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Fabian Gisler (double bass) was born on August 18th 1977 in Zürich. He graduated at Swiss Jazz School in Berne where he studied with Peter Frei, Reggie Johnson, Bert Joris, Rufus Reid and Andy Scherrer.
Meanwhile Fabian attended Workshops led by Ray Brown, George Gruntz, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano and George Mraz and he also won several prizes namely at Generations International Jazzmeeting Frauenfeld and New Jazz Generation Contest in Bern.
From 2000 to 2002 Fabian appeared as regular member of the Klezmer Group Kolsimcha playing concerts in Europe and in the USA.
Furthermore Fabian played with: Franco Ambrosetti, Gianni Basso, Bill Carrothers, Philip Catherine, Don Friedman, Dusko Gojkovic, Tony Lakatos, Robert Lakatos, Dado Moroni, Adam Nussbaum, Dick Oats, Dré Pallemaerts, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gary Smulyan, Donny McCaslin, Mark Soskin, Matthieu Michel, Makaya Ntshoko, Andy Scherrer, Roman Schwaller, Co Streiff, Nat Su, Kenny Werner und Nils Wogram.
Not only being a very busy sideman in different Bands, Fabian also maintains his own quartett featuring Colin Vallon, John Schröder and Henrik Walsdorff.

ALBUMS


Alex Hendriksen, Fabian Gisler, Paul Amereller
Lotus Blossom
2024, CD, Album, ezz-thetics
Alex Hendriksen, Fabian Gisler
The Song Is You
2019, CD, Album, ezz-thetics
Matthias Spillmann, Robert Lakatoš, Dré Pallemaerts, Fabian Gisler
Live At the Bird's Eye Jazz Club
2016, CD, Album, Bird's Eye Jazz Club
Scherrer*, Brodbeck*, Gisler*, Strüby*
Bearcat
2016, CD, Album, Underground (32)
Jaeger* - Gisler* - Rainey*
A Pyramid Made Of Music
2015, CD, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation
Fabian Gisler
Backyard Poets
2007, CD, Album, hatOLOGY, ,
Free Improvisation
Soskin*, McCaslin*, Gisler* 'N' Hammer*
One
2006, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Rusconi* + Fred Frith
Live In Europe
2016, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Robert Lakatos Trio
Never Let Me Go
2023, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, Jazz Shinsekai
Reto Suhner Quartet
RUN
2011, CD, Album, meta records (3), ,
Contemporary Jazz
Periskop
Wundersam
2011, CD, Album, Wide Ear Records
Reto Suhner Quartet
Live In Schaffhausen
2008, CD, Album, Altrisuoni
Reto Suhner Quartet
Äbä
2007, CD, Album, Altrisuoni
François Ingold Trio
Fat Free
2007, CD, Altrisuoni
Robert Lakatos Trio
Never Let Me Go
2007, CD, Album, Atelier Sawano
Rusconi Trio
Stop & Go
2006
Robert Lakatos Trio
So In Love
2005
Reto Suhner Quartet
Montag
2004, CD, Altrisuoni,
Adrian Frey Septet
Seven Songs
2004, CD, Album, Altrisuoni,
Domenic Landolf Quartet
Levitation
2000, CD, Album, JHM Records
Jürg Bucher Quartet
The Music Of Herbie Nichols
2000, CD, Album, liquidmusic
Matthias Spillmann Septet
Mats Up - Something About Water
2000, CD, Album, JHM Records
Mats-Up
In The Beginning
CD, Altrisuoni

APPEARANCES +


Feya Faku
Live At The Bird's Eye
2021, CD, Album, Not On Label (Feya Faku Self-released), ,
Contemporary Jazz
Feya Faku
Impilo
2021, CD, Album, Not On Label (Feya Faku Self-released)
Various
Jazzonze + Festival Lausanne 30 Ans De Live
2017, 2xCD, Album, Dig, Espace 2, ,
Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Florian Egli Weird Beard*
Orientation
2017
Rusconi*
History Sugar Dream
2014
Various
Elbphilharmonie Konzerte 2013/2014
2013, CD, Comp, Promo, Not On Label,
Rusconi*
Revolution
2012, Vinyl,
Jürg Wickihalder European Quartet feat. Irène Schweizer*
Jump!
2011, CD, Album, Intakt Records
Lina Button
Homesick
2011, CD, Album, Jazzhaus Records,
Silvio Cadotsch
Odem
2010, CD, Album, Unit Records (2)
Feya Faku
Hope And Honour
2010, CD, Album, Not On Label (Feya Faku Self-released)
Rusconi*
It's A Sonic Life
2010, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Rusconi*
One Up Down Left Right
2008
Jean-Paul Brodbeck
Song Of Tchaikovsky - None But The Lonely Heart
2007, CD, Album, Unit Records (2)
Andy Scherrer Special Sextet Feat. Bill Carrothers
Wrong Is Right
2007, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Christian Münchinger
Balanced Action
2006, CD, TCB Records (2)
Big Zis
Dörf Alles
2005, CD, Album, Nation Music
Brodbeck's Playground
Mood Hunter
2005, CD, Album, Not On Label
Andy Scherrer
Serenity -- A Tribute To Joe Henderson
2004, CD, Album, Unit Records (2)
Domenic Landolf
Wanderlust
2003, CD, Album, Pirouet, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
Yellow Productions
2002, 5xCD, Album + Box, Comp, Yellow Productions, ,
Leftfield/Downtempo/Trip Hop
Pyrolocus
Empty Framed Living
2001, CD, Album, Pyrocords
Tweak
Hybrid Organics
2001
Various
Live At The Bird's Eye Jazzclub Volume 1: Sommertrios 2000
2000, CD, Comp, Bird's Eye Jazz Club
Silent Poets
To Come... Remix Volume 02
2000, CD, ,
Leftfield/Drum n Bass/Acid Jazz/Trip Hop/Downtempo
Silent Poets
To Come...Another Version
2000, CD Digipak, ,
Broken Beat/Future Jazz/Downtempo
Förderpreisband Generations 98
Internationales Jazztreffen Frauenfeld
1999, CD, Album, Generecords