Daniel Humair – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Daniel Humair is a jazz musician who plays drum kit. Daniel Humair was born on 23 May 1938 in Geneva. The music is usually filed under jazz and tango. Record labels: Label Bleu and Musica Records. The discography here lists 18 albums, from “Hum !” (1960) to “Prismes à l'eau” (2024). Honours include Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.

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 Officer 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.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Hum ! 1960 · Véga Drumo Vocalo 1971 · International Music Label

Apocalypse 1980

Pépites 1987 · CELP

9.11 Pm Town Hall 1988 · Live

Quatre fois trois 1998 · Label Bleu HUM 1999 · Sketch Humair, Jeanneau, Texier 2001 · Universal Music France

Liberté surveillée 2001 · Live

Baby Boom 2003 · Sketch Triple Hip Trip 2006 · Universal Music Jazz France Full Contact 2008 · Bee Jazz Pas de dense 2010 · Zig-Zag Territoires

Lights 2012

Sweet & Sour 2012 · Laborie Jazz Edges 2013 · Label Bleu 1291 2020 · OutNote Records Prismes à l'eau 2024

Also plays on

Albums where Daniel Humair is credited as a sideman

1960	Martial Solal — Martial Solal	drums (drum set)
1962	Chet Is Back! — Chet Baker	drums (drum set)
1964	Jazz Long Playing — Jean‐Luc Ponty	drums (drum set)
1967	Sunday Walk — Jean‐Luc Ponty	drums (drum set)
1968	What Happens?... — Art Farmer - Phil Woods	drums (drum set)
1968	More Than Meets the Ear — Jean‐Luc Ponty	drums (drum set)
1969	Impressive Rome — Konitz - Solal	drums (drum set)
1969	European Episode — Konitz-Solal	drums (drum set)
1969	It’s Nice to Be With You - Jim Hall in Berlin — Jim Hall	drums (drum set)
1969	Open Space (The Down Beat Poll Winners in Europe) — Karin Krog, John Surman, Albert Mangelsdorff, Francy Boland, Niels‐Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Daniel Humair	drums (drum set)
1969	Jazz in Paris: Blues — Guy Lafitte	drums (drum set)
1971	At The Frankfurt Jazz Festival — Phil Woods	drums (drum set)
1971	Drums and Folklore: From Sticksland With Love — George Gruntz, Daniel Humair, Charly Antolini, Pierre Favre, Mani Neumeier, Alfred Sacher	drums (drum set)
1973	This Way Out — Joachim Kühn	percussion
1977	Black Narcissus — Joe Henderson	drums (drum set)
1977	La Sorcellerie A Travers Les Ages / Gravenstein — Jean Luc Ponty - Phil Woods - Daniel Humair - Eddy Louiss	drums (drum set)
1978	Suite for Trio — Martial Solal	membranophone
1979	Urtreger Michelot Humair — René Urtreger, Pierre Michelot, Daniel Humair	drums (drum set)
1980	Picnic Suite — Claude Bolling; Jean-Pierre Rampal, Alexandre Lagoya, Claude Bolling	drums (drum set)
1981	Toot Suite — Claude Bolling; Maurice André, Claude Bolling	membranophone
1985	Scratch — Kenny Barron, Dave Holland, Daniel Humair	drums (drum set)
1985	Easy to Read — Joachim Kühn, Daniel Humair & Jean-François Jenny-Clark	drums (drum set)
1988	From Time to Time Free — Joachim Kühn	drums (drum set)
1989	Anything Goes: Stéphane Grappelli & Yo‐Yo Ma play (mostly) Cole Porter — Stéphane Grappelli & Yo‐Yo Ma	drums (drum set)
1989	Just Friends — Helen Merrill featuring Stan Getz	drums (drum set)
1989	Quatre — Rava, D'Andrea, Vitouš, Humair	membranophone
1990	The Italian Sessions — Chet Baker	drums (drum set)
1992	Just One of Those Things: Recorded Live at the Montreux Festival — Stéphane Grappelli	membranophone
1993	Feeling + Finesse = Jazz — Stéphane Grappelli	membranophone
1993	Any Way — Michel Portal	membranophone