Today’s episode features jazz bassist Heiri Känzig, who is based in Switzerland and has worked with countless prominent artists like John Scofield, Art Farmer, and the Vienna Art Orchestra. Heiri is Professor of Jazz Double Bass at the Hochschule Luzern, and his latest album is Celebration with pianist Thierry Lang.
We talk about his early years, how the pandemic has been for him, his incredible travels across the globe playing both jazz and world music, concepts that he focuses on in his teaching, his Swiss-Mongolian collaborative project Agula, and much more. Enjoy!
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