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| Born | 1959 Zurich, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupation(s) | saxophonist, flutist |
| Style | Jazz |
| Website | costreiff |
Co Streiff (Cornelia Streiff) (5 April 1959 in Zurich) is a Swiss jazz musician who combines the elements of free jazz with the music of Africa. She is a saxophonist and flutist.
She was educated at a conservatory with the transverse flute as her main instrument and also at Jazz School St. Gallen with a saxophone. Then since 1983 she has lived as a freelance artist. Her first bands and projects were Kadesh and Tobende Ordnung (Raging Order). In 1986, she began her collaboration with Irène Schweizer. She appeared in the Canaille Festivals mostly with Lindsay Cooper and Joëlle Léandre. She took part in different projects of the Vienna Art Orchestra from 1988 until 1995. They make several long workshop tours in non-European countries (Egypt, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Benin, Ghana, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan). She has had an intensive collaboration with Kadash & The Nile Troup. Tommy Meier, Russ Johnson, Christian Weber and Fredi Flückiger belong to her sextet. She has performed with Hilaria Kramer, Béatrice Graf and Karoline Höfler in the quartet Ratruba. With Gabriela Friedli, she has led the quartet Objets Trouvés. This quartet published three albums until 2013.
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Chicago Piano Solo is a live solo piano album by Irène Schweizer. It was recorded at The Empty Bottle in Chicago in August 2000, and was released in 2001 by Intakt Records.
Piano Solo Vol. 2 is a live solo piano album by Irène Schweizer. It was recorded at Alte Kirche Boswil in Switzerland in May 1990, and was released in 1992 by Intakt Records.
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Irène Schweizer & Pierre Favre is a live album by pianist Irène Schweizer and drummer Pierre Favre. It was recorded on February 16 and 17, 1990, at Restaurant Schweizerbund in Bern, Switzerland, and was released in 1992 by Intakt Records.
