The Jazz Organ Scene
Switzerland
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John Wolf Brennan
John (* 1954 in Dublin/Ireland) descend from a musical family. At age 7, his family moved from Ireland to Switzerland.
He started piano lessons at age 10. Musicians such as the Beatles, Cream, Miles Davis, Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix
attracted his interest, and consequently, he began playing the bass guitar in rock groups. From 1975 till 1979, John
studied various subjects, among those musicology. He continued studying piano. Improvisation and jazz workshops were of
great interest to John. He visited also composition workshops held by Ennio Morricone and Edison Denissow.
In the 1970's, John discovered his interest for jazz. In 1977, he founded together with Peter Schärli the free-jazz group Freemprovisations. International attention aroused in the 1990's when he played together with Urs Leimgruber. Later, Norma Winstone joined the duo. Besides his working as a jazz pianist and organist, John composes and teaches. |
| contact: | johnwolf@brennan.ch |
| homepage: | www.brennan.ch |
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Click on the logo to see John's tour dates. |
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Organic Voices Leo Lab CD003 recorded 1990-1994 in different churches in Switzerland and Germany |
Gabriele Hasler, voice John Wolf Brennan, church organ Peter Schärli, trumpet, flugelhorn Christian Muthspiel, trombone |
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Pipelines Leo LR292 recorded March and May 1999 at Pfarrkirche in Weggis/Switzerland |
Hans Kennel, trumpet, alphorn John Wolf Brennan, church organ Marc Unternährer, tuba |
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Triangulation Leo CD LR388 recorded in Winterthur and Luzern/Switzerland |
John Wolf Brennan, piano, pipe organ, organ Christy Doran, guitar Patrice Héral, percussion, cymbal, cajón, voice |
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Pipelines Creative Works Records CW 1043 recorded September 2001 at the KKL in Luzern/Switzerland |
Hans Kennel, trumpet, alphorn, büchel Marc Unternährer, tuba John Wolf Brennan, organ |
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Whirligigs Leo Records CD LR562 recorded August 2009 in Winterthur/Switzerland |
John Wolf Brennan, accordion, clavinet, Composer, Indian harmonium, melodica, organ, piano Christy Doran, guitar Patrice Héral, percussion, vocals Bruno Amstad, vocals |
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