"The Jazz Hole host Linus Wyrsch is originally from Küssnacht, Switzerland and August 1st happens to be Swiss National Day! Linus decided to spotlight several Swiss artist, some of which live here in New York City! A special focus is on Swiss-born and New York-based guitarist, singer and songwriter Eliane Amherd’s brand new album La Dégustation. Eliane Amherd has made a career out of touring the world, literally and stylistically, but as a songwriter she turns her lens to her home soil with La Dégustation: the complex and diverse “terroirs” of the canton Valais in Switzerland, where wine is business, culture, science, and (nearly) religion. Each of La Dégustation’s tracks is named for a wine produced in her home region. Using her own research and experience, Eliane weaves the science, the politics, and the myths of each into an imaginative and unlikely portrait of her homeland and of her identity.

Eliane Amherd - “Santé”, “Heida” & “Flee Flailing”

Album: La Dégustation

Eliane Amherd (voc, g, comp), Amanda Ruzza (b), Rosa Avila (d) and Bashiri Johnson (perc)

Eliane Amherd (featuring Pauline Lugon) - Pinot ou Fendant

Album: La Dégustation

Eliane Amherd (voc, g, co-comp), Pauline Lugon (voc, co-comp), Amanda Ruzza (b), Rosa Avila (d) and Bashiri Johnson (perc)

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Adrian Mira Group - Dreamland

Album: Spotlight

Adrian Mira (cl), Ramon Ziegler (p), Haggai Cohen-Milo (b) and Tupac Mantilla (perc, d)

Sebastien Ammann’s Color Wheel - Yayoi

Album: Resilience

Sebastien Ammann (p), Michaël Attias (as), Samuel Blaser (tb), Noah Garabedian (b) and Nathan Ellman-Bell (d)

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Alexia Gardner - A Little Closer

Album: A Little Closer

Alexia Gardner (voc, co-comp), Beat Baumli (g), Lorenz Beyeler (b) and Pieter 'Pieps' Vos (co-comp)

Michel Maurer Meridian - The Shape of Noon

Album: The Shape of Noon

Michel Maurer (d), Alex Levine (g), Peyton Pleninger (ts) and Ben Rolston (b)

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Manu Koch & Filtron M - Organic Crimes

Album: Astoria Roots

Manu Koch (p, kbds), Panagiotis Andreou (b, voc), Mauricio Zottarelli (d), Samuel Torres (congas) and Tamer Pinarbasi (kanun)

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Beat Kaestli - Why Should I Pretend

Album: Live In Europe

Beat Kaestli (voc), Walter Fischbacher (p), Petr Dvorsky (b) and Andreas Winter (d)

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Jojo Mayer & Nerve - Schluuedersitz

Album: EP 1

Jojo Mayer (d), Roli Mosimann (real time audio deconstruction), Takuya Nakamura (kbds, tp) and John Davis (b)

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Claude Diallo & Linus Wyrsch - “Hayir” & “Uplift (for Monty)”

Album: Live at Villa Irniger

Claude Diallo (p), Linus Wyrsch (ts, cl, composer of “Uplift (for Monty)”) and Gizem Gokoglu (composer of “Hayir”)

00:00 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

01:13 - Santé - Eliane Amherd

01:28 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

03:53 - Heida - Eliane Amherd

08:08 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

10:05 - Pinot ou Fendant - Eliane Amherd, Pauline Lugon

14:56 - Flee Failing - Eliane Amherd

19:31 - Dreamland - Adrian Mira Group

24:31 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

26:26 - Yayoi - Sebastien Ammann’s Color Wheel

34:20 - A Little Closer - Alexia Gardner

39:09 - The Shape of Noon - Michel Maurer Meridian

43:25 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

46:28 - Organic Crimes - Manu Koch & Filtron M

50:40 - Why Should I Pretend - Beat Kaestli

55:54 - Schluuedersitz - Jojo Mayer & Nerve

60:45 - Hayir - Claude Diallo, Linus Wyrsch

64:51 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

66:37 - Uplift (for Monty) - Claude Diallo, Linus Wyrsch

71:34 - Finish

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