WASH:

WASH, 2009

1.)   Children's World (Parker)
2.)   WASH (Wetz)
3.)   Ne Me Quitte Pas (Brel)
4.)   It's Probably Me (Sting)
5.)   Footprints (Shorter)
6.)   Wights Waits For Weights (Coleman)
7.)   Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Arr.WASH)
8.)   Afro Blue (Santamaria/Brown Jr.)
9.)   Vuelvo Al Sur (Piazzolla)
10.) Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Reprise)



Gary Wetz - saxes, vocals
Alain Appel - bass
Michael Stauffer - drums, percussion
Dominik Honegger - piano, fender rhodes

Special Guest:
Lisette Spinnler - vocals (on # 7, 8 and 10)

Produced by Gary Wetz and WASH
Recorded live on September 20 and 21, 2008 at Trotte Münchenstein
Recording engineer: David Huggel

Mixed and Mastered at Schauspielhaus Basel from October to December 2008 by David Huggel.

Cover Design and Art Work by Michael Stauffer and Mikka Stampa.

The Jazzkids:

Birdland, 2001

1.)   Birdland (J.Zawinul)
2.)   Louie, Louie (R.Berry)
3.)   Summertime (G.Gershwin)
4.)   Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (J.Zawinul)
5.)   Told You So (L.Niehaus)
6.)   Brass Machine (M.Taylor)
7.)   My Funny Valentine (R.Rodgers/L.Hart)
8.)   A Night In Tunisia (D.Gillespie)
9.)   Straight Time (G.Yasinitsky)
10.) Harlem Nocturne (E.Hagen)
11.) Yardbird Suite (Ch.Parker)
12.) The Pink Panther (H.Mancini)

13.) Take The "A"-Train (D.Ellington)
14.) Shake, Rattle And Roll (Ch.Calhoun)


Recorded on May 4 and 5, 2001 at HABU-Records Aesch
Recording engineer: Hans Buff
Production: HABU-Records Aesch
Design and Art Direction: Andreas Kirschner

Chameleon, 2003

1.)   Dirty Dozen (A.Clark)
2.)   Red Clay (F.Hubbard)
3.)   Satin Doll (D.Ellington)
4.)   Cute (N.Hefti)
5.)   Days Of Wine and Roses (H.Mancini)
6.)   Mr. Basket (M.Harris)
7.)   Moanin' (B.Timmons)
8.)   Sweet Georgia Brown (M.Pinkard)
9.)   Chameleon (H.Hancock)
10.) Cantaloupe Island (H.Hancock)



Recorded from June to November 2003 at MS Aesch
Recording engineer: Dominik Boehrer
Design and Art Direction: Andreas Kirschner

Groovin' High - 10th Anniversary, 2008

1.)   Early Afternoon Blues (Ch.Corea)
2.)   Episode From A Village Dance (D.Brown)
3.)   Theme From "Spiderman" (Harris/Webster)
4.)   Tiger Of San Pedro (J. LaBarbera)
5.)   I Remember You (J.Mercer/V.Schertzinger)
6.)   Groovin'High (D.Gillespie)
7.)   Sister Rebecca (J.Smith)
8.)   The Look Of Love (B.Bacharach)
9.)   The Rainbow Connection (Williams/Ascher)
10.) Centerpiece (H.S.Edison arr. Kirschner)
11.) Thieves In The Temple (Prince)
12.) Sister Rebecca (alternate take)


Recorded throughout 2008 at MS Aesch

Recording engineer: Dominik Boehrer
Photographies: Martin Studer
Design and Art Production: Andreas Kirschner

Live Music Performance:

Groove Project, 2004/2005

1.)   Festland (M.Kohler/F.Arbenz)
2.)   World Protection Blues (D.Hammond)
3.)   I Mean You (Th.Monk)
4.)   Funk (F.Arbenz/M.Kohler)
5.)   Footprints (W.Shorter)
6.)   Cantaloupe Island (H.Hancock)







Bonus Tracks:
Seven Short Pieces For Four Saxes (B.Stadelmann)
7.)    Blue and Yellow
8.)    Bluesetto
9.)    Central Park
10.)  They Had Music In The Evening
11.)  Parade
12.)  Rush Hour
13.)  Time Bomb

Special Guests: Michael Arbenz (piano) and Thomas Lähns (bass)

Recorded In June 2004 at MS Aesch
Recording engineer: Florence Meury