Willisau & Taktlos
{{Infobox album
| name = Willisau & Taktlos
| type = live
| artist = Irène Schweizer, Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake
| cover = Willisau_&_Taktlos_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 2007
| recorded = August 28, 2004 & March 28, 1998
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 68:21
| label = Intakt
| producer =
| chronology = Irène Schweizer
| prev_title = First Choice: Piano Solo KKL Luzern
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = To Whom It May Concern Piano Solo Tonhalle Zürich
| next_year = 2011
}}
Willisau & Taktlos is an album by Swiss jazz pianist Irène Schweizer with saxophonist Fred Anderson and drummer Hamid Drake, which was released by Intakt Records. The opening piece by the duo Schweizer-Drake was recorded at the Taktlos-Festival Zürich in 1998 and the other three improvisations by the trio were recorded at Jazzfestival Willisau in 2004.[http://www.intaktrec.ch/104-a.htm Willisau & Taktlos] at Intakt{{cite web |url=http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Irene_Schweizer.htm |title=Irène Schweizer discography |website=JazzLists |access-date=April 5, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.intaktrec.ch/images/_catalogues/Scheizer-katalog21.pdf |title=Irène Schweizer: Intakt Records |website=Intakt Records |access-date=April 5, 2023}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = All About Jazz
|rev3 = Tom Hull – on the Web
}}
In his review for AllMusic, Alain Drouot states "The quieter passages certainly betray her European origins, but are not a distraction from this otherwise energetic, soulful, and pleasurable set."{{allmusic|last=Drouot|first=Alain|class=album|id=mw0000484307|title=Irène Schweizer – Willisau & Taktlos: Review|accessdate=September 3, 2015}}
The All About Jazz review by Nic Jones says "All three players are deeply alert to the integral values of free playing and they mine the seam so deeply that it seems as though their creativity is bottomless."Jones, Nic. [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/willisau-and-taktlos-irene-schweizer-intakt-records-review-by-nic-jones.php Willisau & Taktlos review] at All About Jazz
Ken Waxman of JazzWord noted that Anderson is "energized by the surroundings, and wrote: "Relaxed and inventive in his duo with Schweizer's hunt-and-peck rhythms and kinetic dynamics, Drake's MVP status is confirmed."{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzword.com/reviews/2659 |title=Irène Schweizer/Hamid Drake |first=Ken |last=Waxman |date=July 20, 2007 |website=JazzWord |access-date=April 5, 2023}}
Exclaim!{{'}}s David Dacks singled out "A Former Dialogue" for praise, writing: "The first ten minutes see Schweizer and Drake sketching along the margins of a shared rhythm, with a lightning fast push and pull. Then both go for the gutbucket and meld one crunchy rhythmic vamp into another. When Anderson joins in, there seems to be an air of familiarity at first... Then Schweizer's skronky South African soul starts giving Anderson different ideas and a truly effective three-way conversation ensues."{{cite web |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/irene_schweizer_hamid_drake_fred_anderson-live_at |title=Irene Schweizer / Hamid Drake / Fred Anderson: Live at Willisau/Taktlos |first=David |last=Dacks |date=February 26, 2007 |website=Exclaim! |access-date=April 10, 2023}}
Track listing
:''All compositions by Schweizer, Anderson, Drake except as indicated
- "A Former Dialogue" (Schweizer-Drake) - 21:59
- "Trinity" - 28:55
- "Schwandrake" - 10:16
- "Willisau" - 7:41
Personnel
References
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Category:2007 collaborative albums
Category:Intakt Records live albums
Category:Irène Schweizer live albums