Fredi Lüscher

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Fredi Lüscher (born December 1, 1943 in Arth am See ; † May 30, 2006 ) was a Swiss jazz pianist and publicist.

Live and act

Lüscher learned the piano as an autodidact . Originally working as a language teacher in schools, he has been a professional musician since 1985. In addition to improvising, he was particularly interested in interpreting the compositions of Duke Ellington , Thelonious Monk and Carla Bley . He worked as a soloist, in a duo with Urs Voerkel , with Markus Eichenberger and with Nat Su , but also in trio with Cristin Wildbolz and Margrit Rieben as well as with Marco Käppeli and Daniel Studer . He also played in the bands of Christoph Gallio and Christian Gilardi. He has toured internationally and played at festivals in Switzerland, Germany, France and Argentina. He also edited the Bulletin of the Swiss Music Syndicate from 1998 to 2000 and, from 2002, carried out a research project at the Lucerne School of Music . He also worked as a columnist for Die Wochenzeitung and as a designer of radio programs. He died of a heart attack .

Works

Discographic notes

  • Rubato ( Altrisuoni 2006)
  • with Nat Su and Cécile Olshausen: Dear C. The Music of Carla Bley (Altrisuoni 2003)
  • with Marco Kaeppeli and Daniel Studer: Nomis (Altrisuoni 2003)
  • with Nat Su: Smada - The Music Of Edward D. Ellington (Altrisuoni 2001)
  • with Markus Eichenberger : Eulengesänge Vol I (Altrisuoni 1999)
  • with Margrit Rieben, Cristin Wildbolz: Cieletterra (Altrisuoni 1998)
  • with Urs Voerkel: Weiss (UTR 1992)

Book publication

  • How do you talk about jazz and improvised music on the radio? Verlag Musikhochschule, Lucerne 2004.

Lexical entries

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary , Neue Zürcher Zeitung
personal data
SURNAME Lüscher, Fredi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss jazz pianist and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Arth at the lake
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 2006