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Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pierre Favre (born 2 June 1937)[1] is a Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist born in Le Locle, Switzerland.[2][3]
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Born | Le Locle, Switzerland | 2 June 1937
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Drums, percussion |
Labels | ECM, FMP |
Website | www |
1964 Pierre Favre joins Paiste: At the 1964 Paiste drummer meeting in Frankfurt, Pierre met the Paiste brothers who invited him to visit their factory in Nottwil. Since Pierre has always been interested in cymbals, he was most enthusiastic about accepting their invitation. The Paiste brothers were so impressed with his keen interest and attentive attitude, they offered him a position on their staff to take care of the most important task: cymbal development, quality control and to establish an education/drummer service dept. Pierre left Paiste as a full-time employee in 1970 and was replaced by Fredy Studer.
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.
With Irène Schweizer
With Samuel Blaser
With Philipp Schaufelberger
With John Surman
With Tamia
With Manfred Schoof
With Michel Godard
With Jiří Stivín
With Joe McPhee
With Michel Portal
With Barre Phillips
With Dino Saluzzi
With Mal Waldron
With London Jazz Composers Orchestra
With Stefano Battaglia
With Paul Giger
With Furio Di Castri, Paolo Fresu & Jon Balke
With Denis Levaillant
With Yang Jing
With Andrea Centazzo
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