Andy Scherrer (10 October 1946 – 26 November 2019) was a Swiss musician who played piano and saxophone.

Biography

Scherrer was born in 1946 in

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. At the age of 15, Scherrer taught himself how to play saxophone. He was educated at the

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, and taught at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern from 1975 to 2011. He was a member of the

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and The

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Concert Jazz Band. In addition to the saxophone, he also played piano.

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referred to Scherrer as a "monument to Swiss jazz." Scherrer died on 26 November 2019.

References

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