Pierre Favre (musician)

Pierre Favre
Favre in 2005
Background information
Born	(1937-06-02) 2 June 1937 (age 84) Le Locle, Switzerland
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums, percussion
Labels	ECM, FMP
Associated acts	Irene Schweizer
Website	www.pierrefavre.ch

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

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[]

• Pierre Favre Quartet (Wergo)
• Santana (FMP)
• Pierre Favre European Chamber Ensemble (Intakt)
• Singing Drums (ECM 1984)
• Window Steps (ECM, 1996)
• Fleuve (ECM, 2006)
• 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)
• Same Place, Another Time (Blaser Music, 2022)

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)
• Moments

With Andrea Centazzo

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

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