{"title":"Daniel Humair","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eDaniel Humair was born in Geneva in 1938, grew up playing drums, and arrived in Paris in the late 1950s in time to become the drummer that every American musician passing through Europe wanted to play with. Lucky Thompson, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Dexter Gordon, Phil Woods, Eric Dolphy and Randy Weston all worked with him across the 1960s, and his reputation as a sideman of unusual sensitivity and harmonic awareness placed him at the centre of Paris's jazz scene in a way few European drummers have managed. The trio he formed with pianist Joachim Kühn and bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark in 1970 became one of the most important European jazz groupings of the following three decades: a genuinely leaderless ensemble in which the bass and drums were as melodically active as the piano, a model of collective improvisation that influenced the direction of European jazz without ever becoming widely known outside specialist circles. The trio remained active until Jenny-Clark's death in 1998. Humair's own recordings as a leader include the Owl label sessions of the late 1970s, particularly \"Triple Hip Trip\" (Owl, 1979) with vibraphonist David Friedman and bassist Harvie Swartz, and \"Humair Jeanneau Texier\" (Owl, 1979) with saxophonist François Jeanneau and bassist Henri Texier, both recorded in the same productive year. \"Scratch\" (Enja, 1985), a trio session with Kenny Barron on piano and Dave Holland on bass, remains one of his most collected recordings. He became a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1986 and an Officer in 1992. His parallel career as a painter, working in a style he describes as figurative abstract, has brought international exhibitions and academic recognition alongside his music. He is still active, aged 87.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"humair-jeanneau-texier-akagera-jms-records-vinyl-lp","title":"Humair \/ Jeanneau \/ Texier - Akagera (JMS Records Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHumair \/ Jeanneau \/ Texier - \u003cem\u003eAkagera\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 2021 Disques JMS Reissue (JMS 012)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Humair on drums, François Jeanneau on tenor and soprano saxophone, flute and lyricon, and Henri Texier on double bass, oud and percussion\u003c\/strong\u003e, the trio described by JMS as \"one of the founding moments of an aesthetic and an ethic of French jazz.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposed as the soundtrack for a French television documentary\u003c\/strong\u003e about the animals of the Akagera region of Rwanda, directed by Gérard Vienne and broadcast in 19 episodes on national television, with nine tracks that move between African-influenced modal jazz, Middle Eastern textures and European improvisation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFirst vinyl reissue of a 1980 recording\u003c\/strong\u003e on the French JMS label, with Gordon Beck guesting on piano for one track.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel Humair, François Jeanneau and Henri Texier were three of the most important jazz musicians in France by the time they formed a trio in the late 1970s. Humair, a Swiss-French drummer who had played with Dexter Gordon, Phil Woods, Eric Dolphy and Chet Baker during their various European residencies, is also an abstract painter whose visual work has been exhibited alongside his music. Jeanneau, a Parisian saxophonist, went on to co-found and direct the Orchestre National de Jazz in 1986. Texier, a Parisian double bassist, became one of the most recorded European jazz musicians through decades of work on the Label Bleu catalogue. When they recorded \u003cem\u003eAkagera\u003c\/em\u003e at CBS Studios in Paris across October and November 1980, the commission came from outside jazz: the director Gérard Vienne needed a score for a wildlife documentary about the animals of the Akagera region of Rwanda, at the source of the Nile. The trio treated the assignment as an album rather than a backing track.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nine pieces are short by free-jazz standards, most running between two and five minutes, but the range they cover in that time is striking. Texier plays oud alongside his double bass, bringing a Middle Eastern tonality into \"Arfia\" and \"Maghreb De Canard.\" Humair plays a Syntoba, a percussion-activated electronic instrument, adding a synthetic layer to his drum work. Jeanneau plays lyricon, an early wind-driven synthesiser, alongside his tenor and soprano saxophones and flute, and the original pressing credits also list bass clarinet, an Oberheim Polyphonique 8 and an ARP 2600 among his instruments. All three compose: \"Akagera\" and \"Akagera II\" are group compositions, \"Rampoon\" and \"Arfia\" are Jeanneau's, \"Nebbia\" is Texier's with Gordon Beck guesting on piano, and \"Mongol Fier\" is Humair's. Jean-Marie Salhani produced. This is the 2021 JMS reissue (JMS 012), the first vinyl repress since the original 1980 pressing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Disques JMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44190981128251,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/download_e2b4186d-af19-4fd0-b727-5e7f3839d794.jpg?v=1789360528"}],"url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/collections\/daniel-humair.oembed","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}