Daniel Humair (born 23 May 1938 in

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, 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 Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer. Biography Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began ...

Jean-Luc Ponty Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz violinist and composer. Early life Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano. At sixteen, he was admitt ...

, Chet Baker,

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Martial Solal Martial Solal (born August 23, 1927) is a French jazz pianist and composer. Biography Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria, to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, and piano by his mother, who was an oper ...

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk Rahsaan Roland Kirk (born Ronald Theodore Kirk; August 7, 1935Kernfeld, Barry.Kirk, Roland" ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2nd ed. Ed. Barry Kernfeld. '' Grove Music Online''. '' Oxford Music Online''. Retrieved February 1, 2009-. "The yea ...

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.

Discography

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

, 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 Franco Ambrosetti (born 10 December 1941) is a jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer. He was born in Lugano, Switzerland; his father, Flavio, was a saxophonist who once played opposite Charlie Parker.European Jazz Ensemble The European Jazz Ensemble is an ensemble of jazz musicians. History Formed in 1976. The original members comprised the quintet of Alan Skidmore, Leszek Zadlo, Gerd Dudek, Alfred "Ali" Haurand and Pierre Courbois. After 1982 three of the members ...

* ''20th Anniversary Tour'' (Konnex, 1997) * ''25th Anniversary'' (Konnex, 2002) * ''30th Anniversary Tour 2006'' (Konnex, 2009) With

Stephane Grappelli Stephane may refer to: * Stéphane, a French given name * Stephane (Ancient Greece), a vestment in ancient Greece * Stephane (Paphlagonia) Stephane ( grc, Στεφάνη) was a small port town on the coast of ancient Paphlagonia, according to Arr ...

* ''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 George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker ...

* ''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 Raymond Guiot (born 5 October 1930) is a French flautist, pianist and composer. He has also trained many flutists throughout the world. Biography Guiot entered the Conservatoire de Roubaix at the age of 7, pushed by a father in love with clas ...

* ''Jazz Baroque Quintet'' (Tele Music, 1970) * ''Joue Domenico Scarlatti'' (Decca, 1970) * ''Haendel with Care'' (Musidisc, 1973) With

Joachim Kuhn Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...

& 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 Claude Nougaro (, oc, Claudi Nogaròu; 9 September 1929 – 4 March 2004) was a French songwriter and singer. Life and career Claude Nougaro was born in Toulouse to a respected French opera singer, Pierre Nougaro, and a piano teacher, Liette ...

* ''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

* ''

Jazz Long Playing ''Jazz Long Playing'' is the debut album by French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty recorded in Paris in June and July 1964. It was reissued in 2000. ''Jazz Long Playing'' is one of two albums produced by Ponty; ''Sunday Walk'' in 1967 was his second. T ...

'' (Philips, 1964) * ''Sunday Walk'' (SABA, 1967) * ''More Than Meets the Ear'' (Pacific Jazz, 1968) With

* ''Any Way'' (Label Bleu, 1993) * ''L'ombre Rouge'' (Saravah, 1981) * ''Turbulence'' (Harmonia Mundi, 1987) With

Rhoda Scott Rhoda Scott (born July 3, 1938) is an American soul jazz organist. Scott was first attracted to the organ in her father’s church at age seven. "It's really the most beautiful instrument in the world", she stated in a 2002 interview. "The firs ...

* ''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'' (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

* ''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 Attila Cornelius Zoller (June 13, 1927 – January 25, 1998) was a Hungarian jazz guitarist. After World War II, he escaped the Soviet takeover of Hungary by fleeing through the mountains on foot into Austria. In 1959, he moved to the U.S., wher ...

* ''The Horizon Beyond'' (EmArcy, 1965) ''Memories of Pannonia'' (Enja, 1986) * ''Overcome Live at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival'' (Enja, 1988) With others * Kenny Barron and Dave Holland, ''Scratch'' (Enja, 1985) *

Flavio Ambrosetti Flavio Ambrosetti (October 8, 1919 in Lugano – August 21, 2012 in Ticino) was a Swiss jazz vibraphonist, saxophonist, and engineer. Ambrosetti's primary career was in engineering; his acclaim in jazz circles has come entirely from his activities ...

, ''Jazz Stars'' (Dire, 1968) *

Franck Amsallem Franck Amsallem is a French-American jazz pianist, arranger, composer, singer and educator. He was born in 1961 in Oran, French Algeria, but grew up in Nice, France. Early years Amsallem was born in Oran (Algeria) to Elie Amsallem (1922-2019) a ...

, ''Years Gone By'' (A Records, 1998) * Maurice Andre &

Claude Bolling Claude Bolling (10 April 1930 – 29 December 2020) was a French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor. Biography He was born in Cannes, France, and studied at the Nice Conservatory, and then in Paris. A child prodigy, by the ...

, ''Toot Suite'' (CBS, 1981) *

Georges Arvanitas Georges Arvanitas (June 13, 1931 – September 25, 2005) was a French jazz pianist and organist. Life and career He was born in Marseille, a child of Greek immigrants from Constantinople. At the age of four he began studying piano and initially ...

, ''Soul Jazz'' (Columbia, 1960) * Georges Arvanitas, ''Pianos Puzzle'' (Saravah, 1970) *

Marcel Azzola Marcel Azzola (10 July 1927 – 21 January 2019) was a French accordionist. He performed with Stan Getz and Jacques Brel, among others. The famous line "" ("Heat up, Marcel") in Brel's song "Vésoul" refers to Azzola, who played the accordion d ...

, ''Pieces Pour Claviers'' (Mazo 1983) * Chet Baker, '' Chet Is Back!'' (RCA Victor, 1962) *

Mickey Baker MacHouston "Mickey" Baker (October 15, 1925 – November 27, 2012) was an American guitarist, best known for his work as a studio musician and as part of the recording duo Mickey & Sylvia. Early life Baker was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His ...

, ''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) The Band, ''Live at the Schauspielhaus'' (MPS 1976) *

Gordon Beck Gordon James Beck (16 September 1935 – 6 November 2011) was an English jazz pianist and composer. At the time of his death, 26 albums had been released under his name. Early life Beck was born in Brixton, London, and attended Pinner Coun ...

, ''All in the Morning'' (Art of Life, 1973) * Lou Bennett, ''Dansez Et Revez'' (Phono, 2017) *

Jerry Bergonzi Jerry Bergonzi (born October 21, 1947) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and educator. Early life and education Bergonzi received a B.A. in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 1971 and is the founde ...

, ''Peek a Boo'' (Evidence, 1993) *

Jane Birkin Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English-French singer and actress. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career ...

, ''Versions Jane'' (Philips, 1996) *

Samuel Blaser Samuel Blaser (born 20 July 1981 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) is a Swiss trombonist and composer. Biography Born and raised in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Samuel Blaser lived in New York City for many years before relocating to Be ...

, ''1291'' (OutNote Records, 2020) *

Gary Burton Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused him to be he ...

, ''Live in Cannes'' (Jazz World, 1995) * Gary Burton, ''No More Blues'' (Magnum Music, 2000) *

Eugen Cicero Eugen Cicero (born ''Eugen Ciceu''; 27 June 1940 – 5 December 1997), nicknamed "Mister Golden Hands", was a Romanian-German jazz pianist who performed in the mixed classical-swing style. Biography Born in Vad, Romania, to Teodor and Livia Cic ...

, ''Mr. Golden Hands Vol. 1'' (Intercord, 1976) *

Marius Constant Marius Constant (7 February 192515 May 2004) was a Romanian-born French composer and conductor. Although known in the classical world primarily for his ballet scores, his most widely known music was the iconic guitar theme for ''The Twilight Zon ...

, ''Stress Psyche Trois Complexes'' (Erato, 1981) * Bill Coleman, ''Mainstream at Montreux'' (Black Lion 1973) *

Alan Davie James Alan Davie (28 September 1920 – 5 April 2014) was a Scottish painter and musician. Biography Davie was born in Grangemouth, Scotland in 1920, the son of Elizabeth (née Turnbull) and James William Davie, an art teacher and painter who ...

, ''Phantom in the Room'' (ADMW, 1971) *

Georges Delerue Georges Delerue (12 March 1925 – 20 March 1992) was a French composer who composed over 350 scores for cinema and television. Delerue won numerous important film music awards, including an Academy Award for '' A Little Romance'' (1980), three C ...

, ''Calmos'' (Black and Blue, 1975) * Eric Demarsan, ''Le Cercle Rouge'' (Decca, 2000) *

Jack Dieval Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

, ''Jack Dieval & Paris Jazz Quartet'' (Concert Hall, 1968) * Jack Dieval, ''Pianos Duet'' (Columbia, 1969) *

Niels Lan Doky Niels Lan Doky (born 3 October 1963) is a Danish jazz pianist, composer and producer. He is the older brother of jazz bassist Chris Minh Doky. Biography He was born in Copenhagen of a Danish mother and Vietnamese father. His father worked as a ...

, ''Paris by Night'' (Soul Note, 1993) *

Les Double Six Les Double Six (also known as the Double Six of Paris) was a French vocal jazz group established in 1959 by Mimi Perrin. The group established an international reputation in the early 1960s. The name of the group was an allusion to the fact that the ...

, ''Meet Quincy Jones'' (Columbia, 1960) * Les Double Six, ''Les Double Six'' (Columbia, 1961) * Art Farmer, ''What Happens ?...'' (Campi, 1968) *

Claudio Fasoli Claudio Fasoli (born 29 November 1939) is an Italian jazz - saxophonist (tenor and soprano saxophone) and composer of modern jazz. Music career Born in Venice, he now lives in Milan, Italy. After a long apprenticeship and many sessions with v ...

, ''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 Jean-François Quiévreux (25 July 1926 – 5 February 2012), better known as Jef Gilson, was a French clarinetist, pianist, arranger, vocalist, composer and big band leader. "In the occupation of which he initiated groups" proved Gilson "an ex ...

, ''OEil Vision'' (Club De L'Echiquier 1964) *

Jimmy Gourley James Pasco Gourley, Jr. (June 9, 1926 – December 7, 2008) was an American jazz guitarist who spent most of his life in Paris. Gourley was born in St. Louis in 1926. He met saxophonist Lee Konitz in Chicago when both were members of the s ...

, ''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 Roland Pembroke Hanna (February 10, 1932 – November 13, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and teacher. Biography Hanna studied classical piano from the age of 11, but was strongly interested in jazz, having been introduced to i ...

, ''Child of Gemini'' (MPS/BASF, 1971) *

Michel Hausser Michel Hausser (born February 7, 1927, Colmar) is a French jazz vibraphone, vibraphonist. Hausser played accordion as a child and taught the instrument in his early twenties before switching to vibraphone in 1948. Initially, he studied the instrume ...

Bobby Jaspar Bobby Jaspar (20 February 1926 – 28 February 1963) was a Belgian cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer. Early life Born in Liège, Belgium, Jaspar learned to play piano and clarinet at a young age. Later, he took up ...

, ''Vibes + Flute'' (Columbia, 1960) * Michel Hausser, ''Up in Hamburg'' (Columbia, 1960) *

Hampton Hawes Hampton Barnett Hawes Jr. (November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977) was an American jazz pianist. He was the author of the memoir ''Raise Up Off Me'', which won the Deems-Taylor Award for music writing in 1975. Early life Hampton Hawes was born on ...

, ''Piano Improvisation'' (Joker, 1977) * Joe Henderson, ''Black Narcissus'' (Milestone, 1976) *

Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre of works is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as ...

, ''Cembalo Modern + Jazz'' (Philips, 1964) * Antoine Herve, ''Enregistre a L'Usine Ephemere'' (Sari Seer 1990) * Andre Hodeir, ''Anna Livia Plurabelle'' (Philips, 1966) *

, ''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 Karin Krog (born 15 May 1937) is a Norwegian jazz singer. Life and career Krog began singing jazz as a teenager and attracted attention while performing in jam sessions in Oslo. In 1955, she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in ...

, ''Open Space'' (MPS 1969) *

, ''This Way Out'' (MPS/BASF, 1973) * Joachim Kuhn, ''Birthday Edition'' (ACT, 2014) *

Rolf Kuhn Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. ...

, ''Connection '74'' (MPS/BASF, 1974) * Rolf Kuhn, ''Total Space'' (MPS/BASF, 1975) *

Guy Lafitte Guy Lafitte (12 January 1927 – 10 June 1998) was a French jazz saxophonist. Career A native of Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, France, he worked with Mezz Mezzrow from 1951 to 1952 and Big Bill Broonzy in 1951. In 1954 he made Paris his home and ...

, ''Blues'' (Vega, 1969) *

Christof Lauer Christof Lauer (born 25 May 1953) is a German jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, born in Melsungen, Germany, perhaps most well known in Europe where he has done projects with various musicians, such as Palle Danielsson, Carla Bley,

, ''Evidence'' (CMP, 1995) *

John Lewis John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...

, ''Midnight in Paris'' (EmArcy, 1988) *

Rolf Liebermann Rolf Liebermann (14 September 1910 – 2 January 1999), was a Swiss composer and music administrator. He served as the Artistic Director of the Hamburg State Opera from 1959 to 1973 and again from 1985 to 1988. He was also Artistic Director o ...

, ''Les Echanges'' (EX 1964) *

Didier Lockwood Didier Lockwood (11 February 1956 – 18 February 2018) was a French violinist. He played in the French rock band Magma in the 1970s, and was known for his use of electric amplification and his experimentation with different sounds on the electri ...

, ''For Stephane'' (Ames, 2008) * Steve Marcus, ''Green Line'' (Nivico, 1970) *

Helen Merrill Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic; July 21, 1930) is an American jazz vocalist. Her first album, the eponymous 1954 recording '' Helen Merrill'' (with Clifford Brown), was an immediate success and associated her with the first generation ...

, ''Just Friends'' (EmArcy, 1989) *

Jean-Christian Michel Jean-Christian Michel (born 1938) is a composer and clarinetist. His compositions are influenced by jazz and by baroque music, particularly that of Johann Sebastian Bach. Before starting his musical career, Jean-Christian Michel was a doctor, ...

, ''Vol. 6'' (General, 1973) * Jean-Christian Michel, ''Vision D'Ezechiel'' (General, 1974) * Jean-Christian Michel, ''Lumiere'' (General, 1980) *

Ray Nance Ray Willis Nance (December 10, 1913 – January 28, 1976) was an American jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer. He is best remembered for his long association with Duke Ellington and his orchestra. Early years Nance was the leader of his ow ...

, ''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 Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal (7 January 1922 – 20 May 2000) was a French flautist. He has been personally "credited with returning to the Western concert flute, flute the popularity as a solo classical instrument it had not held since the 18th ce ...

, ''Picnic Suite'' (CBS, 1980) *

Henri Renaud Henri Renaud (20 April 1925, in Villedieu-sur-Indre, France – 17 October 2002, in Paris) was a French jazz pianist, record producer and record company executive. His styles reflected the decades when he was musically active: he played in the sw ...

, ''Blue Cylinder'' (PSI, 1970) * Larry Schneider, ''So Easy'' (Label Bleu, 1988) *

Dino Betti van der Noot Dino Betti van der Noot (born 1936) is an Italian jazz composer. Biography Van der Noot was born in Rapallo. His mother and cousin were classical pianists. He studied at Scuola Musicale of Pavia, 1946–51; in 1959 studied privately in Milan and i ...

, ''Here Comes Springtime'' (Soul Note, 1985) * Joe Venuti, ''Doin' Things'' (Pausa, 1971)

References

External links

Official site of Daniel Humair
{{DEFAULTSORT:Humair, Daniel 1938 births Living people Artists from Geneva Swiss drummers Swiss jazz composers Swiss male musicians Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Male jazz composers European Jazz Ensemble members Label Bleu artists Musicians from Geneva