Isla Eckinger


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Joe Haider Septet Joe Haider & His Orchestra Drum Circus The Tremble Kids Four For Jazz Hot Mallets Papa Oscars Dixielanders K & K Dixielanders Gody Kläy Trio E.S.P.J.A.M. Slide Hampton - Joe Haider Orchestra Klaus Weiss Big Band Leszek Zadlo Quartett The Chiz Harris Quartet Bruno Spoerri And His Big Band The Michel Herr Quartet Oscar Klein Quartet Gianni Basso European Quartet The Banjo Barons Buck Clayton And His Swiss Allstars Joe Haider Quintet Andy Scherrer Quartet Twobones Dusko Goykovich-Joe Haider Quintett Cojazz Eckinger / Manning Quintet Philly Joe Jones Quintet Isla Eckinger Ensemble Henri Chaix Quartet Albert Nicholas All Stars The Chicago Jazz Giants Alain Guyonnet Big Band

ex Joe Haider Trio, The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, The Guido Manusardi Trio, Hank Jones Trio, Mal Waldron Trio, Mal Waldron Quintet, Dusko Gojkovic Quintett, Danny Moss Quartet, George Robert Quartet, Peter Eigenmann Trio

Swiss jazz bassist, born May 6, 1939 in Dornach, Switzerland; died April 8, 2021 in Dornach, Switzerland.
Also credited for valve trombone, trombone (his first instrument) and vibes.

ALBUMS


VR Smith, Jim Szilagyi, Isla Eckinger, Chuck Manning, Putter Smith, Tim Pleasant
Alone Together
2012, CD, Album, SP Records (10)
Schöb* / Eigenmann* / Eckinger* / Schmidlin*
Sweet Relief
2005, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Schwaller* - Eckinger* - Cobb*
Play The Billie Holiday Songbook
2004, CD, TCB Records (2),
Alain Guyonnet Tentet And Big Band* Featuring Mr. Lee Konitz*, George Robert, Dado Moroni, Isla Eckinger, Peter Schmidlin
Swiss Kiss
1994
Isla Eckinger
Hot Mallets
1992, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Fatty George · Emil Mangelsdorff · Miriam Klein · Isla Eckinger · Bill Grah · Oscar Klein
Happy Dixieland
1987, ,
Dixieland
Cees Slinger / Clifford Jordan / Philly Joe Jones* / Isla Eckinger
Sling Shot!
1986
Sal Nistico, Benny Bailey, Joe Haider, Isla Eckinger, Billie Brooks*
East Of Isar
1978, LP, Album, EGO Records (3), ,
Soul-Jazz/Modal/Hard Bop
Makaya Ntshoko / Heinz Sauer / Bob Degen / Isla Eckinger
Makaya & The Tsotsis
1974, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop
Chuck Manning
Notes From The Real
2007, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Isla Eckinger Ensemble
Isla's Island (The Music Of Isla Eckinger)
2019, CD, Album, Enja Records,
Joe Haider Trio
A Moment In Montreux
2013, CD, Album, Sound Hills Records
The Tremble Kids
A Tribute To Eddie Condon
2008, CD, Album, TCB Records (2),
Andy Scherrer Quartet
Remember Mal Waldron
2003, CD, TCB Records (2)
Drum Circus
Magic Theatre
2003, ,
Jazz-Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Poetry/Fusion
Andy Scherrer Quartet
Second Step
2000, CD, Album, TCB Records (2), ,
Modal
Twobones
Ballads For Bluehorns
2000, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Peter Eigenmann Trio
Something Special
2000, CD, TCB Records (2)
The Tremble Kids
The Great Jazz Tunes Of George Gershwin
1999, CD, Album, Bell Records (5)
Twobones
To Kai and Jay
1996, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Joe Haider Quintet
Magic Box
1995, CD, Album, JHM Records
George Robert Quartet
Voyage-Live At The Chorus
1995, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Eckinger / Manning Quintet
L.A. Calling
1991, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Klaus Weiss Big Band
Lightnin'
1985, CD, Album, Jeton, ,
Big Band
Hot Mallets
Hot Mallets
1985, ,
Cool Jazz/Swing
Hot Mallets
...Live!
1984
Gianni Basso European Quartet
Lunet
1982, LP, Album, Splasc(h) Records
The Tremble Kids
Tremble Kids In Chicago
1982, Cass, International Pick
Dusko Goykovich, Joe Haider Quintett
After A Long Time
1981
The Tremble Kids
Jumpin' The Blues
1979, LP, Intercord, ,
Dixieland
Hank Jones Trio
Have You Met This Jones?
1978, ,
Bop/Swing
The Tremble Kids
25 Jahre The Tremble Kids (Live)
1977, 2xLP, Intercord
The Chicago Jazz Giants
The Chicago Jazz Giants Live!
1977, ,
Dixieland
Leszek Zadlo Quartett
Thoughts
1976, LP, Album, EGO Records (3), ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Oscar Klein Quartet
Echoes Of Harlem
1976
The Tremble Kids
The Other Way Around
1976, ,
Dixieland
The Tremble Kids
Play Satchmo Tunes
1976,
Slide Hampton - Joe Haider Orchestra
Give Me A Double
1975, ,
Big Band
Mal Waldron Quintet
Hard Talk
1974, ,
Post Bop
Joe Haider Trio
Café Des Pyrénnées
1973
Four For Jazz
Sunday Child
1972, LP, Album, Spiegelei
The Tremble Kids
The Tremble Kids Are Back
1972, LP, Album, MPS Records, BASF, ,
Dixieland
The Banjo Barons
Banjo Festival
1972,
Four For Jazz
Power Of Nature
1971, LP, Album, Spiegelei
Mal Waldron Trio
Free At Last
1970, ,
Hard Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Buck Clayton And His Swiss Allstars
Swingin' The Blues
1966, LP, Album, Decca, ,
Swing/Big Band
Bruno Spoerri And His Big Band
Bruno Spoerri And His Big Band
1959, 7", EP, Mono, Fiesta (6), ,
Big Band
The Tremble Kids
Chicago-Jazz
7", Single, Heco
Papa Oscars Dixielanders
Firehouse-Dixie
,
Dixieland
Mal Waldron Quintet
Middelheim Jazz Festival 1977
CDr, Unofficial, Jazztime (3), Jazztime (3), ,
Free Jazz

APPEARANCES +


Pony Poindexter / Frank Rosolino / Fritz Pauer / Art Farmer
The Exciting Jazz Of The Early 70ies
2017, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album + CD, Album + CD, Album , Enja Records, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Modal
Various
The EGO Recordings Of Joe Haider · Fritz Pauer · Horace Parlan
2016, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Organic Music (3), EGO Records (3), EGO Records (3), EGO Records (3), EGO Records (3), ,
Modal/Hard Bop
Mal Waldron
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note. Volume 2
2016, 11xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Black Saint, Soul Note, ,
Post Bop/Bop/Vocal/Free Jazz
Mario Schneeberger
Cheers Ear
2015, 2xCDr, Ltd, DS (7), ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Swing/Bop
Jon Davis
Live At The Bird's Eye
2014, CD, TCB Records (2)
Leszek Zadlo, Alan Skidmore
The EGO Recordings Of Leszek Zadlo · Alan Skidmore
2013, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Organic Music (3), EGO Records (3), EGO Records (3), EGO Records (3), EGO Records (3)
Brainticket
Psychonaut
2013
Various
The EGO Recordings Of Benny Bailey · Sal Nistico · Dusko Goykovich
2012, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Organic Music (3), EGO Records (3), EGO Records (3), EGO Records (3), EGO Records (3), Organic Music (3), Organic Music (3), Organic Music (3), Organic Music (3), ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop/Modal/Soul-Jazz
Cojazz Meets Bruno Spoerri
European Tales
2012, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Werner "Wieni" Keller*
Recovered Collector's Items
2011, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
George Robert Quartet Featuring Clark Terry
Live At Cuvaison, California
2011, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Jazz Live Trio With Phil Woods, Eddie Daniels, Stuff Smith, Leo Wright
Jazz Live Trio With Guests
2011, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Cheryl Conley
Lemon Twist
2010, CD, Album, TCB Records (2), ,
Post Bop
Chet Baker
Milestones
2009,
Bent Jædig
The Free Spirit (Recordings 1963 - 2003)
2009,
Albert Mangelsdorff
Originals Vol. 1
2008, 5xCD, Comp, RM, MPS Records,
Ken Peplowski & Jesper Thilo
Happy Together: Live At Birdland Volume One
2008, CD, Album, Nagel Heyer Records, ,
Swing/Bop/Cool Jazz
Jörg Seidel
Gipsy Jazz Connexion
2007, CD, Album, Swingland-Records, ,
Swing
Groovin' 'Bones Featuring Dado Moroni
Twobones 2007 (Live At The Salzfass In Brugg)
2007, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Various
Swinging Jazz Piano
2006, ,
Soul-Jazz/Cool Jazz/Modal/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Swing/Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop
Jeff Kaye
Just Like Me
2005, CD, Album, Jazzed Media
Various
Forum West - Modern Jazz From West Germany 1962-1968
2004, ,
Cool Jazz/Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Modal
Various
Midnight Sessions
2002, 10", Comp, Woopie Music, ,
Hard Bop/Modal/Vocal
Various
Ballads 3
2002, CD, Album, Comp, Enja Records
Stefanie Schlesinger
What Love Is
2002, CD, Album, Enja Records
Various
The Storyville 50th Anniversary Celebration
2002, CD, Smplr, Storyville, ,
Post Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing/Contemporary Jazz
Brian Mitchell (8), Paul Kreibich
The Jazz Coop - Spiral Stairway
2002, CD, Album, Two Tall Productions
Charlie Mariano
Deep In A Dream
2002
Vince Benedetti Meets Diana Krall
Heartdrops
2002
Various
Jazz Im Gärtnerplatz 2001
2001, 2xCD, Album, Chaos,
Ben Webster & Teddy Wilson
Ben & Teddy
2001, CD, Album, Sackville Recordings
Ann Malcolm, Cojazz
Scenes Of Christmas
2001, CD, Album, TCB Records, The Montreux Jazz Label
Dusko Goykovich
Portrait (A 70th Birthday Celebration)
2001, ,
Modal/Hard Bop
Dusko Goykovich
In My Dreams
2001, ,
Modal/Hard Bop
Various
Fascination
2000, CD, Album, INMUS, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Big Band
Cojazz Featuring Gianni Basso
All Those Melodies
2000, CD, Album, TCB Records (2), ,
Swing/Bop
Don Byas Quartet Feat. Sir Charles Thompson
Feat. Sir Charles Thompson
2000
Four For Jazz & Benny Bailey
The Best Of Four For Jazz & Benny Bailey
1999, CD, Comp, JHM Records
The Tremble Kids All-Stars*
The Tremble Kids All-Stars
1999, CD, Album, Jazzology, ,
Dixieland
Stéphane Grappelli
Grappelli Story
1999, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Swing
Two Bones*, Danilo Moccia, Paul Haag
Spiral Stairway
1998, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Heinz Bigler Quartet
This Thing Called Love
1998, CD, Downtown Records (9), ,
Hard Bop/Bop
Mal Waldron
Devils And Hymns
1997, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, High Tide
George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band*
The MPS Years
1996, CD, Comp, MPS Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Tom Saunders' Wild Bill Davison Band & Guests
Exactly Like You
1996, CD, Album, Nagel Heyer Records, ,
Dixieland
Jay Migliori
Smile
1996, CD, Album, Cexton Records,
Bill Allred & Roy Williams
Absolutely
1996, CD, Album, Nagel Heyer Records, ,
Swing
Various
Glücklich II
1996, ,
Samba/Latin/Batucada/Fusion/Latin Jazz
Sandy Patton And The Joe Haider Trio
Waltz Forever, My Love
1996
Various
The World Of Dixieland
1995, 2xCD, Comp, ZYX Music, ,
Dixieland
Conte Candoli Meets The Joe Haider Trio*
Conte Candoli Meets The Joe Haider Trio
1995, CD, Album, JHM Records
Jeanie Lambe And The Danny Moss Quartet*
Three Great Concerts
1995, CD, Album, Nagel Heyer Records
The Horace Parlan Trio*
Like Someone In Love
1995
Various
Reference Highlights 3
1994, CD, Comp, Ltd, Bell Records (5),
Clark Terry, George Robert
The Good Things In Life
1994, ,
Bop
Wolfgang Engstfeld
Songs And Ballads
1993, CD, Album, NABEL,
Various
Reference Highlights № 2
1992, CD, Comp, Ltd, Bell Records (5), ,
Fusion/Piano Blues/Folk/Swing
George Robert Quartet feat. Mr. Clark Terry*
Live At The Q-4 Rheinfelden
1991
Klaus Weiss Trio
L.A. Calling
1991, ,
Modal
Various
Reference Highlights
1991
Stephane Grappelli*
Jazz 'Round Midnight
1991, ,
Gypsy Jazz
Alain Guyonnet Tentet And Big Band* Featuring Mr. Lee Konitz*
Swiss Kiss
1991
Cees Slinger
Sling Shot
1990
Various
Jazz 'Round Midnight - The Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn Songbook
1989, CD, Comp, Verve Records
The Chiz Harris Quartet With Special Guest Conte Candoli
Confirmation
1989, CD, Album, Cexton Records
Joe Haider Straight Ahead*
Up Shot
1989, CD, Album, Jazz Live Music, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop/Modal
Cojazz Featuring Ann Malcolm
Invitation
1989, CD, TCB Records (2)
Brigitte Bader Meets Johnny Griffin
Passion, No Future, But Love
1989
Various
Jazz-Club • Trombone
1989, ,
Hard Bop
Jean-Luc Ponty, Stéphane Grappelli
Jean-Luc Ponty & Stéphane Grappelli
1988,
Klaus Weiss Quintett* Featuring Clifford Jordan
Live At Opus 1
1988
Stephane Grappelli*
Stephane Grappelli
1987
Wild Bill Davison's All Stars
Wild Bill Davison's All Stars
1987
Guido Manusardi Trio*
Down Town
1986, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Pierre Guyonnet
Pierre Guyonnet Joue Alain Guyonnet
1985, LP, Album, Plainisphare, Plainisphare,
Lino Patruno & The European Jazz Stars
Echoes Of Harlem
1985, CD, Album, Hitland
Lilian Terry With Dizzy Gillespie
Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be ...Oo, Oo ...Oo, Oo
1985, ,
Soul-Jazz/Cool Jazz
Kim Parker
Sometimes I'm Blue
1985, ,
Soul-Jazz/Cool Jazz
Joe Haider Quartet '84
The Essential Point
1984, LP, Album, Jazz Publications, Jazz Publications
Hot Mallets & Raymond Court
Standards For Paradise
1984, LP, Jazz et Rejazz
Various
Reference
1984, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Engstfeld Herr Quartett
Short Stories
1983, LP, Album, NABEL
Eddie «Lockjaw» Davis*
Live At The Widder, Vol. 1
1982,
Jon Hendricks
Cloudburst
1982
Klaus Weiss Quintett*
Salt Peanuts
1982
Various
Bratislava Jazz Days 1980
1981, 2xLP, Opus, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation/Swing/Jazz-Rock/Big Band
Stephane Grappelli* / Jean-Luc Ponty
Giants
1981,
Various
Blue Mood (Famous Jazz-Ballads And Blues)
1980, LP, Comp, Club, EMI, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing
Basel Jazz All Stars
Reunion Concert
1980, 2xLP, Album, Megaphone Records (5), Megaphone Records (5),
Horace Parlan
One For Wilton
1980, LP, Album, EGO Records (3), ,
Hard Bop
The Tremble Kids, George Gershwin
The Great Jazz Tunes Of George Gershwin Played By The Tremble Kids
1980
Bill Ramsey / Toots Thielemans
When I See You
1980, ,
Swing
Joe Haider
Joe Haider And His Friends
1979, LP, Comp, Calig
P.S. Corporation
Shine
1979, LP, Album, P.S. Records (10)
"Philly" Joe Jones
Round Midnight
1979
Zbigniew Seifert
We'll Remember Zbiggy
1979, ,
Fusion/Free Improvisation
Albert Mangelsdorff
Star Edition
1978, 2xLP, Comp, MPS Records, MPS Records,
P.S. Corporation
Sorry
1978, ,
Dixieland
Trumpetmachine Directed By George Gruntz
For Flying Out Proud
1978,
Various
Jazz-Festival Bern
1978
Fatty George, Emil Mangelsdorff, Oscar Klein, Miriam Klein, Albert Nicholas
Europa Jazz Parade
1978
Fritz Pauer
Water Plants
1977, LP, Album, EGO Records (3), ,
Modal/Hard Bop
Patrick Moraz
Out In The Sun
1977, ,
Fusion/Prog Rock/Batucada
Rosolino* - Candoli*
Just Friends
1977, ,
Bop
Benny Bailey
Serenade To A Planet
1976, LP, Album, EGO Records (3), ,
Hard Bop
Bob Degen
Sequoia Song
1976,
Frank Rosolino, Conte Candoli
Conversation
1976
Tremble Kids*
Hats Off To Eddie Condon
1975, LP, Album, MPS Records, BASF
Richard Moser
At The Hilton
1975, LP, Album, International Pick, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing/Latin Jazz/Cha-Cha/Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz
Klaus Weiss
Drum Box
1975
Stephane Grappelli* & The Diz Disley Trio*
Violinspiration
1975
K & K Dixielanders, Oscar Klein & Werner Keller
New Orleans Function
1974
Oscar Klein, Fatty George
Chicagoan All Stars
1974, ,
Dixieland/Swing
Tremble Kids*
Midnight Session
1973, LP, Album, MPS Records, BASF
Irene Oliver
From This We've Come
1973, LP, Classic Pick
Miriam Klein, Roy Eldridge, Dexter Gordon, Slide Hampton
Lady Like (Miriam Klein Sings Billie Holiday)
1973
Various
Heidelberger Jazztage '72 (The Authentic Live Recording)
1973, ,
Fusion/Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Various
From Europe With Jazz
1972, LP, Album, Gat, MPS Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Jiggs Whigham, Albert Mangelsdorff, Åke Persson, Slide Hampton
Trombone Workshop
1972, ,
Post Bop
Various
Zurich Jazz Festival 1971
1971, 2xLP, Album, MPS Records, BASF,
Rolf Probala
Supermärt
1971, 7", Single, Columbia
Dusko Goykovich International Quintet*
As Simple As It Is
1971
Joe Haider
Katzenvilla
1971
Albert Nicholas Featuring Miriam Klein
Albert Nicholas Featuring Miriam Klein
1970
Four For Jazz & Benny Bailey
A Land Of Dolls
1970, ,
Post Bop/Modal/Avant-garde Jazz
Mal Waldron
Spanish Bitch
1970
Various
Mednarodni International Jazz-Festival Ljubljana '69
1969, LP, Album, Mono, Helidon
Various
Jazz In Basel 1967
1967, LP, Comp, Turicaphon, ,
Bop/Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band/Swing/Ragtime/Dixieland
Maurice Rossel
Jazz In Basel 1966
1966, LP, Album, Turicaphon
Various
ENJA-SPECIAL
LP, Album, Comp, Enja Records,
Oscar Klein
Dixie Time
LP, Sonic
Gene Rodgers
It Might As Well Be - - - Gene!
LP, Comp, 88 Up Right, ,
Ragtime
Earle Warren
Plays The Sweet Sound Of Jazz
LP, M Records (3)
Ann Malcolm
Scenes Of Christmas
CD, TCB Records (2)
Various
Digital Master Pieces Mit Digital Soundcheck (Audiophile Jazz/Rock/Folk-Highlights)
3xCD, Comp, Bell Records (5)
Bob Barnard Meets Jim Galloway With The Henri Chaix Trio*
What's New
CD, Album, Sackville Recordings
Ben Webster, Buck Clayton And The Henri Chaix Quartet
Ben And Buck
CD, Album, Sackville Recordings
Vince Benedetti Trio
Untitled
7", Single, Studio Swiss Jazz School
Various
More Blues Rarities - The Whiskey Collection
2009, CD, Comp, Bell Records, Bell Records, Jokers edition, Jokers edition
Various
Something's Gotta Give (Music From The Motion Picture)
2003, CD, ,
Music Hall/Soundtrack/Chanson
Various
Bassissimo / Bass Power
1997, CD, Comp, Bell Records (5)
Various
Audiophile Essential
1996, CD, Comp, Bell Records (5)
Various
Swingin´ Round Switzerland
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, Swiss Radio International,
Various
HiFi SH Box - Die Lautsprecher Hörtest CD
1994, CD, Comp, Ltd, Bell Records (5)
Various
Digital Master Pieces / Audiophile Jazz-Rock-Folk-Highlights
1991, 2xCD, Comp, Clu, Bell Records (5), ,
Jazz-Rock/Folk Rock
Various
Reference Highlights Nr. 1 + 2
1991, 2xCD, Comp, Bell Records (5), ,
Fusion/Piano Blues/Folk/Swing
Conte Candoli & Frank Rosolino
Conversations - The Complete Quintet Recordings
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Unofficial, Gambit Records
Charlie Mariano
Deep In A Dream
2001, CD, Album, Unofficial, Not On Label, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Patrick Moraz
Out In The Sun
1999, ,
Fusion/Prog Rock
Chet Baker
Deep In A Dream Of You
1988
Philly Joe Jones*
Round Midnight
1980
Various
Modern Jazz
CD, Unofficial, Par Media Music,
Dexter Gordon With Dusko Goykovich
Austria 1969