Pierre Favre (born 2 June 1937) is a Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist born in Le Locle, Switzerland. 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.

Career

1964–1970: Paiste

At the 1964 Paiste drummer meeting in Frankfurt, Pierre met the Paiste brothers who invited him to visit their factory in Nottwil. Since Pierre has always been interested in cymbals, he was most enthusiastic about accepting their invitation. The Paiste brothers were so impressed with his keen interest and attentive attitude, they offered him a position on their staff to take care of the most important task: cymbal development, quality control and to establish an education/drummer service dept. Pierre left Paiste as a full-time employee in 1970 and was replaced by Fredy Studer.

Select discography

As leader

As sideman

With Irène Schweizer With Samuel Blaser With Philipp Schaufelberger With John Surman With Tamia With Manfred Schoof With Michel Godard With Jiří Stivín With Joe McPhee With Michel Portal With Barre Phillips With Dino Saluzzi With Mal Waldron With London Jazz Composers Orchestra With Stefano Battaglia With Paul Giger With Furio Di Castri, Paolo Fresu & Jon Balke With Denis Levaillant With Yang Jing With Andrea Centazzo