Irène Schweizer and Omri Ziegele are a pair as perfectly opposite as Monk and Johnny Griffin: she is a mercurial, superior architect at the piano, with a presence one can only admire; he is an existential virtuoso with an indepen- dent magination of a kind that is becoming ever harder to find. Here they are together on a CD with their «little favo- rites,» unpretentiously presented as if they were sitting or standing in front of the home crowd at Café Casablanca in Zürich; everyday music, which easily includes Monk and Don Cherry, the blues and the Great American Songbook, lovingly worked out and, in its fragmentary perfection, generating unexpected associations.

Cover art and graphic design: Jonas Schoder
Engineer: Martin Pearson
Liner notes: Dieter Ulrich
Photo: Francesca Pfeffer

Recorded January 14, 15, 2004 at Radio Studio DRS Zürich by Martin Pearson. Mixed and Mastered by Martin Pearson. Produced by Omri Ziegele & Intakt Records. Executive Production: Patrik Landolt. Produced by Intakt Records.