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. 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. In this episode of Swiss Jazz Hour, Valentin Brügger from Radio Fribourg will focus on emerging Swiss artists. Together with artists Dimitri Howald, Julie Campiche and Clemens Kuratle, we delve deep into the highly dynamic new jazz scene of Switzerland with its many fantastic and enigmatic emerging artists.

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 the fourth episode of the Swiss Jazz Hour, Enrico Mangione guides us from the past to the future of Jazz Labels in Switzerland through the releases of Hat Hut, Intakt and Ronin Rhythm; talking through label highlights, what the term "jazz" means today, discovering amazing musicians and of course, enjoying world class recordings.

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 the third episode of 'Swiss Jazz Hour' on boxout.fm, Enrico Mangione from Radio Gwendalyn talks about the history of Swiss Jazz Labels. We start from a brief introduction about a few historic names in the industry, followed by a deeper dive into some of the more eclectic and interesting Swiss Labels today including Haut Hut, Intakt and Ronin Rhythm Records.

In the opening episode of the 'Swiss Jazz Hour', Manon Mullener and Athina Dill from Radio Bern Rabe shine a spotlight on the rise and advent of jazz in Switzerland. We listen to music from early beginnings in the 1920s and 1930s when Jazz began as dance music, to some of the most important recordings from later eras recorded by musicians like Irene Schweizer or Sylvie Courvoisier.