DAY & TAXI
Avant-Garde Jazz / 21st Century Modern • Switzerland
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The Swiss jazz trio Day & Taxi has been saxophonist Christoph Gallio's main on/off project throughout the 1990s. Personnel changes have made it difficult for the unit to record (only three albums during the decade), but it enjoyed a certain popularity among avant-garde jazz fans in Europe, America, and Japan, as many international tours testify. The group's compositions (mostly Gallio's) make use of sparseness in arrangements to let the melodies flow freely (not unlike Steve Lacy), thus making the music accessible yet creative.
Gallio formed Day & Taxi in 1988 as a quartet with saxophonist Urs Blöchlinger. He had just performed in bassist Lindsay L. Cooper's ensemble Idiomix, for which Dieter Ulrich was the drummer. This lineup has not been documented on record and Blöchlinger soon quit, leaving Gallio at the helm. They gave a few concerts in and around Zürich, but at the time, the saxophonist was busy touring with
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Avant-Garde Jazz
1992
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Avant-Garde Jazz
1998
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Avant-Garde Jazz
2003
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Avant-Garde Jazz
2003
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Avant-Garde Jazz
2006
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Avant-Garde Jazz
2014
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Avant-Garde Jazz
2016
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21st Century Modern
2019
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