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Bruno Spoerri
Bruno Alexander Spoerri (born 16 August 1935) is a Swiss jazz and electronics musician. Born in Zurich, he studied applied psychology in Basel and Zurich. He played the saxophone as a student and
Bruno Alexander Spoerri (born 16 August 1935) is a Swiss jazz and electronics musician. Born in Zurich, he studied applied psychology in Basel and Zurich. He played the saxophone as a student and toured with the Modern Jazz Group Freiburg in Germany and Switzerland. In the early 1960s, he worked as a psychologist and career counsellor. He experimented with an electrified saxophone and published the album Voice of Taurus in 1978. Discography * Jazz-Rock Experience (Deram, 1970) * Glückskugel (Finders Keepers Records, 1971–1980) * Container (1976) * Voice of Taurus (Gold Records/Inzec, 1978) * Toy Planet with Irmin Schmidt (Spoon Records, 1981) * AX+BY+CZ+D=0 (1983) * Zürich Tenors (FFO 1983, with Ernst Gerber, Fernando Fantini, Richard Lipiec, Umberto Foletti, Rolf Cizmek, Hans Brunner) * Albert Mangelsdorff - Bruno Spoerri - Christy Doran - Reto Weber: Shake, Shuttle and Blow (Enja, 1999) Awards * Jazz Festival Zürich 1954: First Prize for Saxophone and Band * Jazz Festival Düsseldorf (Deutschland) 1956: Second Prize for Alto Saxophone with Modern Jazz Group Freiburg * Jazz Festival Zürich 1958: First Prize for Bigband * International Advertising Film Festival Cannes 1965: First Pr
- Era
- Post-War
- Lived
- 1935–present
- From
- Switzerland
- Born in
- Zurich
- Known as
- jazz musician, composer, saxophonist, record producer, film score composer, musician
- Instruments
- saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Genres
- jazz, big band music