Tommy Meier

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Tommy Meier (* 1959 ) is a Swiss jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , bass clarinet , soprano saxophone , zurna , balaphone ) and composer .

Meier first played punk jazz with Brom and rock with Comebuckley since 1979 . Since 1983 he has been developing imaginary folk music , composing and improvising with the orchestra of the Circus Theater Federlos , to which he belonged for twelve years - on tours lasting several months in Central Europe, but also in Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Egypt and Kyrgyzstan. This productive attempt at musical exchange between different cultures was continued with Kadash's “Oriental Jazz” ; also with the project Kadash & The Nile Troup, a band with seven Swiss and seven Egyptian musicians, the famous Musicans of the Nile; Meier undertook several long tours with them in Europe. He also played in the Co Streiff sextet , Radio Osaka and Broken Symmetry . He worked with Hans Koch , Daniel Ott ( Expo 2000 ) and Alan Silva (Uncool Festival). In 1999/2000 he and his partner Co Streiff led the large formation WORCH of the Bern workshop for improvised music. In 2004 he founded his large formation ROOT DOWN , which plays music by Fela Kuti and Chris McGregor in addition to original compositions .

Discographic notes

  • Tommy Meier ROOT DOWN The Master and the Rain ( Intakt Records , 2007–2009, with Russ Johnson , Marco von Orelli, Co Streiff, Peter Landis, Hans Anliker , Michael Flury, Irène Schweizer , Hans-Peter Pfammatter, Luca Sisera , Flo Goette , Fredi Flükiger, Chris Jäger, Trixa Arnold, Stephan Thelen, Jan Schlegel, Herbert Kramis, Marco Käppeli , Peter Schärli , Andi Marti, Jürg Wickihalder , Chris Wiesendanger )
  • Tommy Meier ROOT DOWN (intact; 2004–2007)
  • Tommy Meier, ROOT DOWN ORCHESTRA, TAHRIR (Unit Records 2016)
  • Kadash Federlos ( Unit Records , 1995)
  • Kadash & The Nile Troup (Unit Records, 1998)
  • Kadash am Berg (Unit Records)
  • Co Streiff Sextet, Qattara (Intakt Records, 2002)
  • Co Streiff Sextet Loops, Holes & Angels (Intakt Records, 2006)

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personal data
SURNAME Meier, Tommy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1959