Person · Male
Pierre Favre
- From
- Le Locle, Switzerland
- Since
- 1937–present
- Releases
- 37
- jazz
- avant-folk
- avant-garde jazz
- free jazz
- futurism
About
Pierre Favre (born 2 June 1937) is a Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist born in Le Locle, Switzerland.
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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). 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.
Member of
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Pierre Favre Ensemble crotales, cymbal, eponymous, gong, membranophone, percussion idiophone
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Pierre Favre DrumSights eponymous, membranophone, percussion
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Franco Cerri and His International Trio membranophone
Discography
Albums
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Swingin' Bach Guitar
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Vibrations
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Trinity
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Abanaba
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Solo Now
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Dialogues
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Percussion Profiles
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Blues for Pedro Arcanjo
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De la nuit… le jour
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Solitudes
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[untitled]
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Mythscapes
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Freezing Screens
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Window Steps Apple Music
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Singing Drums - Souffles
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Portrait Apple Music
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Double Trouble Two
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Omen
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Pierre Favre, European Chamber Ensemble
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Punctus
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When We Were
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Deux
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Dakryon
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Two in One
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Awakening
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Vol À Voile
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Výlety = Excursions
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Decameron
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The Art Of Sound(s)
Live
Compilations
Links
Listen
Official
Buy
Teacher
Tags
- european free jazz
- jazz and blues
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
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- ISNI
- 0000000083624556
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 15 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.