BAZILLUS - AD HOC LIVE CLUB
Bazillus, Zurich's legendary ad hoc music club, was founded in 1969 by drummer and graphic designer Beat Kennel. After various location and name changes, one of the city's first underground music clubs soon became a magnet for the local and international jazz and experimental groove music scene.
By the turn of the century, not only the whole elite of the Swiss music scene had passed through the club (George Gruntz, Franco Amrosetti, Jojo Mayer, Harald Haerter etc. ), also international stars like Art Blakey, Billy Cobham, Dexter Gordon, Don Cherry, Eddie Harris, Elvin Jones, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Jean-Paul Bourelly, John Abercrombie, John Scofield, Sun Ra, Tony Williams, Yusef Lateef and many others had taken a liking in the unique and creative atmosphere of the club.
After the Bazillus closed in 1987 (it had been an "illegal" club all along), Kennel and his team officially re-opened the club in 2004 at it's current location near Zurich mainstation.
Once again the Bazillus has become a hub for the local and international music scene, with a whole range of musicians, projects and bands experimenting in an ad hoc setting, among them: Jean-Paul Bourelly, Steve Grossman, Gene Perla, Big Zis, Lexx, Nurotic Soundsystem, Lauschangriff, Freeform Arkestra, Arkstar, W*U*D*U, Flava Sauce, Vault, Kung Fu Horns, Valentino Tomasi, Adrian Weyermann, Adrian Stern, Nya, Infinite Livez, Stade, Swiss Indian Orchestra...
The Bazillus Thursday night concerts dogma:
- No regular bands (selected ad hoc formations only) Live recording of concert to 16 track protools system Electric Beat remixes of concert & integration of selected tracks into Bazillus radio
PLEASE NOTE:
The Bazillus does NOT book regular groups for the Thursday night slot. This night is reserved for selected local and inter-local ad hoc projects only. Please do not send any promotion material. Thank you!
The club can be rented for musical events and/or parties on Fridays and Saturdays. Please visit www.bazillusclub.ch for further information.
NEW! MONDAY RESIDENTS
Bazillus Club features 4 work-in-progress resident projects each Monday:
1st Monday of the month: DEE DAY DUB's 3D
2nd Monday of the month: DOBOZI & CO.
3rd Monday of the month: TBA
4th Monday of the month: LAUSCHANGRIFF
www.deedaydub.com, www.tira.ch, www.lauschangriff.chBAZILLUS CLUB RELEASES
Jean-Paul Bourelly : «CutMotion», jpgotmangoes, 2007
Jean-Paul Bourelly, Thomas Grünwald, Jürg Grau, Michael Flury, Maze Salami, Singha Dee, Manu Rindlisbacher, Nazeem Hasnaoui, Fabio Freire, Julian Sartorius Flo Götte, Mansour Lette, Valentin Bächi
Produced by Beat Kennel & Jean-Paul Bourelly
«B-Flat Live Mix (LP)», Bazillus-Records, 1994
Daniel Schenker, Eric Asante, Lionel Sumithram, Beat Kennel, Reiner Weber, Roland Philipp, Nik Bärtsch, Reinhard Birri, Reto Fürst, Alan Buerki, Roy Buerki, Lukas Meier, Philipp Schweidler, Thomas Geiger, Mario Caspar, Paul Jakob, Roberto Francomano, Beat Ramseier, Gill Leocard, Joshua Minsky, Nigel Hillbourne, Marcel Bobay, Michael Braide, Mario Corrodi
Produced by Beat Kennel & Reinhard Birri
«Extemporaneous - Poly-Meta-Binetic (CD)», Bazillus-Records, 1991
Eddie Harris, Jamaladeen Tacuma, Sal Nistico, Glenn Ferris, Rick Iannacone, Terry Adkins, Eric Asante, Reinhard Birri, Ole Thilo, Beat Kennel, Christian Muzik, Anne Christiansen, Bovick Shamar, Joe Ditsebe Legwabe, Thomas Jordi, Stephan Wittwer, Simon Thomas, Tim Stone, Victor Burghardt, Christian Ostermeier, Riccardo Anselmi, Martin Lehner, Matthieu Michel, André Müller, Daniel Bourquin
Produced by Beat Kennel & Reinhard Birri
«Wiebelfetzer Live (Double LP)», Bazillus-Records, 1971
WIEBELFETZER WORKSHOP: John Tchicai, Peter Warren, Runo Ericksson, Jürg Grau, Ole Thilo, Anne Christiansen, Irene Schweizer, Stephan Wittwer, Beat Kennel, Düde Dürst, Fredi Studer, Gogo Thalmann
Produced by Beat Kennel