Featuring: Louis Moholo, Maggie Nicols, Joëlle Leandre, Pierre Favre, Co Streiff, Han Bennink, Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake, La Lupa & Jürg Wickihalder.
Special Features: 1. Jazzfestival Willisau 2004: with Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake (22'00), 2. Moods Zürich 2003: with Han Bennink (34'00).
75 mins / 16:9 / PAL
Original Version: Swiss German, German & English.
Subtitles: German, English, French & Spanish.
Music is and always has been Irène Schweizer's whole life. In her film, Gitta Gsell gets some rare one-to-one time with the internationally renowned Swiss pianist Irène Schweizer, whose music has roots in Jazz and improv music.The film gives a fascinating insight into the life of a great artist.
"With a biography and alternative lifestyle like hers, Irène is an exception in Switzerland...one of the very few female figures in the creative music scene." - Gitta Gsell