John Voirol

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John Voirol (born September 21, 1958 in Tavannes ) is a Swiss saxophonist . His areas of activity are improvisation , jazz , free improvisation and new church music .

John Voirol during the recording of "John Voirol Solo" in the Wasserkirche Zurich, 2019

Act

John Voirol has been playing wind instruments (flute, clarinet, trumpet) since he was 8 years old. From 1980 to 1985 he studied saxophone at the Jazz School in Bern with Andy Scherrer and attended master classes with Dave Liebman and Ken McIntyre . During the same period he co-founded the jazz department at the Montreux Conservatory (today part of the Lausanne Music Academy ). He later learned to play the oboe and cor anglais by himself .

In the 80s he played in the group Free Pulse with Uli Müller, Thomas Dürst, Teddy Bärlocher and Glenn Ferris . In 1987 he founded the John Voirol Extra Ensemble and played with Klaus Koenig , Chris Wiesendanger , Peter Frei, David Klein , Marc Huber, Hämi Hämmerli , Arne Lötman, John Stowell .

In 1995 the album Shooting Stars & Traffic Lights with John Wolf Brennan , Alex Cline , Daniele Patumi and Tscho Theissing was released. From 1999 he formed the John Voirol Flow'n Jazz 4tet, a synthesis of jazz and drum and bass with Heiri Känzig , Marc Halbheer , Theo Kapilidis and Christoph Stiefel .

After that he focused increasingly, inspired by the jazz saxophonist John Coltrane and Gregorian chant , with the spiritual energy of music, which led him into free improvisation and instrumental sound design.

In 2014 he received the culture award of the community of Hochdorf, in 2016 the work grant from the canton of Lucerne.

Works

  • Wait until Dark, Unit Records 1995
  • Dancing on a floating Island, SAE Records 1996
  • Laszlo Spiro, Proximal Factory, Unit Records 2002
  • John Voirol Extra Ensemble, Progress of Discovery, self-distributed 2003
  • John Voirol, Flow'n Jazz, self-distributed 2003
  • Contrasts, Gregorian chant and jazz in dialogue, Musiques Suisses 2004
  • Martin Dahanukar, Apocalypse Now, Unit Records 2004
  • Laszlo Spiro, Synergetics, Japan Release 2005
  • John Wolf Brennan , Shooting Stars & Traffic Lights, Bellaphon 1994/2006
  • Lars Lindvall Tentett, Wood, Atmomusic.com 2006
  • Esther Bächlin , Lauren Newton , In Between, Inspiring Music com 2008
  • Christoph Baumann Large Ensemble, no beautiful country, Musiques Suisses 2008
  • Laszlo Spiro, Stand-Arts, Unit Records 2013
  • John Voirol, Myself, Unit Records 2013
  • Clemens Kuratle, Murmullo, QFTF 2015
  • In tempore pacis, Gregorian chant and improvisation, self-distribution 2018
  • John Voirol SOLO, self-distribution 2020

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Voirol John HSLU M. Retrieved March 2, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ John Voirol and the love of mode. Retrieved March 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Culture Prize. Retrieved on March 2, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  4. ^ Work grants from the Canton of Lucerne. Retrieved March 2, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Voirol, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss jazz and improvisation musician, arranger and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Tavannes , Switzerland