Desert Bridges is a musical ensemble co-founded by Swiss vocal artist Anna Grichting and the late poet-musician Cheo Jeffery Allen Solder, author of One4deBrovah's. The music of Desert Bridges is rooted inJazz and Traditional music, bringing musicians from Switzerland to meet the Desert Cultures. The musical encounter various elements and styles into a fully integrated and cohesive whole that is improvisational in nature, musically speaking, while retaining elements of the different cultures. Each musical encounter is unique, depending on the country, the community and the cultures and demonstrates that the language of music is universal and can transcend language barriers and stylistic boundaries. Desert Bridges also engages with the environment and climate change, using music as means to raise awareness and affinity with Nature and Mother Earth. Blue is the theme of the Oman project, focusing on water, oceans and biodiversity. Desert Bridges has performed in Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Morocco and Egypt. You can find out more about the different projects by clicking here or on the image.

Borders & Bridges Ensemble is based in Geneva and composed of musicians who straddle the Border between Switzerland and France. Between The Lines is a project with Jazz, Ethno-music, Improvisation and spoken word, a music that crosses Borders exploring the Limits of our Intimate and Territorial Worlds and the Creative Margins of our Existence. You can listen to our music and watch a live performance for "Doctors Without Borders" in Geneva here, and learn more about the project here and the musicians at this link.

Anna Grichting Vocals, Texts, Spoken Word.

Frederick Folmer, Acoustic Bass

Michel Bastet, Piano

Thierry Hochstätter, Drums & Percussion

Spiritual Pakistani Qawwali from the Sufi Shrines meets archaic Swiss jazzy alphorns around the many spheres and territories of the Moon. Sufi Moon is a fusion of Qawwali Music and Alphorns, composed of three swiss jazz musicians and two pakistani qawwals. One of the more interesting musical performances at the Sufi Soul World Music Festival in Lahore, Pakistan, the Sufi Moon project explores the spiritual symbolism of the moon, which Anna Grichting sees as "a universal symbol as well as the symbol of Islam - the crescent." The Swiss group was first exposed to subcontinental Sufi philosophy three years ago and "Sufi Moon" was created with Pakistani qawwal Sher Miandad Khan and tabla nawaz, Waris Ali Balu Khan, whom they met at the first Sufi Soul Festival in 2000. The fusion has also been performed during the Urs of Baba Faridat Pakpattan (the yearly celebrations that take place in the sufi shrine on the birth date of the saint) and at venues across Switzerland and Pakistan. You can find out more on this link and listen to and buy the CD here.

Anna Grichting, Vocals, Texts, Spoken Word

Shermiand Dad Khan, Vocals, Qawwali

Jean-Jacques Pedretti, Trombone, Alphorn, Shell

Robbert Morgenthaler, Trombone, Alphorns, Didgeridoo

Warisali Baloo Khan, Tablas

 Altri Suoni Records

Songs Trio plays blues and jazz standards and includes compositions by Glenn Ferris, Prince, Tom Waits and Jean-Jacques Pedretti. Recorded Live at La Sarraz, Switzerland.

Anna Grichting, Vocals

Jean-Jacque Pedretti, Trombone

Michel Bastet, Piano

Jean Keraudren, Sound

Recorded Live at La Sarraz, Vaud