Daniel Humair


Daniel Humair is a Swiss drummer, composer, and painter.
He is widely renowned and became a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1986 and Officer in 1992. He has played with many jazz performers notably Phil Woods, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chet Baker, Michel Portal, Martial Solal, Dexter Gordon, Gerry Mulligan, Rahsaan Roland Kirk 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.
WWW danielhumair.com

Discography

As leader

Hum! with Rene Urtreger, Pierre Michelot Trio HLP Drumo Vocalo Our Kind of Sabi with Eddy Louiss, John Surman Beck Mathewson Humair Trio La Sorcellerie a Travers Les Ages with Jean Luc Ponty, Phil Woods, Eddy Louiss Suite for Trio with Martial Solal, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Urtreger Michelot Humair with Rene Urtreger, Pierre Michelot Humair Jeanneau Texier Triple Hip Trip Apocalypse with Jean-Charles Capon East Side West Side Akagera with Jeanneau/Texier Scratch with Kenny Barron, Dave Holland Pepites with Andre Jaume 9–11 p.m. Town Hall with Michel Portal Quatre with Rava/D'Andrea/Vitous Up Date 3.3 with Francois Jeanneau, Henri Texier Edges Earthcake with Quatre Vol. 1 with Louiss/Ponty Vol. 2 with Louiss/Ponty Solo Print with Roland Auzet Quatre Fois Trois HUM Borderlines with Farao/Avenel Liberte Surveillee Frontier Traffic with Charlie Mariano Work with Steve Lacy Baby Boom Ear Mix with Stamm/Friedman/Boisseau Tryptic with Celea/Couturier Bonus Boom Full Contact with Joachim Kuhn Pas de Dense with Tony Malaby Jazz Festival, Kulturzentrum Kammgarn Schaffhausen, Switzerland Sweet & Sour Lights with Nicolas Former Seasoning
  • ''Modern Art''

As sideman

With Franco AmbrosettiJazz a Confronto 11 Steppenwolf Franco Ambrosetti Quartet Wings Tentets Movies Movies Too European Legacy Liquid Gardens
With European Jazz Ensemble20th Anniversary Tour 25th Anniversary 30th Anniversary Tour 2006
With Stephane GrappelliJust One of Those Things! Les Grands Classiques Du Jazz Les Valseuses Django Stephane Grappelli with Bill Coleman Giants Feeling + Finesse = Jazz Anything Goes Stephane Grappelli Plays Cole Porter Stephane Grappelli Plays George Gershwin
With George GruntzJazz Goes Baroque 2 Drums and Folklore Noon in Tunisia St. Peter Power Monster Sticksland Meeting Two Monster Jazz For Flying Out Proud
With Raymond GuiotJazz Baroque Quintet Joue Domenico Scarlatti Haendel with Care
With Joachim Kuhn & J.F. Jenny-ClarkEasy to Read From Time to Time Live Theatre De La Ville Paris 1989 Carambolage Usual Confusion Triple Entente
With Claude NougaroNo. 2 Claude Nougaro Paris Mai Le Disque D'Or De Claude Nougaro Les Grandes Chansons De Claude Nougaro Une Petite Fille
With Jean-Luc PontyJazz Long Playing Sunday Walk More Than Meets the Ear
With Michel PortalAny Way L'ombre Rouge Turbulence
With Rhoda ScottA L'Orgue Hammond Take a Ladder A L'Orgue Hammond Vol. 2 Rhoda Scott
With Martial SolalMartial Solal Jazz a Gaveau Concert a Gaveau Vol. 2 Solal! Contrastes A Bout de Souffle
With Swingle SingersAnyone for Mozart? Les Romantiques Rococo a Go Go Concerto D'Aranjuez Sounds of Spain J. S. Bach The Swingle Singers Meet the Modern Jazz Quartet Jazz Sebastian Bach Vol. 2 Christmastime
With Barney WilenBarney More from Barney at the Club Saint-Germain Le Jardin Aux Sentiers Qui Bifurquent
With Phil WoodsAlive and Well in Paris At the Montreux Jazz Festival Phil Woods and His European Rhythm Machine Live at Montreux 72 Woods-Notes The Birth of the ERM the Ljubljana and Bologna Concerts A Jazz Life
With Attila ZollerThe Horizon Beyond
Memories of Pannonia Overcome Live at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival
With others
The Band, Live at the Schauspielhaus