Daniel Humair

Daniel Humair
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Background information
Born	(1938-05-23) 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), Gueorgui 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)