Time: 53:11
Size: 121.7 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 2005
Art: Front
[5:42] 1. Mixes Message
[5:50] 2. 9th Avenue
[2:36] 3. Tribute
[5:17] 4. Golden Earrings
[4:29] 5. Stablemates
[4:29] 6. Sud Ouest Jump
[3:26] 7. Hope
[3:33] 8. Crosscourt
[5:37] 9. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
[4:42] 10. Pensative
[4:13] 11. Backup
[3:12] 12. Mirrorland
Bossard, who comes from a musical family, first learned classical violin, before he played guitar as a self-taught. A television concert by Joe Pass brought him to modern jazz; He took private lessons with Christy Doran. Between 1977 and 1981, he studied at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern, then from 1982 at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles with Pass and Joe Dorio. Back in Switzerland, he worked from 1983 as a teacher at a youth music school. He also played in the Guitarsummit by Pierre Cavalli (1983-84), which also included Thomas Moeckel and Markus Plattner. He also formed the "Boss Art Band", u. a. with Andy Scherrer, then with Martien Oster. In 1988 he played in the quartet with Sal Nistico. Then he founded his own hardbop quintet, which included next to his brother, the trumpeter Corrado Bossard, Daniel Schnyder (later Domenic Landolf), Erich Peter and Alberto Canonico. He also appeared frequently with Vince Benedetti, Makaya Ntshoko, Sandy Patton, Matthieu Michel and James Zollar. In 1999 he founded his organ trio "Organ-X" with Chris Wiesendanger and Elmar Frey, which was occasionally expanded by the saxophonist Roland von Flüe. Since 2002, he has continued to play regularly with Hämi Hämmerli and Frey in "The Trio". He also played in the swing band Buddha's Gamblers and can be heard on albums by Peggy Chew, Gabriela Krapf, vocal contact, voicetet and the Mellow Brass.
Bossard played at relevant Swiss jazz festivals (inter alia, television record of the Jazz Festival Montreux 1987), but also on such in the Netherlands and France. He also toured Germany, Austria, Italy and Brazil. In 1999 he won the readers poll of the jazz magazine Jazz & Cultur as "best swiss jazz guitarist 1998". (Translated from German.)
Bossard played at relevant Swiss jazz festivals (inter alia, television record of the Jazz Festival Montreux 1987), but also on such in the Netherlands and France. He also toured Germany, Austria, Italy and Brazil. In 1999 he won the readers poll of the jazz magazine Jazz & Cultur as "best swiss jazz guitarist 1998". (Translated from German.)
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