Co Streiff

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The saxophonist and flautist Co Streiff (Cornelia Streiff) (born April 5, 1959 in Zurich ) is a Swiss jazz musician who combines elements of free jazz with African music .

After training at the conservatory with the main instrument, the flute, and at the St. Gallen jazz school on the saxophone , she has been a freelance artist since 1983. The first bands and projects included a. Kadash and Raging Order . In 1986 she started working with Irène Schweizer ; she performed at the Canaille festivals (with Lindsay Cooper and Joëlle Léandre, among others ). With the band of the alternative circus Federlos , to which she belonged until 1996, she played in Nigeria (1988/89), later on a township tour in Namibia and Zimbabwe (1991). She was also involved in various projects of the Vienna Art Orchestra from 1988 to 1995 . Again and again, they led longer tours and assignments for workshops in non-European countries ( Egypt , Nigeria , Zimbabwe , Benin , Ghana , Kuwait , Kyrgyzstan ). The collaboration with Kadash & The Nile Troup is particularly intense. Her sextet includes u. a. Tommy Meier , Russ Johnson , Christian Weber and Fredi Flückiger. She plays in the Ratrabra quartet with Hilaria Kramer , Béatrice Graf and Karoline Höfler . With Gabriela Friedli she leads the Objèts Trouvés quartet, which had released three albums by 2013.

Co Streiff received numerous awards (work year of the city of Zurich, music prize 1996 of the canton of Zurich, composition commissions from the canton of Zurich and Pro Helvetia )

Discography (selection)

  • Canaille '91
  • Co Streiff Sextet: Qattara ( Intakt Records , 2002)
  • Co Streiff - Irène Schweizer: Twin Lines (Intakt Records 2002)
  • Friedli-Streiff-Schlegel- Ulrich : Objets Trouvés. Fragile (Intakt Records 2005)
  • Co Streiff Sextet: Loops, Holes & Angels (Intakt Records 2007)
  • Co Streiff - Russ Johnson Quartet In Circles (Intakt Records 2011)

literature

  • Co Streiff: Streiff, co . In: Bruno Spoerri (Hrsg.): Biografisches Lexikon des Schweizer Jazz (CD supplement to: Spoerri, Bruno (Hrsg.): Jazz in der Schweiz. History and stories . Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739 -6 ).
  • Arild Widerøe: Swiss Jazz Discography 1925-2004 . CD supplement to: Spoerri, Bruno (Ed.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories . Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005

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personal data
SURNAME Streiff, Co
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Streiff, Cornelia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss saxophonist and flautist
DATE OF BIRTH April 5th 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich