Jacques Widmer

Schlagzeug für

Frei improvisierte Musik, FreeJazz . . . .

Zusammenarbeit mit Tanz, Literatur, Film, Bildende Kunst u.v.m.

... to prepare for the unexpected (Matt Wilson)

Du musst genau hinhören, dann merkst du, was du weglassen kannst (Miles Davis zu Herbie Hancock)

Das Chaos, das die Leute hören, ist ihr eigenes (Albert Ayler)

Duo Jean-Jacques Pedretti / JW

Biography

Has been playing drums since 1970, initially in various rock and jazz groups. As a result, he increasingly plays improvised music, new serious music and interdisciplinary activities with other media such as literature, film, dance, theatre, video and visual arts. Active in improvisation groups, as soloist, oldies groups, theatre and dance projects, readings, percussion groups, symphony orchestras and others.

Concerts at home and abroad.

Teaches at the Musikschule Aarau and Entfelden.

1983 teaching diploma for rhythm and 1986 teaching diploma for percussion at the Zurich Conservatory. 1987 and 1996 Contributions from the Canton of Aargau. 1991 - 1996 President of the Musicians Cooperative Switzerland, (today SMS Swiss Music Syndicate)

Jacques Widmer plays composed and improvised music in percussion ensembles, chamber music ensembles, theatre music and numerous groups:

L (72-75), Contrast (76/77), bepejama (with among others Markus Eichenberger and Alfred Zimmerlin; 77-82), Jazzforum-BigBand (77-79), Trio 80 (with Urs Blöchlinger and Martin Schlumpf; 79-81), Westblock (81-84), Trio Infernal (83-85), Duo Eichenberger-Widmer (82-84), GeZeitenOrchester (84/85), Schlagwerk-3 (84-87), Planet Oeuf (85/86), Space Food Union (85/86), Markus Stauss Quartet (85-88), Ensemble for New Music (Zurich 84-89), Voerkel-Micol-Widmer (86-91), Crossroads (88/89), The Pavians (88/89). Patricia Camenzind Quartet (93/94), Percussion Sextet Nottwil (92-94), Performance group JAPS (93-96), Duo with Turkish singer Saadet Türköz (95-01), The Free Roll (95), div. works with Pepe Solbach and Peter Landis (95-98), collaboration with the artist Maria Dundakova (96-99), Chaos & Wahnsinn (interpretation of Dieter Schnebel's "Museumstücke") (96-98), Nachtluft (with Andres Bosshard and Günter Müller) (86-01), Drumbone2 (92-97), Tocatoc, Percussion - Group (98-06), collaboration with the speaker Matthias Dieterle (90-03), Swiss Improvisers Orchestra (98-12), 4U Blues-Rock u.a. (03-09)

Since 1975 with Hot Xottnix (Rock'n'Roll and others)

Since 1999 collaboration with the dancer Michal Berger

Since 2006 collaboration with Ortrud Gysi (readings with drums)

With allsaits acoustic instrumental music since 2011

Since 2014 Pat & Les Trucs de Jazz

Since 2013 Two drummers in the kitchen with Rolf Richner

With Streetcombo since 2015

Since 2017 Duo with Markus Stauss