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In February, Karin Meier will return to continue the fruitful collaboration with the Zurich Jazz Orchestra that goes back many years. In addition to Karin’s original compositions, new interpretations of jazz standards and pop classics will be on the program, all arranged for the ZJO by Ed Partyka. The orchestra will perform in it’s expanded […]

He’s almost 74. Robben Ford, an exiled Californian living in London with a big heart for all things blues. And yet he doesn’t just play simple three-chord music. He feels just as comfortable on a Strat as he does on a Tele or a Les Paul. On stage, he combines the musical knowledge of a […]

We are breaking with the jazz routine and venturing into two of the most important Latin universes this evening: Brazil and Cuba. We start in Brazil, where we will hear soloists from the ZJO playing a wide variety of rhythms such as samba, bossa nova, and frevos. The second set will feature a musical premiere: […]

“Female Composers Series” The program features music by female composers and arrangers. The first part includes music by Claudia Döffinger, Nikki Iles, Cinzia Catania, Carla Köllner, and Ursula Reicher. The second part focuses on a composer and singer with whom the Zurich Jazz Orchestra is collaborating for the first time: South Korean Song Yi Jeon. […]

This morning is dedicated entirely to the lighthearted and swinging music of Count Basie. Count Basie grew up in New Jersey and received his first piano lessons from his mother. His big band shaped the swing style of the 1930s and 1940s with minimal piano playing, precise ensemble sound, and legendary soloists such as tenor […]