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.

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 Memories of Pannonia (Enja, 1986)
 * The Horizon Beyond (EmArcy, 1965)
 * Overcome Live at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival (Enja, 1988)

With others


 * Kenny Barron and Dave Holland, Scratch (Enja, 1985)

The Band, Live at the Schauspielhaus (MPS 1976)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Jérome Sabbagh, I Will Follow You (Bee Jazz, 2010)
 * Larry Schneider, So Easy (Label Bleu, 1988)
 * Dino Betti van der Noot, Here Comes Springtime (Soul Note, 1985)
 * Joe Venuti, Doin' Things (Pausa, 1971)