Beat Kennel

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Beat Kennel (born June 14, 1945 in Zurich ) is a Swiss illustrator and jazz musician . He has been working as a freelance illustrator and graphic artist since 1970 and headed the music organization Bazillus in Zurich until 2013.

Live and act

Kennel, who was initially self-taught as a drummer , played in the Harry Pfister Big Band in 1962. Between 1963 and 1967 he was a member of the Marcel Bernasconi Trio; He also played with Freddy Meier and Jürg Grau , with whom he also went on international guest tours. In 1967 he moved to Copenhagen for a year and a half , where he took lessons from Tootie Heath and played with musicians such as Mads Vinding , Torben Kjær, Knut-Bjørn Jensen and Torben Hertz. In 1969 he founded the music organization Bazillus with Marcel Bernasconi in Zurich and organized sensational, cross-genre concerts. He was a drummer in the Schlüntz groups with Andreas Vollenweider and at the Wiebelfetzer workshop (Grand Prix du Disque de Jazz Montreux 1973). He also played with the Ole Thilo Quintet, the Intercarlic Band (1976 Tour D, NL), at Notorisch Rhythmisches Meeting (1986) and Share the Stage (1996-2004). Since 1998 he has been composing music for projects by musicians such as Jean Paul Bourelly .

He realized various live clubs in the city of Zurich:

  • 1973–1979 BAZILLUS WORKSHOP, Albisriederplatz Zurich
  • 1979–2004 BAZILLUS WORKSHOP, Exhibition Street 21 Zurich
  • 1980–1982 BAZILLUS MUSIC RESTAURANT, Stampfenbachstrasse Zurich
  • 1984–1987 BAZILLUS / HOTEL HIRSCHEN, Hirschenplatz Zurich
  • 1988–2004 B-FLAT at Weinbergstrasse 11 and later at Exhibition Cup 21 Zurich
  • 2004–2013 BAZILLUS-ad hoc live club at Exhibitionstrasse 21 (closed on April 8, 2013)

Prizes and awards

Wiebelfetzer workshop (Grand Prix du Disque de Jazz Montreux 1973), in 1980 Kennel with the Bazillus colleagues Dieter Schärer, Jochen Uhl, Bernhard Uhlmann was awarded the special prize of the Art Directors Club Switzerland . In 2005 he received the Culture Prize of the City of Zurich because with the bacillus he "created a space for the local jazz scene over the years and ... thus also helped countless national musicians to break through abroad".

Discographic notes

  • Wiebelfetzer Workshop live (with Runo Ericksson , John Tchicai , Ole Thilo, Irène Schweizer , Stephan Wittwer , Peter Warren , Gogo Thalmann, Jürg Grau, Fredy Studer , Beat Kennel, Düde Dürst, Anne Christiansen, 1971)
  • Extemporaneous poly metra binetic , with Eddie Harris , Jamaaladeen Tacuma u. a. (Bacillus Records)
  • B-FLAT Live Mix, (LP Bazillus Records 1994)
  • BOURELLY CUTMOTION Jean-Paul Bourelly (CD JP gotmangos) JP Bourelly, Thomas Grünwald, Jürg Grau, Michael Flury, Maze Salami, Singha Dee, Manu Rindlisnbacher, Julian Sartorius , Mansour Lette, Nazreem Hasnaoui, Valenrin Bächi, Fabio Freire , Flo Götte
  • BAZILLUSMUSIC (www.bazillusmusic.com) around 130 remixes and edits of live recordings from the BazillusKlub.

Lexigraphic entry

  • Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): 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 .

Web links

Notes / individual evidence

  1. ↑ See interview with Beat Kennel "I've done 40 years of field research" (PDF; 5.9 MB)
  2. ↑ Always optimistic mood. Interview with the concert organizer Beat Kennel on the 40th anniversary of the «Bazillus» music club. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. August 15, 2009. Retrieved October 29, 2016 .
  3. ↑ kl: Jazzbazillus: infection desired. Zurich culture award for jazz pioneer Beat Kennel. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. July 11, 2005, accessed October 29, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Press release of the City of Zurich: Awarding of the art prize and the award for general cultural merits ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. June 30, 2005 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadt-zuerich.ch
  5. ↑ Jazzbazillus: contagion desired Neue Zürcher Zeitung on Nov. 7, 2005
personal data
SURNAME Kennel, Beat
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss illustrator and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich