Daniel Humair
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| Background information | |
| Born |
23 May 1938 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, artist |
| Instruments | Drummer |
| Years active | 1960 to present |
| Labels | Musica Records |
| Associated acts | Jean-Luc Ponty, Kenny Barron, Eric Dolphy, Joachim Kuhn, Gerry Mulligan, Martial Solal |
| Website | Daniel Humair.com |
Daniel Humair (born 23 May 1938 in Geneva) is a drummer, jazz composer and painter.
He is widely renowned and became a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in 1986.
He has played with many jazz performers notably Jean-Luc Ponty, Michel Portal, Martial Solal, Dexter Gordon, Gerry Mulligan and Eric Dolphy.
Humair is also a talented painter. He describes his own work as "figurative abstract" and has created a coherent œuvre proving his passion and knowledge of artistic painting.
Discography
- 1960 : Connection
- 1960 : Humair Urtreger Michelot (trio "HUM")
- 1960 : Dermaplastic with Martial Solal
- 1964 : Jazz Long Playing with Jean-Luc Ponty, Michel Portal and Eddy Louiss (Philips 77 810)
- 1967 : Sunday Walk with Jean-Luc Ponty, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Wolfgang Dauner (MPS Records)
- 1967 : From sticksland with Love with George Gruntz (MPS records)
- 1971 : Huffin'n'Puffin' with Ray Nance as bandleader
- 1972 : Morning! (Musica Records)
- 1986 : Pastor with Michel Portal
- 1979 : Humair Jeanneau Texier with Henri Texier
- 1979 : Triple hip trip with David Friedman on vibraphone
- 1980 : Humair Louiss Ponty (live album) - recorded 1968 (Disques Dreyfus)
- 1985 : Easy to read with Joachim Kühn and Jean-François Jenny-Clark
- 1987 : Surrounded 1964/1987 with Eric Dolphy, Michel Portal, Martial Solal, Texier, Louiss, Mulligan, ...
- 1988 : From Time to Time Free with Joachim Kühn and Jean-François Jenny-Clark
- 1990 : Up Date 3.3 with François Jeanneau and Henry Texier (Label Bleu)
- 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
- 2003 : Paris Abstractions with Benjamin Koppel (sax) and Palle Danielsson (bass)
- 2006 : European Jazz Factory with Benjamin Koppel (sax), Gheorgyi Kornazov (trombone), Cedric Piromalli (piano) and Thommy Andersson (bass)
- 2011 : Quatre-Trois-Deux-Un with Benjamin Koppel (sax), Jakob Anderskov (piano) and Thommy Andersson (bass)
External links
- Official site of Daniel Humair (French)
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