Two years ago Jay-Z bluffed everyone about his song “Versus” with his “all mine nothing stolen” statement at the BBC. Now of course we know that he stole his tune from no other than Bruno Spoerri, who released it in 1978 under the title of “On the way”.
The Scandal catapulted the 80-year-old Swiss man back into the limelight. A place that Bruno Spoerri certainly deserved to be in, even without this little intermezzo. He shaped the swiss musical landscape for the past 50 years, as a jazz saxophonist, as a computer-music pioneer, as a film and advertisement musician and as a lecturer. His open and visionary approach to the electronic and jazz music are reflected in his inexhaustible spirit for discovering the new, his musical curiosities and of course his humour. The best thing is, he is still at it!
Damian Hohl, Palace St.Gallen
