then, he has been working regularly in all important Swiss jazz clubs. Besides his own
projects (Elmar Frey Sextett and Organ-x) he currently is playing as a sideman in the
bands of (in alphabetical order):
Jochen Baldes, Roberto Bossard, Laura Cesar, Alessandro d'Episcopo, Sue Mathys,
Danilo Moccia, Christian Münchinger, Daniel Schenker, Stefan Schlegel,
Edgar Schmid, Regula Schneider, Sorryitsjazz, Stefan Stahel, Denise Steinegger,
Zurich Jazz Orchestra (substitute).
Elmar Frey has had the fortune to share the stage with following international
jazz greats:
Horace Parlan, Benny Golson, Barry Harris, Greg Osby, New York Voices,
Mick Goodrick, George Gruntz, Mark Soskin, Dusko Gojkovic, Franco Ambrosetti,
Bobby Shew, Reggie Johnson, Vince Benedetti, Isla Eckinger, Gary Barone,
Joe Haider, Roman Schwaller, William Evans, Phil Wilson, Ack van Royen,
Tony Lakatos, Seamus Blake, Peter Appleyard, Ben Street, Chris Cheek,
Kurt Rosenwinkel.
True Blue |
True Blue (1993) |
| Peggy Chew | Detour Ahead (1994) |
| Twobones | To Kai and Jay (1994) |
| Regula Schneider | Das tapfere Schneiderlein (1997) |
| Herbie Kopf / Elmar Frey | Inviting (1997) |
| Chris Wiesendanger Trio | Live at Moods (1998) |
| Regula Schneider | Let‘s Go (1999) |
| Slidestream | Cat Eyes (2000) |
| Organ-x | A Time To Talk (2000) |
| Sorry, it‘s jazz! | Sorry, it‘s jazz! (2001) |
| Chris Wiesendanger Trio | Bardo (2001) |
| Daniel Schenker Quartet | Iridium (2003) |
| Jochen Baldes | Subnoder (2003) |
| Soskin-Bossard-Frei-Frey | Atlantic Crossing (2003) |
| Elmar Frey Sextett | News From The Past (2004) |
| Roberto Bossard - The Trio | Monday Nights (2004) |
| Daniel Schenker Quartet | inviting Chris Cheek - Soundlines (2005) |
| Intuition | Lennie's Line (2005) |
| Christian Münchinger | Balanced Action (2005) |
| Alessandro d'Episcopo | Meraviglioso (2006) |
| Jochen Baldes Subnoder | The Moholo Songs (2006) |