{"id":2429,"date":"2012-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomajazz.com\/web\/?p=2429"},"modified":"2016-05-21T20:30:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T18:30:57","slug":"irene-schweizer-to-whom-it-may-concern-intakt-2012-aka-veteranos-en-la-brecha-xlvii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/irene-schweizer-to-whom-it-may-concern-intakt-2012-aka-veteranos-en-la-brecha-xlvii\/","title":{"rendered":"Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer: To Whom It May Concern (Intakt, 2012) [aka Veteranos en la brecha XLVII]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-dSDsuhieisE\/Tx3eFrKZ-yI\/AAAAAAAAD_Q\/aRAv2q85bzQ\/s1600\/schweizer_to+whom+it+may+concern.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"197\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-dSDsuhieisE\/Tx3eFrKZ-yI\/AAAAAAAAD_Q\/aRAv2q85bzQ\/s200\/schweizer_to+whom+it+may+concern.jpg\" width=\"200\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>El pasado a\u00f1o 2011 la pianista suiza <b>Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer<\/b> cumpli\u00f3 setenta a\u00f1os. Con motivo de dicha efem\u00e9ride celebr\u00f3 un concierto en el Tonhalle de Zurich (sala reconocida por su magn\u00edfica sonoridad), que en 2012 aparece publicado por Intakt. En solitario <b>Schweizer<\/b> demuestra una vez m\u00e1s por qu\u00e9 es una de las pianistas m\u00e1s interesantes de la actualidad. La parte del concierto publicada (fuera quedaron unos veinte minutos) deja al descubierto dos facetas distintas pero complementarias. El inicio con la improvisaci\u00f3n \u00abTo Whom It May Concern\u00bb (toda una declaraci\u00f3n de intenciones y t\u00edtulo del disco) la muestra poli\u00e9drica, dejando ver las mil caras que caben en su manera de entender el jazz y la improvisaci\u00f3n. A lo largo de esos casi once minutos su discurso suena percusivo, l\u00edrico, mel\u00f3dico, incisivo, saltar\u00edn, abstracto, acerc\u00e1ndose por momentos al blues e incluso a los mismos inicios del jazz. Las tres piezas siguientes son unas improvisaciones que resultan muy diferentes entre s\u00ed. En \u00abH\u00fcben ohne dr\u00fcben\u201d deja adivinar a lo largo de toda su duraci\u00f3n una preciosa melod\u00eda que parece que fuera a explotar en cualquier momento. Resulta admirable la manera en que es capaz de mantener la tensi\u00f3n durante todo el tema, sin llegar a revelar ese tema que nunca llega a aparecer. En \u00abScratching at the Tonhalle\u00bb el propio t\u00edtulo lo dice casi todo. All\u00ed la suiza se muestra libre, jugando con el piano en toda su extensi\u00f3n. El siguiente tema, \u201cJungle Beat III\u201d da paso a lo que se podr\u00eda calificar como segunda parte del concierto, en la que revis\u00f3 unos cuantos cl\u00e1sicos con may\u00fasculas (\u201cThe Train and the River\u201d de <b>Jimmy Giuffre<\/b>, \u201cFour In One\u201d de <b>Thelonious Monk<\/b>, un inspirad\u00edsimo \u201cXaba\u201d de <b>Abdullah Ibrahim<\/b>, una sobresaliente recreaci\u00f3n de la enorme \u201cIda Lupino\u201d de <b>Carla Bley<\/b>), junto con sus composiciones \u201cBleu Fonc\u00e9\u201d y el fant\u00e1stico \u201cHomage to Don Cherry\u201d. Cierra el CD \u201cFinal Ending\u201d, un tema que aunque se inicia de un modo abstracto, sirve a modo de recapitulaci\u00f3n recogiendo elementos de todo lo mostrado anteriormente. A sus setenta a\u00f1os <b>Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer<\/b> se muestra en plena forma, con un disco a tener en cuenta entre lo mejor del a\u00f1o que justo acaba de comenzar.<\/div>\n<p>\u00a9 Pachi Tapiz, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer: <i>To Whom It May Concern<\/i> (Intakt, 2012)<\/p>\n<p>Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer (piano)<\/p>\n<p>1. \u00abTo Whom It May Concern\u00bb (Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer) 10:48 2. \u00abH\u00fcben ohne dr\u00fcben\u00bb (Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer) 4:40 3. \u00abScratching at the Tonhalle\u00bb (Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer) 4:52 4. \u00abJungle Beat III\u00bb (Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer) 3:05 \/ \u00abThe Train and the River\u00bb (J. Giuffre) 2:45 (5:50) 5. \u00abHomage to Don Cherry\u00bb (Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer) 3:59 6. \u00abIda Lupino\u00bb (Carla Bley) 3:49 7. \u00abFour in One\u00bb (Thelonious Monk) 2:52 8. \u00abBleu Fonc\u00e9\u00bb (Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer) 4:18 9. \u00abXaba\u00bb (Dollar Brand) 4:25 10. \u00abFinal Ending\u00bb (Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer) 5:51<\/p>\n<p>Grabado el 11 de abril de 2011 en Tonhalle Z\u00fcrich, Suiza. Publicado en 2012 por Intakt Records. Intakt CD 200. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intaktrec.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.intaktrec.ch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El pasado a\u00f1o 2011 la pianista suiza Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer cumpli\u00f3 setenta a\u00f1os. Con motivo de dicha efem\u00e9ride celebr\u00f3 un concierto en el Tonhalle de Zurich (sala reconocida por su magn\u00edfica sonoridad), que en 2012 aparece publicado por Intakt. En solitario Schweizer demuestra una vez m\u00e1s por qu\u00e9 es una de<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/irene-schweizer-to-whom-it-may-concern-intakt-2012-aka-veteranos-en-la-brecha-xlvii\/\">Contin\u00faa leyendo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12651,12696,13,12415,15295,16099,77,16100],"class_list":["entry","author-pachi","post-2429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-grabaciones","tag-cd","tag-grabaciones","tag-jazz","tag-jazz-en-espana","tag-jazz-en-espanol","tag-toma-jazz","tag-tomajazz","tag-tomajazz-toma-jazz"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9302,"url":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/irene-schweizer-pierre-favre-live-in-zurich-intakt-2013\/","url_meta":{"origin":2429,"position":0},"title":"Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer &#8211; Pierre Favre: Live In Z\u00fcrich (Intakt, 2013)","author":"Tomajazz","date":"28 noviembre, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"No es la primera vez que la pianista Ir\u00e8ne Schweizer y el percusionista y baterista Pierre Favre se encuentra mano a mano en una grabaci\u00f3n. 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