Pierre Favre

Like his contemporaries, saxophonist Steve Lacy and trombonist Roswell Rudd, Swiss drummer Pierre Favre performed Dixieland before getting into a profession in free jazz. Favre was self-taught on drums. He started working appropriately at 17; he used touring American music artists like Lil Hardin Armstrong and Albert Nicholas within the middle-’50s. Within the ’60s, Favre used such bop music artists as Bud Powell, Benny Bailey, and Booker Ervin. He also worked well in Switzerland for Paiste & Sohn, the cymbal- and gong-making business. In the middle-’60s, Favre created a pastime in free of charge jazz, developing a trio with pianist Irene Schweizer and bassist George Mraz (who was simply ultimately supplanted by Peter Kowald). Saxophonist Evan Parker became a member of the music group in 1968, rendering it a quartet. In the past due ’60s, Favre used saxophonist Peter Brotzmann, drummer John Stevens, and trumpeter Manfred Schoof, amongst others of take note; he also started collaborating with contemporary classical music artists and avant-gardists from additional disciplines. He documented a solo recording, Mountain Wind flow, in 1978, and started leading an all-percussion group that included Nana Vasconcelos and Paul Motian. Favre offers recorded thoroughly for the ECM label within the ’80s and ’90s, with performers including vocalist Tamia, traditional composer Arvo Component, saxophonist/composer John Surman, and bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi. He started the 21st hundred years with Punctus (2001), Crisscrossing (2004), and Fleuve (2007).