Béatrice Graf

Béatrice Graf, Cossonay, Switzerland (2019)

Béatrice Graf (born April 2, 1964 in Nyon ) is a Swiss musician ( drums , organ , keyboard ) of fusion and modern jazz .

Live and act

Graf studied jazz at the Conservatoire Populaire de Musique de Genève until 1989 and completed workshops with Jack DeJohnette , Han Bennink , Peter Erskine and Dave Holland . Since 1992 she has been working as a professional musician in the field of rock music and new improvisation music . She has been a long-time member of Peter Schärli's sextet and Ensemble Four Roses , leads her own groups, plays in a duo with musicians such as Philippe Ehinger ( Beat and Lip ), Hélène Corini, Michel Wintsch , Vinz Vonlanthen , Ian Gordon Lennox, Guillaume Perret and performs also as a soloist. She works in the Ratrabra quartet with Co Streiff , Hilaria Kramer and Karoline Höfler . She also played with James Zollar , James Carter , Tom Varner , Steffen Schorn , Al Gray junior, Amampondo , the Orchester National du Sénégal , Darius and Matthew Brubeck, Corin Curschellas , Hélène Labarrière , Sylvie Courvoisier , Jacques Demierre , Maurice Magnoni / Olivier Magnenat , Ohad Talmor , Erik Truffaz , Hilde Kappes and Philippe Aerts . She performed at international festivals and gave concerts in Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain, France, Liechtenstein, Russia, North and Latin America and Africa.

Peter Schärli Special Sextet feat. Glenn Ferris and Tom Varner: Hot Peace (2006)
No Techno Dance: Hand Made ( Unit Records 2005, with Claude Jordan, Claude Tabarini, Nicolas Sordet )
Beat and Lip (Altrisuoni 2003)
Four Roses: Histoire d'eau ( Altrisuoni , 2001, with Florence Chitacumbi, Florence Melnotte, and Karoline Höfler)

Bruno Spoerri , Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz. CD supplement to: Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories. Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6 .