Daniel Humair
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Daniel Humair (born May 23, 1938 in Geneva) is a drummer, jazz composer and painter.
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[edit] Biography
He is widely renouned and became Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in 1986.
He has played with many jazz performers notably Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan and Eric Dolphy.
Next to his jazz career he also paints. He describes his own work as "figurative abstract" and has created a coherent œuvre proving his passion an knowledge of artistic painting.
[edit] Discograpy
- 1960 : Connection
- 1960 : Humair Urtreger Michelot (trio "HUM")
- 1960 : Dermaplastic with Martial Solal
- 1986 : Pastor with Michel Portal
- 1979 : Humair Jeanneau Texier with Henri Texier
- 1979 : Triple hip trip with David Friedman on vibraphone
- 1985 : Easy to read with Joachim Kühn and Jean-François Jenny-Clark
- 1987 : Surrounded 1964/1987 with Eric Dolphy, Michel Portal, Solal, Texier, Louiss, Mulligan, ...
- 1993 : Usual confusion with Joachim Kühn and Jean-François Jenny-Clark
- 1996 : L'opera de Quat'sous - Die Dreigroschenoper - The Threepenny Opera with Joachim Kühn and Jean-François Jenny-Clark
[edit] Expositions
2007 Orangerie des musées de Sens
[edit] External links
- Official site of Daniel Humair (French)
