PIERRE FAVRE
DRUMS AND DREAMS

Pierre Favre: Drums, Percussion
Solo

DRUM CONVERSATION
ABANABA
MOUNTAIN WIND

Drum Conversation was recorded at Cine-Ton, Munich, May 20, 1970
Abanaba was recorded at Europasonor (Charcot), Paris, March 10, 1972
Mountain Wind was recorded at Kleintheater Lucerne, December 11, 1978
Remastered for Intakt Records at Studio Klangdach by Willy Strehler, January 2012
Cover art: Jonas Schoder. Liner notes: Bert Noglik

Intakt CD 197 / 2012 (3 CD)

 

 

 



Disc 1
DRUM CONVERSATION

Pierre Favre: Percussion & Drums Solo

1 Dance Number One 2 : 42
2 Drum Conversation 3 : 29
3 Still Waiting 2 : 46
4 Swiss Sunday 3 : 09
5 Nameless 3 : 05
6 Patience 4 : 27
7 Rainbow 2 : 40
8 Where Is It? 3 : 27
9 Madame Boss 1 : 52
10 Dear Anne 1 : 21
11 Petite Fille 2 : 14
12 Obstructing Doors Causes Delay and Could Be Dangerous 3 : 27
13 The Blue Picture 5 : 03
14 What … No Smile Today? 5 : 01
Total time 44 : 45

All compositions by Pierre Favre. Recorded at Cine-Ton, München, May 20,
1970. Recording engineer: Herbert Prasch. Produced by Pierre Favre. Original
art work: Anne Favre. First release on Calig-Verlag, München, 1970. CAL 30606.
Remastered for Intakt Records at Studio Klangdach by Willy Strehler, January
2012. Re-released, published & copyright by Intakt Records

Disc 2
ABANABA

Pierre Favre: Percussion & Drums Solo

1 Dimitri (Le Clown) 10 : 09
2 Katybaby 4 : 16
3 Kyoto 4 : 40
4 Roro 4 : 21
5 Gerunonius 5 : 53
6 YesYes 3 : 53
7 Abanaba * 2 : 49
8 Odetooldie 3 : 26
9 Rira bien qui rira le dernier 3 : 56
Total time 43 : 23
All compositions by Pierre Favre. Recorded at Europasonor (Charcot), Paris,
March 10, 1972. Recording engineer: Daniel Naudin. Produced by Pierre Favre
& Gérard Terronès. Original art work: Anne Favre. First release on Futura Records,
Paris. Pierre Favre plays PAISTE cymbals and gongs and Ludwig drums.
* "Abanaba" was recorded during the same session in Paris, March 10, 1972, but
was not on the original LP .
Remastered for Intakt Records at Studio Klangdach by Willy Strehler, January
2012. Re-released, published & copyright by Intakt Records.

Disc 3
MOUNTAIN WIND

Pierre Favre: Percussion & Drums Solo

1 Song for a Princess 10 : 07
2 Pierre des Neiges 6 : 05
3 Talking Birds 3 : 17
4 Mountain Wind 12 : 23
5 Alexis Cadillac 4 : 42
Total time 36 : 34

All compositions by Pierre Favre. Recorded at Kleintheater Lucerne, Switzerland
on December 11, 1978. Recording engineer: Pit Gutmann. Original art work:
Egon Meichtry, Alex Sadkowsky. First release on Gemini Records, Zürich. Pierre
Favre plays PAISTE cymbals and gongs and Ludwig drums.
Remastered for Intakt Records at Studio Klangdach by Willy Strehler, January
2012. Re-released, published & copyright by Intakt Records.

 


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Pierre Favre, 1967 (Photo: Harry Uhl), 1978 (Photo: Ferdinand Rausser), 1980 (Photo: Heidi Arens)

 

PIerre Favres Solo Works aus den Siebzigerjahren sind funkelnde Bausteine in der europäischen Jazzgeschichte. Sie gehören in jede Diskothek der wegweisenden Aufnahmen. Deshalb ist es geradezu notwendig, dass sie neu verlegt werden. Doch sie erweisen sich nicht nur im Sinne eines Quellenverzeichnisses von historischem Interesse, sondern laden im sprudelnden Fluss musikalischer Imagination zugleich zu aktuellem Hörvergnügen ein.

Pierre Favre erschliesst uns neue Räume, in denen wir tanzen und nachdenken können. Tanz und Turbulenz der Gedanken. Erinnerungen und Vergegenwärtigungen. Spiel mit der Zeit und den Zeiten. Mit Pierre Favre auf den
Spuren des Klanges. Der Perkussionist als Poet, der Schlagzeuger als Klangmaler, der Komponist als Ge-schichtenerzähler, der Improvisator als balancierender Artist auf dem Hochseil.
Aus den Liner Notes von Bert Noglik

 

PIerre Favre's 1970s solo works are important mile­stones in the history of European jazz. Any discography of innovative recordings should include them, and their reissue is long overdue. However their significance is not simply as reference material of historical interest; with their effervescent creativity, they remain impressive and
relevant listening even today.

Pierre Favre has opened up new spaces for himself and for us, where we can dance and reflect: dancing, turbulent thoughts; memories and visualisations; a game played with time and with the times. Pierre Favre takes us in search of sound; the percussionist as poet; the drummer as soundscape painter; the composer as storyteller; the improvisator as tight-rope artist, performing a balancing act.
From the Liner Notes by Bert Noglik

Pierre Favre, 2011 (Photo: Andreas Zehlel)

Pierre Favre on Intakt Records

Interview with Pierre Favre: Cadance – The Independent Journal of Creative Improvised Music, July/August 2012

 

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