Pierre Favre
Favre in 2005
Favre in 2005
Background information
Born (1937-06-02) 2 June 1937 (age 86)
Le Locle, Switzerland
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Drums, percussion
LabelsECM, FMP
Websitewww.pierrefavre.ch

Pierre Favre (born 2 June 1937)[1] is a Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist born in Le Locle, Switzerland.[2][3]

1964 Pierre Favre joins Paiste: At the 1964 Paiste drummer meeting in Frankfurt, Pierre met the Paiste brothers who invited him to visit their factory in Nottwil. Since Pierre has always been interested in cymbals, he was most enthusiastic about accepting their invitation. The Paiste brothers were so impressed with his keen interest and attentive attitude, they offered him a position on their staff to take care of the most important task: cymbal development, quality control and to establish an education/drummer service dept. Pierre left Paiste as a full-time employee in 1970 and was replaced by Fredy Studer.

He recorded the album Singing Drums (ECM, 1984) with Paul Motian and Nana Vasconcelos. He also appears on the John Surman album, Such Winters of Memory (1983).[1] He has recorded with several well-known musicians, including Tamia, Michel Godard, Mal Waldron, Paul Giger, Jiří Stivín, Michel Portal, Samuel Blaser, the ARTE Quartett, and Barre Phillips.

Select discography

As leader

As sideman

With Irène Schweizer

With Samuel Blaser

With Philipp Schaufelberger

With John Surman

With Tamia

With Manfred Schoof

With Michel Godard

With Jiří Stivín

With Joe McPhee

With Michel Portal

With Barre Phillips

With Dino Saluzzi

With Mal Waldron

With London Jazz Composers Orchestra

With Stefano Battaglia

With Paul Giger

With Furio Di Castri, Paolo Fresu & Jon Balke

With Denis Levaillant

With Yang Jing

With Andrea Centazzo

References

  1. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 144. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  2. ^ Kelsey, Chris. "Pierre Favre Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Pierre Favre at All About Jazz". Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2010.


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