Wickihalder, Jurg European Quartet - Featuring Irene Schweizer

Jump!

Label: Intakt Country: Switzerland

"In the case of Jump!, the third release on the Intakt label by Swiss soprano saxophonist JŸrg Wickihalder, the presence of Ir�ne Schweizer, one of the most consistently provocative and imaginative pianists to emerge from the revolutionary period of the late-'60s, says a great deal about his willingness to explore new avenues of improvisation, while maintain ing a healthy, still creative relationship with established jazz traditions. In so doing, he's taking advantage of the best of both worlds. Unintentionally, spontaneously, amusingly, most Monkish Ð These playful interjections are only a fragment of the true nature of Wickihalder's achievement; when he takes us to surprising new places, the past coexists with the present, nothing is lost, experience is rewarded, and the music lives."-Art Lange