Daniel Humair
# Daniel Humair

Daniel Humair (born 23 May 1938 in Geneva, Switzerland) 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 Officier 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.

## 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 Ørsted 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

* Kenny Barron and Dave Holland, Scratch (Enja, 1985)
* 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)
* Samuel Blaser, 1291 (OutNote Records, 2020)
* 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)
