Pierre Favre (musician)

Pierre Favre
Favre in 2005
Background information
Born	Le Locle, Switzerland
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Drums, percussion
Labels	ECM
Website	www.pierrefavre.ch

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

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. 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

• Pierre Favre Quartet (Wergo)
• Santana (FMP)
• Pierre Favre European Chamber Ensemble (Intakt)
• Singing Drums (ECM 1984)
• Fleuve (ECM, 1989)
• Window Steps (ECM, 1996)
• De La Nuit...Le Jour (Polygram)

With Irene Schweizer

• Irene Schweizer & Pierre Favre (Intakt)
• Portrait (Intakt)
• Ulrichsberg (Intakt)

With Samuel Blaser

• Vol à Voile (Intakt, 2010)

With Philipp Schaufelberger

• Albatros (Intakt, 2010)

With John Surman

• Such Winters of Memory (ECM, 1982)
• Upon Reflection

With Tamia

• Solitudes (ECM)

With Manfred Schoof

• European Echoes (FMP)

With Michel Godard

• Saxophones (Intakt)
• Castel Del Monte (Enja)
• Deux (Altrisuoni)

With Jiří Stivín

• Výlety (Supraphon)
• Excursions II Twenty Years After (P&J Music)

With Joe McPhee

• Topology (Hat Hut, 1981)

With Michel Portal

• Splendid Yzlment (CBS)

With Barre Phillips

• Music by... (ECM, 1980)
• String Summit: One World In Eight (MPS)

With Dino Saluzzi

• Once Upon a Time - Far Away in the South (ECM, 1985)

With Mal Waldron

• Black Glory (Enja)

With London Jazz Composers Orchestra

• Double Trouble Two Featuring Irene Schweizer, Marilyn Crispell and Pierre Favre (Intakt)

With Stefano Battaglia

• When We Were (Splasch)

With Paul Giger

• Alpstein (ECM, 1991)

With Furio Di Castri, Paolo Fresu & Jon Balke

• Mythscapes (Soul Note)

With Denis Levaillant

• Barium Circus (Nato)

With Yang Jing

• Two In One (Intakt)

With Andrea Centazzo

• Koans, Volume 1 (Ictus)
• Dialogues (Robi Droli/Newtone)