Pierre Favre (musician)

Pierre Favre
Background information
Birth name	Pierre Favre
Born	June 2, 1937
Origin	Le Locle, Switzerland
Instrument(s)	drums, percussion
Label(s)	ECM Records
Associated acts	Irene Schweizer

Pierre Favre (born June 2, 1937) is a Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist born in Le Locle, Switzerland, perhaps most noteworthy for his work with Irene Schweizer.

Favre released a 1984 album, along with Paul Motian and Nana Vasconcelos, that was titled Singing Drums for the ECM label. 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 and Barre Phillips.

[edit] Select discography

As bandleader

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

With Irene Schweizer

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

With Tamia

• Solitudes (ECM Records)

With Manfred Schoof

• European Echoes (FMP Records)

With Michel Godard

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

With Jiří Stivín

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

With Michel Portal

• Splendid Yzlment (CBS Records)

With Barre Phillips

• Music By... (ECM Records)
• String Summit: One World In Eight (MPS Records)

With Mal Waldron

• Black Glory (Enja Records)

With the London Jazz Composers Orchestra

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

With Stefano Battaglia

• When We Were (Splasch Records)

With Paul Giger

• Alpstein (ECM Records)

With Furio Di Castri, Paolo Fresu & Jon Balke

• Mythscapes (Soul Note Records)

With Denis Levaillant

• Barium Circus (Nato Records)

With Yang Jing

• Two In One (Intakt Records)

With Andrea Centazzo

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

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