Basitours
Booking, Artist Booking
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Kilchbergstrasse. 2, Zofingen, Switzerland
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+41 79 769 23 93
BASITOURS - Established 1982 in Switzerland
Peter Basler and Basitours started in the music
business at the age of 25. Peter's professional career
began in Switzerland in 1981 as a concert promoter
producing shows around the area and cantone’s
of Berne and Aargau with artists such as Joe Cocker, Weather Report, Edoardo Bennato. Peter Basler had previously studied
drums at the Swiss Jazz School and had also performed live with an acoustic group between 1976 and 1978.
In 1986 he became an agent and launched his own agency Basitours.
Basitours started booking European tours from his Austrian office for Jazz giants such as Archie Shepp, Sam Rivers, Abdullah Ibrahim “Dollar Brand”, Don Cherry.
Between 1988 and 1990 Basitours worked for Billy Cobham, drummer of 11 years with Joe Zawinul and 17 years with The Zawinul Syndicate. Basitours also worked on tours with Kris Kristofferson, Jose Feliciano, The Original Blues Brothers Band and legendary Tango Master Astor Piazzolla, Salif Keita, Miles Davis, Vasco Rossi and Dave Brubeck.
Basitours has worked as a sub-agent with Manhattan Transfers,Ray Charles, Wishbone Ash, Jethro Tull, Ian Gillan Band, Mink de Ville, Lionel Hampton Big Band, Maynard
Ferguson and Al di Meola.
From 1992 onwards, Basitours worked on regular bookings and exclusive European tours for artists such as Joe Zawinul, Billy Cobham and Chico & The Gypsies.
In 2000 Basitours created a business partnership relationship with Eastern Promotion Agency in Tbilisi, Georgia. Providing great artists for the annual Jazz Festival such as Bobby McFerrin,
Jean Luc Ponty, Victor Bailey, Bill Evans, Bob Mintzer, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Al McKay Allstars, The Earth, Wind & Fire Experience, Scott Kinsey, Kool & The Gang, L’Image, The Blues Brothers Band amongst others. Basitours also worked on larger single events such as: Toto Cutugno, Lalo Schifrin “Mission Impossible”, Chris de Burgh, Andrea Bocelli and others.
Basitours are currently booking exclusively and territorially for Jojo Mayer, The "Original" Blues Brothers Band, Kennedy Administration, Malina Moye, Carmen Souza and more.
Since 2000, Basitours have been the talent booker for Jazz Festival Tbilisi and Black Sea Festival Batumi in Georgia.
Since 1982, Basitours has worked with the following artists:-
Abdullah Ibrahim(Dollar Brand),Ronald Shannon Jackson & Decoding Society, Gurk Sauer Lobby, Kjol, Shivananda, James”Blood”Ulmer, Pepl & Pirchner, Jigsaw, Bucks, Vera Kaa, Dr.Umezu, Sonny Sharrock, Last Exit, Grupo Sportivo, Osibisa, Jonas Hellborg, Stu Goldberg, Jango Edwards, Polo Hofer Schmetterband, Muthspiel &Muthspiel, Supercharge, Candy Dulfer, Wilem Breuker Kollektief, Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg, Ernst Reijseger, Chico Hamilton, Michel Petruciani, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, Manu Dibango, Lionel Hampton Big Band, Gretie Bijma, Dr.Feelgood, Udo Lindenberg, Vasco Rossi, Richie Havens, Willy de Ville, Manhatten Transfer, Edoardo Bennato, Tony Ashton, Don Cherry, Wishbone Ash, Aki Takase, Wynton Marsalis,
Alice, Tuck & Patty, Gerardo Nunez, Donkey Kongs Multi Scream,
Intergalactic Maidenballett, Miles Davis, Al di Meola, Jose Feliciano, John Lurie, Astor Piazzolla, Kris Kristofferson, Roger Chapmann, John Mayall, Ray Charles, Climax Blues Band
Restless, Johnny Melville, Weather Report, Joe Cocker, Eddie Harris, La Toya Jackson, Courtney Pine, Blues Brothers Band, Dave Brubeck, Ole, Mike Mainieri, Paco de Lucia, Scott Henderson Tribal Tech, Billy Cobham, Stanley Clarke, Brian Bromberg, Ernie Watts, The Clients Funk Society, Eduardo Niebla, Antonio Forcione, Supermaxx, Ian Gillan Band, Smokie, Suzi Quatro, Jethro Tull, Maynard Ferguson, Giora Feidmann, Jaco Pastorius, Marla Glenn, Bob James, Chick Corea, Bob Mintzer, Al Jarreau, Randy Crawford, Tower of Power, Irakere, Airto Moreira, Flora
Purim, Depart, Maceo Parker, Chico & The Gypsies, Herbie Hancock, Kool & The Gang, Maria Joao, Birgit Steinegger, Weather Girls, Salif Keita, Thomas C.Breuer, Jean-Luc Ponty, Shakti, Herbie Hancock, Al McKay Earth, Wind & Fire Allstar, Ricchie Poveri,Umberto Tozzi,Dwayne Doopsie & The Hellraisers, Monty Alexander, Kyoto Jazzmassive, Lalo Schifrin, Pedro Javier Gonzalez, Nicola Conte, Andrea Bocelli,Eric Truffaz, Victor Bailey, Jojo Mayer & Nerve, Chris de Burgh, Hugh Masekela, John McLaughlin, Kyoto Jazz Massive,Lenny White, Poogie Bell, Sonny Emory, Human Element (S.Kinsey,A.Tuncboyacian,M.Garrison,G.Novak), Wayne Krantz, Trilok Gurtu, The Syndicate (formerly J.Zawinul Syndicate), Macy Gray, Erykah Badu, Natalie Cole, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Lisa Stansfield
Peter Basler and Basitours started in the music
business at the age of 25. Peter's professional career
began in Switzerland in 1981 as a concert promoter
producing shows around the area and cantone’s
of Berne and Aargau with artists such as Joe Cocker, Weather Report, Edoardo Bennato. Peter Basler had previously studied
drums at the Swiss Jazz School and had also performed live with an acoustic group between 1976 and 1978.
In 1986 he became an agent and launched his own agency Basitours.
Basitours started booking European tours from his Austrian office for Jazz giants such as Archie Shepp, Sam Rivers, Abdullah Ibrahim “Dollar Brand”, Don Cherry.
Between 1988 and 1990 Basitours worked for Billy Cobham, drummer of 11 years with Joe Zawinul and 17 years with The Zawinul Syndicate. Basitours also worked on tours with Kris Kristofferson, Jose Feliciano, The Original Blues Brothers Band and legendary Tango Master Astor Piazzolla, Salif Keita, Miles Davis, Vasco Rossi and Dave Brubeck.
Basitours has worked as a sub-agent with Manhattan Transfers,Ray Charles, Wishbone Ash, Jethro Tull, Ian Gillan Band, Mink de Ville, Lionel Hampton Big Band, Maynard
Ferguson and Al di Meola.
From 1992 onwards, Basitours worked on regular bookings and exclusive European tours for artists such as Joe Zawinul, Billy Cobham and Chico & The Gypsies.
In 2000 Basitours created a business partnership relationship with Eastern Promotion Agency in Tbilisi, Georgia. Providing great artists for the annual Jazz Festival such as Bobby McFerrin,
Jean Luc Ponty, Victor Bailey, Bill Evans, Bob Mintzer, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Al McKay Allstars, The Earth, Wind & Fire Experience, Scott Kinsey, Kool & The Gang, L’Image, The Blues Brothers Band amongst others. Basitours also worked on larger single events such as: Toto Cutugno, Lalo Schifrin “Mission Impossible”, Chris de Burgh, Andrea Bocelli and others.
Basitours are currently booking exclusively and territorially for Jojo Mayer, The "Original" Blues Brothers Band, Kennedy Administration, Malina Moye, Carmen Souza and more.
Since 2000, Basitours have been the talent booker for Jazz Festival Tbilisi and Black Sea Festival Batumi in Georgia.
Since 1982, Basitours has worked with the following artists:-
Abdullah Ibrahim(Dollar Brand),Ronald Shannon Jackson & Decoding Society, Gurk Sauer Lobby, Kjol, Shivananda, James”Blood”Ulmer, Pepl & Pirchner, Jigsaw, Bucks, Vera Kaa, Dr.Umezu, Sonny Sharrock, Last Exit, Grupo Sportivo, Osibisa, Jonas Hellborg, Stu Goldberg, Jango Edwards, Polo Hofer Schmetterband, Muthspiel &Muthspiel, Supercharge, Candy Dulfer, Wilem Breuker Kollektief, Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg, Ernst Reijseger, Chico Hamilton, Michel Petruciani, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, Manu Dibango, Lionel Hampton Big Band, Gretie Bijma, Dr.Feelgood, Udo Lindenberg, Vasco Rossi, Richie Havens, Willy de Ville, Manhatten Transfer, Edoardo Bennato, Tony Ashton, Don Cherry, Wishbone Ash, Aki Takase, Wynton Marsalis,
Alice, Tuck & Patty, Gerardo Nunez, Donkey Kongs Multi Scream,
Intergalactic Maidenballett, Miles Davis, Al di Meola, Jose Feliciano, John Lurie, Astor Piazzolla, Kris Kristofferson, Roger Chapmann, John Mayall, Ray Charles, Climax Blues Band
Restless, Johnny Melville, Weather Report, Joe Cocker, Eddie Harris, La Toya Jackson, Courtney Pine, Blues Brothers Band, Dave Brubeck, Ole, Mike Mainieri, Paco de Lucia, Scott Henderson Tribal Tech, Billy Cobham, Stanley Clarke, Brian Bromberg, Ernie Watts, The Clients Funk Society, Eduardo Niebla, Antonio Forcione, Supermaxx, Ian Gillan Band, Smokie, Suzi Quatro, Jethro Tull, Maynard Ferguson, Giora Feidmann, Jaco Pastorius, Marla Glenn, Bob James, Chick Corea, Bob Mintzer, Al Jarreau, Randy Crawford, Tower of Power, Irakere, Airto Moreira, Flora
Purim, Depart, Maceo Parker, Chico & The Gypsies, Herbie Hancock, Kool & The Gang, Maria Joao, Birgit Steinegger, Weather Girls, Salif Keita, Thomas C.Breuer, Jean-Luc Ponty, Shakti, Herbie Hancock, Al McKay Earth, Wind & Fire Allstar, Ricchie Poveri,Umberto Tozzi,Dwayne Doopsie & The Hellraisers, Monty Alexander, Kyoto Jazzmassive, Lalo Schifrin, Pedro Javier Gonzalez, Nicola Conte, Andrea Bocelli,Eric Truffaz, Victor Bailey, Jojo Mayer & Nerve, Chris de Burgh, Hugh Masekela, John McLaughlin, Kyoto Jazz Massive,Lenny White, Poogie Bell, Sonny Emory, Human Element (S.Kinsey,A.Tuncboyacian,M.Garrison,G.Novak), Wayne Krantz, Trilok Gurtu, The Syndicate (formerly J.Zawinul Syndicate), Macy Gray, Erykah Badu, Natalie Cole, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Lisa Stansfield
