Daniel Humair

Daniel Humair (born 23 May 1938 in Geneva) is a drummer, composer, and painter.

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	Drums
Years active	1960–present
Labels	Musica
Associated acts	Jean-Luc Ponty, Kenny Barron, Eric Dolphy, Joachim Kuhn, Gerry Mulligan, Jim Hall, Martial Solal
Website	www.danielhumair.com

He is widely renowned and became a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1986 and Officier in 1992. He has played with many jazz performers notably Jean-Luc Ponty, Chet Baker, 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

As leader

• Hum! with Rene Urtreger, Pierre Michelot (Vega, 1960)
• Trio HLP (CBS, 1968)
• Drumo Vocalo (International Music Label, 1971)
• Our Kind of Sabi with Eddy Louiss, John Surman (MPS/BASF, 1970)
• Beck Mathewson Humair Trio (Dire, 1972)
• La Sorcellerie a Travers Les Ages with Jean Luc Ponty, Phil Woods, Eddy Louiss (1977)
• Suite for Trio with Martial Solal, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (MPS 1978)
• Urtreger Michelot Humair with Rene Urtreger, Pierre Michelot (Carlyne Music, 1979)
• Humair Jeanneau Texier (Owl, 1979)
• Triple Hip Trip (Owl, 1979)
• Apocalypse with Jean-Charles Capon (Magicabus, 1980)
• East Side West Side (Owl, 1981)
• Akagera with Jeanneau/Texier (JMS, 1980)
• Scratch with Kenny Barron, Dave Holland (Enja, 1985)
• Pepites with Andre Jaume (CELP, 1987)
• 9–11 p.m. Town Hall with Michel Portal (Label Bleu, 1988)
• Quatre with Rava/D'Andrea/Vitous (Gala, 1989)
• Up Date 3.3 with Francois Jeanneau, Henri Texier (Label Bleu, 1990)
• Edges (Label Bleu, 1991)
• Earthcake with Quatre (Gala, 1991)
• Vol. 1 with Louiss/Ponty (Dreyfus, 1991)
• Vol. 2 with Louiss/Ponty (Dreyfus, 1991)
• Solo Print with Roland Auzet (Iris Musique, 1997)
• Quatre Fois Trois (Label Bleu, 1998)
• HUM (Humair Urteger Michelot) (Sketch, 1999)
• Borderlines with Farao/Avenel (Sketch, 2000)
• Liberte Surveillee (Sketch, 2001)
• Frontier Traffic with Charlie Mariano (Konnex, 2002)
• Work with Steve Lacy (Sketch, 2002)
• Baby Boom (Sketch, 2003)
• Ear Mix with Stamm/Friedman/Boisseau (Sketch, 2003)
• Tryptic with Celea/Couturier (Bee Jazz, 2007)
• Bonus Boom (Bee Jazz, 2008)
• Full Contact with Joachim Kuhn (Bee Jazz, 2008)
• Pas de Dense with Tony Malaby (Zig Zag, 2010)
• Jazz Festival, Kulturzentrum Kammgarn Schaffhausen, Switzerland (UWM, 2011)
• Sweet & Sour (Laborie, 2012)
• Lights with Nicolas Former (Cristal, 2012)
• Seasoning (Intuition, 2017)
• Modern Art (INC/SES, 2017)

As sideman

With Franco Ambrosetti

• Jazz a Confronto 11 (Horo, 1974)
• Steppenwolf (PDU, 1975)
• Franco Ambrosetti Quartet (PDU, 1976)
• Wings (Enja, 1984)
• Tentets (Enja, 1985)
• Movies (Enja, 1987)
• Movies Too (Enja, 1988)
• European Legacy (Enja, 2003)
• Liquid Gardens (Enja, 2006)

With European Jazz Ensemble

• 20th Anniversary Tour (Konnex, 1997)
• 25th Anniversary (Konnex, 2002)
• 30th Anniversary Tour 2006 (Konnex, 2009)

With Stephane Grappelli

• Just One of Those Things! (Black Lion 1973)
• Les Grands Classiques Du Jazz (Festival, 1973)
• Les Valseuses (Festival, 1974)
• Django (Barclay, 1976)
• Stephane Grappelli with Bill Coleman (Classic Jazz, 1976)
• Giants (MPS 1981)
• Feeling + Finesse = Jazz (Atlantic, 1984)
• Anything Goes (CBS, 1989)
• Stephane Grappelli Plays Cole Porter (Gitanes, 2001)
• Stephane Grappelli Plays George Gershwin (Festival)

With George Gruntz

• Jazz Goes Baroque 2 (Philips, 1965)
• Drums and Folklore (SABA, 1967)
• Noon in Tunisia (SABA, 1967)
• St. Peter Power (MPS, 1968)
• Monster Sticksland Meeting Two Monster Jazz (MPS 1974)
• For Flying Out Proud (MPS, 1978)

With Raymond Guiot

• Jazz Baroque Quintet (Tele Music, 1970)
• Joue Domenico Scarlatti (Decca, 1970)
• Haendel with Care (Musidisc, 1973)

With Joachim Kuhn & J .F. Jenny-Clark

• Easy to Read (Owl, 1985)
• From Time to Time (CMP, 1988)
• Live Theatre De La Ville Paris 1989 (CMP, 1990)
• Carambolage (CMP, 1992)
• Usual Confusion (Label Bleu, 1993)
• Triple Entente (EmArcy, 1998)

With Claude Nougaro

• No. 2 (Philips, 1963)
• Claude Nougaro (Philips, 1966)
• Paris Mai (Philips, 1969)
• Le Disque D'Or De Claude Nougaro (Philips, 1972)
• Les Grandes Chansons De Claude Nougaro Une Petite Fille (Philips, 1972)

With Jean-Luc Ponty

• Jazz Long Playing (Philips, 1964)
• Sunday Walk (SABA, 1967)
• More Than Meets the Ear (Pacific Jazz, 1968)

With Michel Portal

• Any Way (Label Bleu, 1993)
• L'ombre Rouge (Saravah, 1981)
• Turbulence (Harmonia Mundi, 1987)

With Rhoda Scott

• A L'Orgue Hammond Take a Ladder (RSB, 1969)
• A L'Orgue Hammond Vol. 2 (Barclay, 1970)
• Rhoda Scott (Budapesten Pepita 1975)

With Martial Solal

• Martial Solal (Columbia, 1960)
• Jazz a Gaveau (Columbia, 1962)
• Concert a Gaveau Vol. 2 (Columbia, 1964)
• Solal! (Milestone, 1967)
• Contrastes (Storyville, 1999)
• A Bout de Souffle (EmArcy, 2002)

With Swingle Singers

• Anyone for Mozart? (Philips, 1964)
• Les Romantiques (Philips, 1965)
• Rococo a Go Go (Philips, 1966)
• Concerto D'Aranjuez Sounds of Spain (Philips, 1967)
• J. S. Bach (Philips, 1968)
• The Swingle Singers Meet the Modern Jazz Quartet (Philips, 1968)
• Jazz Sebastian Bach Vol. 2 (Philips, 1968)
• Christmastime (EmArcy, 1968)

With Barney Wilen

• Barney (RCA, 1960)
• More from Barney at the Club Saint-Germain (RCA Victor, 1997)
• Le Jardin Aux Sentiers Qui Bifurquent (CELP, 2004)

With Phil Woods

• Alive and Well in Paris (Pathe, 1968)
• At the Montreux Jazz Festival (MGM, 1970)
• Phil Woods and His European Rhythm Machine (Pierre Cardin, 1970)
• Live at Montreux 72 (Pierre Cardin, 1972)
• Woods-Notes (Joker, 1977)
• The Birth of the ERM the Ljubljana and Bologna Concerts (Philology, 1990)
• A Jazz Life (Philology, 1992)

With Attila Zoller

• The Horizon Beyond (EmArcy, 1965)
• Memories of Pannonia (Enja, 1986)
• Overcome Live at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival (Enja, 1988)

With others

• Flavio Ambrosetti, Jazz Stars (Dire, 1968)
• Franck Amsallem, Years Gone By (A Records, 1998)
• Maurice Andre & Claude Bolling, Toot Suite (CBS, 1981)
• Georges Arvanitas, Soul Jazz (Columbia, 1960)
• Georges Arvanitas, Pianos Puzzle (Saravah, 1970)
• Marcel Azzola, Pieces Pour Claviers (Mazo 1983)
• Chet Baker, Chet Is Back! (RCA Victor, 1962)
• Mickey Baker, Mickey Baker Plays Mickey Baker (Versailles, 1962)
• Elek Bacsik, The Electric Guitar of the Eclectic Elek Bacsik (Fontana, 1962)
• Elek Bacsik, Guitar Conceptions (Fontana, 1963)
• The Band, The Alpine Power Plant (MPS/BASF, 1972)
• The Band, Live at the Schauspielhaus (MPS 1976)
• Gordon Beck, All in the Morning (Art of Life, 1973)
• Lou Bennett, Dansez Et Revez (Phono, 2017)
• Jerry Bergonzi, Peek a Boo (Evidence, 1993)
• Jane Birkin, Versions Jane (Philips, 1996)
• Gary Burton, Live in Cannes (Jazz World, 1995)
• Gary Burton, No More Blues (Magnum Music, 2000)
• Eugen Cicero, Mr. Golden Hands Vol. 1 (Intercord, 1976)
• Marius Constant & Martial Solal, Stress Psyche Trois Complexes (Erato, 1981)
• Bill Coleman, Mainstream at Montreux (Black Lion 1973)
• Alan Davie, Phantom in the Room (ADMW, 1971)
• Georges Delerue, Calmos (Black and Blue, 1975)
• Eric Demarsan, Le Cercle Rouge (Decca, 2000)
• Jack Dieval, Jack Dieval & Paris Jazz Quartet (Concert Hall, 1968)
• Jack Dieval, Pianos Duet (Columbia, 1969)
• Niels Lan Doky, Paris by Night (Soul Note, 1993)
• Les Double Six, Meet Quincy Jones (Columbia, 1960)
• Les Double Six, Les Double Six (Columbia, 1961)
• Art Farmer, What Happens ?... (Campi, 1968)
• Claudio Fasoli , Welcome (Soul Note, 1987)
• David Friedman, Of the Wind's Eye (Enja, 1981)
• David Friedman, Ternaire (Deux Z, 1992)
• Richard Galliano, French Touch (Dreyfus, 1998)
• Richard Galliano, Concerts Inedits (Dreyfus, 1999)
• Jef Gilson, OEil Vision (Club De L'Echiquier 1964)
• Jimmy Gourley, Graffitti (Promophone, 1977)
• Steve Grossman, Born at the Same Time (Owl, 1978)
• Jim Hall, It's Nice to Be with You (MPS 1969)
• Slide Hampton, Mellow-dy (LRC, 1992)
• Roland Hanna, Child of Gemini (MPS/BASF, 1971)
• Michel Hausser & Bobby Jaspar, Vibes + Flute (Columbia, 1960)
• Michel Hausser, Up in Hamburg (Columbia, 1960)
• Hampton Hawes, Piano Improvisation (Joker, 1977)
• Joe Henderson, Black Narcissus (Milestone, 1976)
• Hans Werner Henze, Cembalo Modern + Jazz (Philips, 1964)
• Antoine Herve, Enregistre a L'Usine Ephemere (Sari Seer 1990)
• Andre Hodeir, Anna Livia Plurabelle (Philips, 1966)
• Bobby Jaspar, The Bobby Jaspar Quartet at Ronnie Scott's 1962 (Mole, 1986)
• Bobby Jaspar, Le Jazz Est Un Roman (Owl, 2002)
• Francois Jeanneau, Ephemere (Owl, 1977)
• Francois Jeanneau, Terrains Vagues (Owl, 1983)
• Ivan Jullien, Live at Nancy Jazz Pulsations (Mimetik, 2019)
• Barney Kessel, Reflections in Rome (RCA Victor, 1969)
• Eartha Kitt, Thinking Jazz (ITM, 1991)
• Lee Konitz & Martial Solal, European Episode (Campi, 1969)
• Lee Konitz & Martial Solal, Impressive Rome (Campi, 1969)
• Lee Konitz, Jazz a Juan (SteepleChase, 1977)
• Hilaria Kramer, La Suite Live! (Unit, 2012)
• Karin Krog, Open Space (MPS 1969)
• Joachim Kuhn, This Way Out (MPS/BASF, 1973)
• Joachim Kuhn, Birthday Edition (ACT, 2014)
• Rolf Kuhn, Connection '74 (MPS/BASF, 1974)
• Rolf Kuhn, Total Space (MPS/BASF, 1975)
• Guy Lafitte, Blues (Vega, 1969)
• Christof Lauer, Evidence (CMP, 1995)
• John Lewis, Midnight in Paris (EmArcy, 1988)
• Rolf Liebermann, Les Echanges (EX 1964)
• Didier Lockwood, For Stephane (Ames, 2008)
• Steve Marcus, Green Line (Nivico, 1970)
• Helen Merrill, Just Friends (EmArcy, 1989)
• Jean-Christian Michel, Vol. 6 (General, 1973)
• Jean-Christian Michel, Vision D'Ezechiel (General, 1974)
• Jean-Christian Michel, Lumiere (General, 1980)
• Ray Nance, Huffin 'n' Puffin (MPS/BASF, 1974)
• Bud Powell, Memorial Oscar Pettiford (Vogue, 1960)
• Francois Rabbath, No. 2 (Philips, 1965)
• Francois Rabbath, 60 Emen, Moshe (Naim, 1990)
• Jean-Pierre Rampal, Picnic Suite (CBS, 1980)
• Henri Renaud, Blue Cylinder (PSI, 1970)
• Larry Schneider, So Easy (Label Bleu, 1988)
• Dino Betti van der Noot, Here Comes Springtime (Soul Note, 1985)
• Joe Venuti, Doin' Things (Pausa, 1971)

External links

• Official site of Daniel Humair (in French)