Bruno Alexander Spoerri (born 16 August 1935) is a

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jazz and electronics musician. Born in Zurich, he studied

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. He played the saxophone as a student, and toured with the Modern Jazz Group Freiburg in Germany and Switzerland. In the early 1960s, he worked as a psychologist and career counsellor. He experimented with electrified saxophone and published the album ''Voice of Taurus'' in 1978.

Discography

* ''Jazz-Rock Experience'' (Deram, 1970) * ''Glückskugel'' (Finders Keepers Records, 1971–1980) * ''Container'' (1976) * ''Voice of Taurus'' (Gold Records/Inzec, 1978) * ''Toy Planet'' with

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(Spoon Records, 1981) * ''AX+BY+CZ+D=0'' (1983) * Zürich Tenors (FFO 1983, with Ernst Gerber, Fernando Fantini, Richard Lipiec, Umberto Foletti, Rolf Cizmek, Hans Brunner) *

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- Bruno Spoerri - Christy Doran - Reto Weber: ''Shake, Shuttle and Blow'' ( Enja, 1999)

Awards

* Jazz Festival Zürich 1954: First Prize for Saxophone and Band * Jazz Festival Düsseldorf (Deutschland) 1956: Second Prize for Alto Saxophone with Modern Jazz Group Freiburg * Jazz Festival Zürich 1958: First Prize for Bigband * International Advertising Film Festival Cannes 1965: First Prize for TV-Spot ''Bic'' (Produktion Televico) * American TV and Radio Commercials Festival 1971: Clio for TV-Spot ''Riri'' * 1973 Filmpreis der Stadt Zürich * 1979 First prize in ''

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'' Linz for Demonstration of Lyricon * 1992 Featured Guest Composer bei der ''International Computer Music Conference'' San José * Various awards for advertising films by the Art Directors’ Club Switzerland * Art Prize 2004 of the municipality of Zollikon (Hintermeister-Gyger Foundation) * Swiss Jazz Award 2017 * Sankt Elektronika Lifetime Achievement Award, St. Gallen

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spoerri, Bruno 1935 births Living people Swiss jazz saxophonists Swiss film score composers Male film score composers Swiss record producers 21st-century Swiss saxophonists 21st-century Swiss male musicians Swiss male jazz musicians

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