Fredy Studer - Nows the Time '2018

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If you have a chance to celebrate, take it. Drummer Fredy Studer, one of
Switzerland’s top percussionists, has good reason to celebrate. This year
he will be 70, he’s playing Willisau Jazz Festival for the 27th time
(making him the musician who has played this festival the most) and is
publishing his very first solo recordings! He has recorded these with a total
absence of overdubs and electronic effects. “Now’s the Time
– Solo Drums” is issued as a superb box set by Everest Records und
Maniac Press. It contains two LPs and a 250-page book, with text by Beat Blaser,
Pirmin Bossart, Meinrad Buholzer, Kurt Murpf, Peter Rüedi and Christine
Weber. 

Fredy Studer, “without doubt one of Europe’s most innovative
drummers” (Drums & Percussion), can look back on 45 years of playing
experience. The Lucerne musician is self taught and his work is documented on
more than one hundred recordings. He was, and is, active with bands and projects
such as Koch-Schütz-Studer, OM and Phall Fatale and many others, as well as
diverse freelance activities from “A”, such as John Abercrombie, to
“Z” – John Zorn. 

And now we come to what might be considered the crowning glory:
“Now’s The Time – Solo Drums” is not a retrospective,
or an archive. “Now’s The Time” is an appreciation of a great
musician who has not only made history, but is at the heart of history and who,
thanks to his collaborations with other, younger musicians, has never stood
still, but who has his eye firmly on the musical future, which he seeks out and
embraces. 

There is a special appreciation of the work through the statements by four
outstanding drummers – Vinnie Colaiuta, Jack De Johnette, Jim Keltner and
Paul Lovens – who appear on the “Now’s The Time –
Solo Drums” box set. Vinnie Colaiuta has worked with Frank Zappa, Joni
Mitchell, Sting and Herbie Hancock, for example. He congratulates Fredy Studer
on his solo work with the words “Your use of textures and rhythms is
masterful.” And Jim Keltner, one of the greatest studio drummers, who can
be heard on more than 3,000 albums – including those of George Harrison,
John Lennon, Bob Dylan and Joe Cocker – enthuses: “Your musicality
and how you incorporate the many varied sounds from your palette is always
inspirational and so much fun to listen to – killin’.” 

“Now’s The Time – Solo Drums” is issued as a 2-LP box
set (180 g vinyl each) and a 250-page book (German/English), containing texts by
Beat Blaser, Pirmin Bossart, Meinrad Buholzer, Kurt Murpf, Peter Rüedi and
Christine Weber about Fredy Studer’s (musical) life. The
“Now’s The Time – Solo Drums” box set by Fredy Studer
will be issued by Everest Records and Maniac Press. 

Tracklist:
01. Fredy Studer - InPuls
02. Fredy Studer - Brubber
03. Fredy Studer - Can I?
04. Fredy Studer - Kathrina San
05. Fredy Studer - Noisy Groove
06. Fredy Studer - Lies mehr Nadeln
07. Fredy Studer - Circle Stomp
08. Fredy Studer - An Open Window for Frasi
09. Fredy Studer - Nows the Time
10. Fredy Studer - Another Day
11. Fredy Studer - Lonely Breathing
12. Fredy Studer - Joysticks
13. Fredy Studer - Risky Edge
14. Fredy Studer - Rostiger Himmel

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