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2011
Founding of the “Peter Schärli Trio featuring Glenn Ferris”
(Hans Peter Pfammatter p, Thomas Dürst b, Glenn Ferris tb, Peter Schärli tp)
3 CD recordings, appearances in many clubs and festivals (including AVO Session Basel, Jazz Festival Willisau, Jazz at Prague Castle)

2011            
Anniversary concerts with «Peter Schärli Special Sextet featuring Glenn Ferris, Guest Barbara Berger» 
30 years with Thomas Dürst – 25 years with Glenn Ferris.
The Peter Schärli Sextet is disbanded for economic reasons.

2009             
«Peter Schärli Special Sextet featuring Glenn Ferris, Guest Barbara Berger» 
(Barbara Berger - voc, Norbert Pfammatter - dr, Thomas Dürst - b, Hans Feigenwinter - p, 
Donat Fisch - ts, Glenn Ferris - tb, Peter Schärli – tp)
Presentation of Peter Schärli's new project "Complete Lulu" (a musical interpretation of Frank Wedekind's literary material) at the "Jazz Festival Schaffhausen" in May 2009 and tour in October/November 2009 in Germany and Switzerland, including at the festival "European Jazz made in: Switzerland» in Munich. 

2007-2008    
Tour in October/November 2007 in Germany and Switzerland, including “Unerhört! - 
A Zurich Jazz Festival». Concert at the “BeJazz Winter Festival 2008” in Bern. Drummer Norbert Pfammatter replaces Béatrice Graf in the “Peter Schärli Special Sextet featuring Glenn Ferris”.

2004-2007    
Instead of Tom Varner, the Swiss saxophonist Donat Fisch has been playing in the “Peter Schärli Special Sextet featuring Glenn Ferris” since 2004. Tour in February and April 2006 in Austria and Switzerland, including the “Swiss Kiss Festival” in Vienna. We played our 250th concert. 

1994-2004    
The “Peter Schärli Quintet with Glenn Ferris” becomes the “Peter Schärli Special Sextet featuring Glenn Ferris and Tom Varner” (Béatrice Graf - dr, Thomas Dürst - b, Hans Feigenwinter - p, Tom Varner - frh, Glenn Ferris - tb, Peter Schärli - tp/flh). In May 2004, the “Peter Schärli Special Sextet featuring Glenn Ferris and Tom Varner” celebrated its 10th anniversary. This band played more than 200 concerts (festivals and clubs) in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Bolivia and Colombia (e.g. at jazz festivals in Willisau, Schaffhausen, Lausanne, Brugge, Slany, Bogotá, Barranquilla, Manizales, Sucre, La Paz).

1988-1994    
Expansion of the quintet to the “Peter Schärli Quintet with Glenn Ferris” (Marco Käppeli - dr, Thomas Dürst - b, Giancarlo Nicolai - g, Roland Philipp - ts/ss, Glenn Ferris - tb, Peter Schärli - tp/flh). This is followed by concerts at festivals and in clubs in Germany, France, the former USSR and India 
(e.g. at jazz festivals in Schaffhausen, St. Johann, Stuttgart, New Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore, Goa, Riga, Pärnu, Vilnius, Donetzk). Sensation in Kiev: Peter Schärli's quintet plays in the Lenin Museum. Never before has there been jazz in a Lenin Museum in the entire Soviet Union!

1985-1988    
Expansion of the trio to the “Peter Schärli Quintet” (Marco Käppeli - dr, Thomas Dürst - b, Giancarlo Nicolai - g, Hans Koch - ts/ss, Peter Schärli - tp/flh). Numerous appearances, including at the Montreux Jazz Festival. First own recordings (“Schnipp-Schnapp”, ART, 1986).

1982-1985    
“Peter Schärli Trio” (Marco Käppeli - dr, Thomas Dürst - b, Peter Schärli - tp/flh). Concerts in Switzerland.