Daniel Humair
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Daniel Humair is a drummer
, jazz composer
and painter
.
He is widely renowned and became Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in 1986.
He has played with many jazz performers notably Martial Solal
, Gerry Mulligan
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.
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
, jazz composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
.
He is widely renowned and became Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in 1986.
He has played with many jazz performers notably Martial Solal
Martial Solal
Martial Solal is a French jazz pianist and composer, who is probably most widely known for the music he wrote for Jean-Luc Godard's debut feature film À bout de souffle .-Biography:...
, Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though Mulligan is primarily known as one of the leading baritone saxophonists in jazz history – playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz – he was also...
and Eric Dolphy
Eric Dolphy
Eric Allan Dolphy was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist. On a few occasions he also played the clarinet and baritone saxophone. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain prominence in the 1960s...
.
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.
Discography
- 1960 : Connection
- 1960 : Humair UrtregerRené Urtreger-Biography:Urtreger was born in Paris and began his piano studies at the age of four, studying privately first, and then at the Conservatory. He studied with an orientation toward jazz, playing in a small Parisian club, the "Sully d' Auteil." Conducted by Hubert Damisch, the Sully boasted an...
MichelotPierre MichelotPierre Michelot was a French bebop and hard bop double bass player.Born in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, Michelot studied piano from 1936 until 1938, but switched to playing bass at the age of sixteen...
(trio "HUM") - 1960 : Dermaplastic with Martial Solal
- 1964 : Jazz Long PlayingJazz Long PlayingJazz Long Playing is Jean-Luc Ponty's debut album recorded in Paris in June and July 1964. It was reissued in 2007. Jazz Long Playing - Import version was believed to be released Jan 01, 2008...
with Jean-Luc PontyJean-Luc PontyJean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
Michel PortalMichel PortalMichel Portal is a composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.Portal studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris...
and Eddy LouissEddy LouissEddy Louiss is a French jazz musician.His primary instrument is the Hammond organ. As a vocalist, he was a member of Les Double Six of Paris from 1961 through 1963.He has worked with Kenny Clarke, René Thomas, and Jean-Luc Ponty...
(Philips 77 810) - 1967 : Sunday Walk with Jean-Luc PontyJean-Luc PontyJean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
, Niels-Henning Ørsted PedersenNiels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen- Discography :* My Name Is Albert Ayler 1963 * Kirk in Copenhagen 1963 * Ben Webster in Denmark 1965-1971 Live at Danish Radio studios, Jazzhus Montmartre and Odd Fellow Palæet - Universal Music Denmark*One Flight Up 1964 *Sunday Walk 1969 - Discography :* My Name Is Albert Ayler 1963 (with...
and Wolfgang DaunerWolfgang DaunerWolfgang Dauner is a German jazz fusion pianist, composer and keyboardist born in Stuttgart, Germany, probably best known for his work in the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble and with musicians such as Hans Koller, Albert Mangelsdorff, Volker Kriegel or Ack van Rooyen...
(MPS Records) - 1967 : From sticksland with Love with George Gruntz ( MPS records )
- 1971 : Huffin'n'Puffin'Huffin'n'Puffin'Huffin'n'Puffin' is a rare jazz album with quadruple threat Ray Nance as bandleader.-Track listing:Side A# He Huffed 'n Puffed - 5:50# Some Of These Days - 5:40# I Can't Get Started - 4:35# Struttin' With Some Barbeque - 4:08Side B...
with Ray NanceRay NanceRay Willis Nance was a jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer.Nance is best known for his long association with Duke Ellington through most of the 1940s and 1950s, after he was hired to replace Cootie Williams in 1940...
as bandleader - 1972 : Morning! (Musica RecordsMusica Records-Discography:...
) - 1986 : Pastor with Michel PortalMichel PortalMichel Portal is a composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.Portal studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris...
- 1979 : Humair Jeanneau Texier with Henri TexierHenri TexierHenri Texier, born , is a French jazz double bassist born in Paris.He is perhaps best-known for his 1960s work with Don Cherry and for his 1980s band the "Transatlantik Quartet", which featured Joe Lovano, Steve Swallow and Aldo Romano...
- 1979 : Triple hip trip with David FriedmanDavid FriedmanDavid Friedman may refer to:* Dafydd ab Hugh, born David Friedman, science fiction/fantasy writer; political weblogger* David Friedman , American film and TV actor and child star of the 1980s* David Friedman , Broadway and film composer...
on vibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family.... - 1985 : Easy to read with Joachim KühnJoachim Kühn-Biography:Kühn was a musical prodigy and made his debut as a concert pianist, having studied classical piano and composition with Arthur Schmidt-Elsey. Influenced by his elder brother, clarinetist Rolf Kühn, he simultaneously got interested in jazz. In 1961 he became a professional jazz musician....
and Jean-François Jenny-ClarkJean-François Jenny-ClarkJean-François "J.F." Jenny-Clark was a French double bass player who appeared, estimated as one of the most important bass players of European jazz.... - 1987 : Surrounded 1964/1987 with Eric DolphyEric DolphyEric Allan Dolphy was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist. On a few occasions he also played the clarinet and baritone saxophone. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain prominence in the 1960s...
, Michel PortalMichel PortalMichel Portal is a composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.Portal studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris...
, Martial Solal, Texier, Louiss, Mulligan, ... - 1988 : From Time to Time Free with Joachim Kühn and Jean-François Jenny-Clark
- 1990 : Up Date 3.3 with François Jeanneau and Henry Texier (Label Bleu)
- 1993 : Usual confusion with Joachim Kühn and Jean-François Jenny-Clark
- 1996 : L'opera de Quat'sous - Die Dreigroschenoper - The Threepenny Opera with Joachim Kühn and Jean-François Jenny-Clark
- 2003 : "Paris Abstractions" with Benjamin Koppel (sax) and Palle Danielsson (bass)