Swiss pianist and composer Sylvie Courvoisier has been a defining figure on the contemporary jazz scene for 20 years and is at the epicenter of the New York music scene. She was also recently awarded the prestigious Swiss Grand Prix Musik 2025. She now follows up on the acclaimed recent releases – her solo album To be Other-Wise, and the atmospherically multi-layered duo album Angel Falls with the legendary Wadada Leo Smith – with a live album from her much-lauded trio with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Kenny Wollesen. Recorded during a European tour in February 2025, the album presents the quintessence of this outstanding trio. With each concert, with each album, the trio's working method becomes more defined. In deep musical trust with each other, the three exceptional musicians celebrate a detailed and precise music that is both ambiguous and wide open. “And that's what this album shows now. This joy, diversity, subtlety, this desire. (...) Losing oneself in the music, the delicious moment that unfolds heavenly. But so cunning, so complex, so pointed, as only true virtuosos can be,” writes Ulrich Stock in the liner notes.

Cover art: Mario del Curto
Graphic design: Jonas Schoder
Liner notes: Ulrich Stock
Photo: Santiago Gardeazabal

All compositions by Sylvie Courvoisier (SUISA, ASCAP). 1, 2, 4 recorded at JOE Festival in Essen, Germany, on February 8, 2025, by Klaus Ramma. 3, 5, 6, 8 recorded at Festival Sons d’hiver in Ivry-sur-Seine on February 13, 2025, by Olivier Mazarguil. 7, 9 recorded at Jazzclub Unterfahrt in Munich, Germany, on February 6, 2025, by Florian Stierstorfer. Mixed on August 12–13, 2025, at 35th Street Studio, NYC by Owen Mulholland. Mastered on October 23, 2025, at Skye Mastering, Thailand, by Denis Blackham. Recording produced by Sylvie Courvoisier. CD produced by Intakt Records, P. O. Box, 8024 Zürich, Switzerland. www.intaktrec.ch