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

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

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, 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 Hum!!! René Urtreger, Pierre Michelot (Vega)
• 1960 Dermaplastic with Martial Solal
• 1964 Jazz Long Playing with Jean-Luc Ponty, Michel Portal, Eddy Louiss (Philips)
• 1967 Sunday Walk with Jean-Luc Ponty, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Wolfgang Dauner (MPS)
• 1967 From Sticksland with Love with George Gruntz (MPS)
• 1968 European Episode and Impressive Rome (Campi) with Lee Konitz and Martial Solal
• 1969 It's Nice to Be With You with Jim Hall (MPS)
• 1971 Huffin'n'Puffin' with Ray Nance
• 1972 Morning! (Musica)
• 1974 Jazz à Juan with Lee Konitz (SteepleChase)
• 1986 Pastor with Michel Portal
• 1979 Humair Jeanneau Texier with Henri Texier
• 1979 Triple hip trip with David Friedman (Owl/Universal)
• 1980 East Side West Side (Owl)
• 1980 Humair, Louiss and Ponty, Vol. 1 Dreyfus
• 1985 Easy to read with Joachim Kühn and Jean-François Jenny-Clark
• 1986 Welcome (Soul Note)
• 1987 Surrounded 1964/1987 with Eric Dolphy, Portal, Solal, Texier, Louiss, Mulligan
• 1988 From Time to Time Free with Joachim Kühn and Jean-François Jenny-Clark
• 1988 9.11 pm Town Hall (Label Bleu)
• 1990 Up Date 3.3 with François Jeanneau and Henry Texier (Label Bleu)
• 1991 Earthcake (Label Bleu)
• 1991 Edges (Label Bleu)
• 1991 Humair, Louiss and Ponty, Vol. 2 (Dreyfus)
• 1993 Open Architecture (Ninety-One)
• 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
• 1996 Akagera (JMS)
• 1997 Trio HLP (Dreyfus)
• 1998 Quatre Fois Trois (Label Bleu)
• 1998 Die Dreigroschenoper (Polygram)
• 1999 Triple Entente (Mercury/Universal)
• 1999 Humair Urtreger Michelot (Sketch)
• 2001 Liberté Surveillée (Sketch)
• 2003 Baby Boom (Sketch)
• 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)
• 2009 Baby Boom II (Bee Jazz/NRW)
• 2010 Pas de Dense (Zig Zag Territoires)
• 2011 Quatre-Trois-Deux-Un with Benjamin Koppel (sax), Jakob Anderskov (piano) and Thommy Andersson (bass)
• 2012 Project Cristal

External links

• Official site of Daniel Humair (French)