David Meier (musician)
David Meier (* 1985 in Escholzmatt ) is a Swiss jazz musician ( drums , composition ) of the Modern Creative .
Live and act
While doing his military service, Meier was a member of the Swiss Army Big Band , with whom the first recordings were made in 2006 ( Swing pour un sourire ). In the following years he worked in the Swiss jazz scene a. a. with Oliver Tabeling ( Walking Along the River ), Pascal Galeone ( Laikan ) and the Jazzwerkstatt Bern. Meier formed the trio Things to Sounds with Tobias Meier and Yves Theiler , with which two albums were created. He also played with Andi Schnellmann (bass) and Manuel Troller (guitar) in the Schnellertollermeier trio , in the Day and Taxi trio , as well as in the formations Equally Stupid (album Exploding Head , 2014) and the trio Riot (with Mette Rasmussen and Sam Andreae ) as well as in a duo with Ramon Landolt . With Silvan Jeger and Tobias Meier, he released the album David Meier's Hunter-Gatherer (Wide Ear, 2013) under his own name . In the field of jazz he was involved in ten recording sessions between 2006 and 2016. In early 2019 he played the United States in a formation with Jaimie Branch , Shayna Dulberger and Darius Jones .
Discographic notes
- Things to Sounds: Transformations (Wide Ear, 2010)
- Things to Sounds: Organism (Wiede Ear, 2013)
- Schnellertollermeier: X ( Cuneiform Records , 2013)
- Day & Taxi: Artists (Percaso, 2013), with Christoph Gallio , Silvan Jeger
- Day & Taxi: Way (Percaso, 2016)
- Schnellertollermeier: Rights (Cuneiform, 2016)
- Alfred Zimmerlin - Flo Stoffner - David Meier: One (For [Your Name] Only) (Wide Ear Records, 2017)
Web links
- Web presence
- Schnellertollermeier website
- David Meier at Allmusic (English)
- David Meier at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 22, 2019)
- ↑ DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET Photos
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Meier, David |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss jazz musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Escholzmatt |