Happy Release Day! We’re thrilled to unveil the new album - Matter - by Fred Frith & Mariá Portugal — showcasing Fred Frith on electric guitar and voice alongside Mariá Portugal on drums, percussion, and voice. Fred Frith — a living...

Happy Release Day! We’re excited to share the latest release from the Dave Gisler Trio — featuring guitarist Dave Gisler alongside bassist Raffaele Bossard and drummer Lionel Friedli.As a resourceful sound alchemist and idiosyncratic sound architect with multi-layered and often...

Happy Release Day!We're thrilled to present the debut album of Otherlands Trio — uniting bassist Stephan Crump, saxophonist Darius Jones, and drummer Eric McPherson, three leading voices of New York’s jazz scene.On their fascinating debut album, the trio celebrates their...

Happy Release Day! We’re delighted to introduce Angel Falls, the duo of Sylvie Courvoisier on piano and Wadada Leo Smith on trumpet — a meeting of two visionary forces in creative music. Angel Falls exudes the magic of musical freedom,...

With the Swiss Grand Prix Music 2025, the Federal Office of Culture honors the outstanding career of pianist, composer, and improvisational musician Sylvie Courvoisier. At the award ceremony, Anja Illmaier from Intakt Records spoke in honor of the artist—we share her speech here, along with impressions of the evening.

The Swiss Grand Prix Music 2025 was awarded to Sylvie Courvoisier on 11 September at a ceremony organized by the Federal Office of Culture at the KKL Lucerne.

Fun at the 50th Willisau Jazz Festival, an Intakt Records board meeting and celebration...new preorders and a wonderful listening party with Gregg Belisle-Chi on Bandcamp.

Aruán Ortiz's Créole Renaissance now on sale, rain and reunions at the 45th Saalfelden Jazz Festival in Austria and this weekend's highlights at the 50th Willisau Jazz Festival. See you there!

Someone who wishes to produce free music with empathy needs to be a good host, an attentive listener and a critical companion, above all however, an enthusiast or, to advocate for a word which threatens to become old-fashioned, but is by no means obsolete, an idealist.