":613},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Fthe-gift-paris.jpg","with The Gift, at Maison de la Radio, Paris",[95,615,613],{},[87,617,89,618,89,622],{},[91,619],{"src":620,"alt":621},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Fduo-brederode.jpg","duo with Wolfert Brederode",[95,623,621],{},[87,625,89,626,89,630],{},[91,627],{"src":628,"alt":629},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Fduo-michel.jpg","new duo with Matthieu Michel",[95,631,632],{},"new duo with Matthieu Michel, photograph by Gabrielle Besenval",[87,634,89,635,89,639],{},[91,636],{"src":637,"alt":638},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Fduo-oliva.jpg","duo with Stéphan Oliva",[95,640,638],{},[87,642,89,643,89,647],{},[91,644],{"src":645,"alt":646},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Fwoodstock-jazzkantine.jpg","Woodstock at Jazzkantine",[95,648,649],{},"Woodstock @ Jazzkantine: listening to my student Giulia singing Joni Mitchell",[87,651,89,652,89,656],{},[91,653],{"src":654,"alt":655},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Fhemu-montreux.jpg","students of the HEMU performing at Music In The Park, Montreux Jazz Festival",[95,657,658],{},"students of the HEMU performing at Music In The Park, Montreux Jazz Festival…",[87,660,89,661,89,665],{},[91,662],{"src":663,"alt":664},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Flake-geneva.jpg","Lake Geneva",[95,666,667],{},"… right next to beautiful Lake Geneva",[87,669,89,670,89,674],{},[91,671],{"src":672,"alt":673},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Fradio-piece-srf.jpg","the radio theatre piece for SRF",[95,675,676],{},"broadcast again in July: the radio theatre piece we did for SRF in 2013",[11,678,679],{},"As a member of the foundation board of Fondation SUISA, I was happy to see the various ways of committed promotion of work in the music field – M4Music in Zurich, jazzahead in Bremen, MaMA in Paris, and the film festivals of Zurich and Locarno.",[87,681,89,682,89,686],{},[91,683],{"src":684,"alt":685},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Flocarno.jpg","Locarno Film Festival",[95,687,688],{},"Locarno Film Festival, where the Fondation SUISA film music prize was awarded to Peter Scherer",[87,690,89,691,89,695],{},[91,692],{"src":693,"alt":694},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Fzurich-film-festival.jpg","Zurich Film Festival",[95,696,697],{},"Zurich Film Festival: Zurich Chamber Orchestra & Zurich Jazz Orchestra united to play music the contestants of the film music competition had composed",[11,699,700],{},"2015 certainly had less bright moments, the disappearance of Ornette Coleman being just one.",[87,702,89,703,89,707],{},[91,704],{"src":705,"alt":706},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Fornette.jpg","his music stays",[95,708,709],{},"his music stays !",[11,711,712,713,716,717,720,721,724,725,728,729,732],{},"2015 also had me doing research on perfect pitch in the context of harmonic improvisation, contributing to a special edition of German art periodical ",[409,714,715],{},"die horen,"," spending happy times in recording studios ",[409,718,719],{},"listening",", and brought the release of my longtime musical collaborator Christof May’s ",[409,722,723],{},"Deeper Green"," (now shortlisted for the ",[409,726,727],{},"Deutscher Schallplattenpreis",") which features Nils Petter Molvaer, and myself (",[409,730,731],{},"speaksinging!",").",[87,734,89,735,89,739],{},[91,736],{"src":737,"alt":738},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Fdeeper-green.jpg","as a guest on Christof May’s Deeper Green",[95,740,738],{},[11,742,743],{},"Many thanks for all the support I received from fellow musicians, colleagues, listeners, students, and family and friends. Happy 2016!",[87,745,89,746,89,750],{},[91,747],{"src":748,"alt":749},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Frecap\u002Fnature.jpg","nature",[95,751,752],{},"source of happiness, in 2015, as always: nature!",{"title":107,"searchDepth":108,"depth":108,"links":754},[],"2016-01-06","Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne, der uns beschützt und der uns hilft, zu leben. (from Hermann Hesse’s poem “Stufen”) Happy New Year! It is so wonderful to start. My 2015",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Frecap",{"title":540,"description":756},"news\u002Frecap","rruMULOjvPtOhTkegijmkDA8-0FzyOC4A-ztIMemO4Y",{"id":763,"title":764,"body":765,"date":842,"description":843,"extension":112,"meta":844,"navigation":114,"path":845,"seo":846,"stem":847,"__hash__":848},"news\u002Fnews\u002Flistening.md","Listening",{"type":8,"value":766,"toc":840},[767,780,787,804,813,822,831],[11,768,769,770,772,773,776,777],{},"Making music, of course. Composing, writing. And ",[409,771,719],{},", too. Again, again, again. Last Sunday, I was able to spend some hours listening to a recording session by singer Tenzin Ngingthatshang and her group featuring gifted young musicians, pianist François Lana, saxophone player Louis Billette, double bass player Yves Marcotte and drummer Martin Perret. This group surely bridges the invisible gap between the German and the French speaking parts of Switzerland – and beyond! Tenzin herself is Tibetan and grew up in Zurich, studied in Lausanne and Brussels, to then return to Zurich where she will graduate from the ZHDK in 2016, completing her second Master. Blessed with a gorgeous voice, a great talent for composition, and a sincere, no-disguise-needed delivery, she’s one of the singers on the scene I love listening to. And then, of course, I just ",[409,774,775],{},"love"," recording studios, too. Microphones. Balance. Position. Timbre. ",[409,778,779],{},"Sound.",[11,781,782,783,786],{},"The recording was co-produced by Swiss Radio & Television SRF. Switzerland has a very dense and varied jazz scene, and while other countries have much more substantial (and dare I say efficient?!) public funding for music (I think of Norway and France), there are other factors that have been key for the prospering Swiss jazz scene. SRF has surely contributed greatly by making it possible for Swiss musicians and labels to document and release work. Most (and I’d say ",[409,784,785],{},"almost all",") of the internationally and nationally active prominent members of the Swiss jazz community, as well as many of the significant Swiss jazz labels, have greatly profited from SRF’s involvement – a quite unique situation within Europe – and probably worldwide – that deserves some credit.",[11,788,789,790,795,796,799,800,803],{},"Switzerland is the featured country in the upcoming edition of ",[145,791,794],{"href":792,"rel":793},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.jazzahead.de",[149],"jazzahead",", after France held this honor in 2015. I’ve never been much into nationalities myself, as I want to hear ",[409,797,798],{},"music"," and I want to hear musicians who really work their craft, develop their language, dedicate themselves to their art, and do so with integrity and ideally a very long breath. Wherever they may come from, and wherever they may go. Nevertheless it will sure be interesting to see how the Swiss find ",[409,801,802],{},"their"," way of leaving a mark on the _inter_national scene using jazzahead as a platform. Let’s go and listen…",[87,805,89,806,89,810],{},[91,807],{"src":808,"alt":809},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Flistening\u002Ftenzin-mic.jpg","Tenzin and Brauner mic in the singer’s cell at Hardstudios, Winterthur",[95,811,812],{},"Tenzin & Brauner mic in the singer’s cell @ Hardstudios, Winterthur",[87,814,89,815,89,819],{},[91,816],{"src":817,"alt":818},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Flistening\u002Fband-listening.jpg","The band listening to what they have recorded",[95,820,821],{},"the band listening to what they have recorded (sorry for the blur, it must be the studio air)",[87,823,89,824,89,828],{},[91,825],{"src":826,"alt":827},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Flistening\u002Fmic-list.jpg","Studio engineer Andy Neresheimer’s mic list",[95,829,830],{},"studio engineer Andy Neresheimer’s mic list",[87,832,89,833,89,837],{},[91,834],{"src":835,"alt":836},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Flistening\u002Fstudio-happiness.jpg","Studio happiness",[95,838,839],{},"studio happiness",{"title":107,"searchDepth":108,"depth":108,"links":841},[],"2015-12-23","Making music, of course. 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