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boxout.fm presents “Swiss Jazz Hour”, a weekly radio show supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia that will take its listeners on a vibrant journey full of music, conversation and collaboration.

The final episode of Swiss Jazz Hour is presented by Simon Petermann and emerging radio presenters Manon Mullener and Athina Dill. With this episode, they dive deeper into the “Diversity in Swiss Jazz” and present a playlist with two distinct kinds of compositions; music that has been composed and recorded by female Swiss artists like Sarah Chaksad or Lucia Cadotsch and Swiss ensembles that integrate musicians, instruments or musical concepts from cultures from outside Europe like Andreas Tschopp’s Bubaran or the Fischermanns Orchestra.

boxout.fm presents “Swiss Jazz Hour”, a weekly radio show supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia that will take its listeners on a vibrant journey full of music, conversation and collaboration.

It's the penultimate episode of Swiss Jazz Hour and our journey approaches it's end with Diversity in Swiss Jazz: join us as we explore the work of some of the finest female Swiss composers and instrumentalists today, as well as the various international music cultures that have found their way into swiss jazz, creating beautiful, diverse musical collaborations.
The episode features a short interview with Kathy Bajaria from Helvetia Rockt, an organization dedicated to increase representation of female and queer musicians on stages all over the country.

boxout.fm presents “Swiss Jazz Hour”, a weekly radio show supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia that will take its listeners on a vibrant journey full of music, conversation and collaboration.

There is more! This episode of the Swiss Jazz Hour gives you an in depth listening of Swiss Folk Jazz. From beautiful interpretations of traditional songs by many of the greatest vocalists of todays jazz scene in Switzerland to a guest performance of Dexter Gordon.

boxout.fm presents “Swiss Jazz Hour”, a weekly radio show supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia that will take its listeners on a vibrant journey full of music, conversation and collaboration.

In 1975, the Willisau Jazz Festival was founded. A small festival in the countryside developed into one of the most important festivals in Switzerland and the free jazz scene. In this episode, you will learn more about the history of the festival and hear legendary recordings. In addition, the director of Willisau Jazzfestival Arno Troxler, talks in an interview about the secret of the festival.

boxout.fm presents “Swiss Jazz Hour”, a weekly radio show supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia that will take its listeners on a vibrant journey full of music, conversation and collaboration.

Switzerland is full of jazz festivals. Schaffhausen Jazz Festival, Cully Jazz Festival, Off Beat Festival Basel, Ascona Jazz, Blues n' Jazz, Em bebbi sy jazz, International Jazz Festival Bern, Festival da Jazz... and so on. In this episode you will get an insight into 5 different festivals as Michèle Fella discusses what makes each festival unique. Tune in!

boxout.fm presents “Swiss Jazz Hour”, a weekly radio show supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia that will take its listeners on a vibrant journey full of music, conversation and collaboration.

In this second part of the episode about emerging swiss artists, Valentin Brügger from RadioFr. presents more examples of the dynamic and multifaceted new jazz scene of Switzerland. Acts like Luzius Schuler, Blaer or Oort Cloud are just some bright sparks in the vast cosmos of new sounds emerging from the underground.