RENÉ BOTTLANG
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Third Stream • Switzerland

René Bottlang (* 1. May 1953 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss jazz pianist and composer. Bottlang studied at the conservatory in Lausanne and at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern. The mid-1970s he toured with his Orchestre à Musiques at several jazz festivals, including in Paris, Moers and Zurich. In addition, he also toured with his group Madame Schwab. In 1977 he moved to Paris and worked as a pianist and as a composer with musicians of the French jazz scene. Since 1978 he lived in the south of France. Since 1980 he has performed as a soloist (1980-2002 three solo albums), but also played in a duo with Michel Gaudry and with François Jeanneau. In 1983 he joined a trio with André Jaume and Bruno Chevillon on the Jazz Festival in Zurich. In 1987 he played in Lausanne with the pianist Mal Waldron. In the following years he read more...