Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet Family Of Percussion Dzyan Drum Circus Four For Jazz Spectrum Peter Giger Trio Claude Bolling Sextet Peter Giger Percussion Orchestra Volker Kriegel Workshop Group Jan Fryderyk Creative Sound Albert Nicholas All Stars
Swiss jazz drummer and educator, born 12 April 1939 in Zürich. Professional musician since 1958. In 1972 he moved to Frankfurt/Main to join the Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet. In 1977 he went out on his own with his project, the Family of Percussion, a percussion-only quartet, along with Trilok Gurtu, Doug Hammond and Tom Nicholas.
ALBUMS
Peter Giger, Family Of Percussion
A Drum Is A Woman, The Best Of Peter Giger & Family Of Percussion
2006, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Intuition Records, 
,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Peter Giger Featuring Peter Giger's Family Of Percussion & Friends* And Grupo Timbila Eduardo Durão*
Mozambique Meets Europe
1993, CD, B&W Music, 
Peter Giger, Family Of Percussion & Friends*
Family Jewels
1992, CD, Comp, Jazz Network, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Fusion/Free Jazz
Family Of Percussion & Guests - Peter Giger / Trilok Gurtu / Doug Hammond / Tom Nicholas & Wolfgang Dauner / Alan Skidmore
Sunday Palaver
1980, LP, Album, Någarå, ,
, Free Improvisation/Modal/Avant-garde Jazz/Afro-Cuban
Papa Oyeah Mackenzie & Peter Giger
Africa Meets Europe
1980, LP, Ltd, Någarå, Någarå
Peter Giger
Illegitimate Music
1978, LP, Album, Någarå, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation
Giger* - Lenz* - Marron*
Where The Hammer Hangs
1978, LP, Album, Någarå, Någarå, ,
, Fusion
Giger* - Lenz* - Marron*
Beyond
1977, LP, Album, Någarå, ,
, Fusion
Peter Giger
Family Of Percussion
1976, Vinyl,
Miriam Klein, Oscar Klein, Henry Chaix*, Bob Carter (2), Hans Peter Giger*
Blues & Boogie
1969
Peter Giger Percussion Orchestra
For Drummers Only
1982, LP, Album, Någarå
Family Of Percussion & Archie Shepp
Here Comes The Family
1981, Vinyl, ,
, African/Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz
Eddy Marron
Solo - Por Marco
1980, LP, Album, Någarå
Riot
Black Hill
1979, LP, Album, Någarå
Family Of Percussion
Message To The Enemies Of Time
1978, LP, Album, Någarå, ,
, Afrobeat/Free Improvisation/Modal/Latin Jazz
Riot
Green And Blue
1977
Dzyan
Time Machine & Electric Silence
2025
Drum Circus
Magic Theatre
2003, CD, ,
, Jazz-Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Poetry/Fusion
Peter Giger Trio
Jazzz...
1992, CD, Album, B & W music
Jan Fryderyk Creative Sound
Faun
1978, LP, Album, Wergo
Dzyan
Electric Silence
1974
Dzyan
Time Machine
1973, ,
, Krautrock/Prog Rock
Four For Jazz
Sunday Child
1972, LP, Album, Spiegelei
Four For Jazz
Power Of Nature
1971, LP, Album, Spiegelei
Claude Bolling Sextet
Bolling's Band's Blowing
LP, Philips
Dzyan
Electric Silence
Dzyan
Time Machine • Electric Silence
APPEARANCES +
Volker Kriegel
Biton Grooves
2019, 2xCD, Album, Comp, RM, Moosicus Records, MIG, ,
, Fusion
Various
Deutsche Elektronische Musik 3 (Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1971-81)
2017
Various
Ciné Pop
2014, Vinyl, 
,
, Soundtrack
Brainticket
Psychonaut
2013
Kev Beadle*
Private Collection (Independent Jazz Sounds From The Seventies And Eighties)
2013, CD, 
,
, Free Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Volker Kriegel
Psychedelic Jazz Guitar
2010, CD, Comp, RM, MPS Records, Universal Music Group International, ,
, Jazz-Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Krautrock (Music For Your Brain) Vol. 3
2008, 6xCD, Comp, RM, Target Music, Target Music, Target Music, ,
, Krautrock/Jazz-Rock/Hard Rock/Prog Rock/Ambient
Albert Mangelsdorff
Originals Vol. 1
2008, 5xCD, Comp, RM, MPS Records,
Ben Webster & Teddy Wilson
Ben & Teddy
2001, CD, Album, Sackville Recordings
Ack Van Rooyen
Pictures From My Album Of Friends, Volume1
2000, CD, Album, Comp, Mood Records,
Four For Jazz & Benny Bailey
The Best Of Four For Jazz & Benny Bailey
1999, CD, Comp, JHM Records
Jazzensemble Des Hessischen Rundfunks
Atmospheric Conditions Permitting
1995, 2xCD, Album, ECM Records, ECM Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Various
Violin Connection
1992, CD, Album, Musea, ,
, Jazz-Rock
Various
Jazz Highlights - Live In Berlin
1989, LP, Comp, AMIGA
Fatty George · Emil Mangelsdorff · Miriam Klein · Isla Eckinger · Bill Grah · Oscar Klein
Happy Dixieland
1987, CD, ,
, Dixieland
Albert Mangelsdorff And Wolfgang Dauner & Family Of Percussion
Moon At Noon
1987,
Volker Kriegel
3 LP
1986, 3xLP, Album, Comp, RE, MPS Records
Aleida Montijn
Inspiration
1986, LP, Album, DMM, ArtWork (6)
Various
Jubi - 25 Jahre Jazzkurse Remscheid
1984, LP, Album, LAG-Records (3), ,
, Big Band/Hard Bop/Modal/Contemporary Jazz
Various
Bratislava Jazz Days 1982
1983, 2x Vinyl, 
,
, Fusion/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Volker Kriegel
Volker Kriegel
1982, LP, Comp, AMIGA,
Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Jazz-Rock
Various
Musik Aus Hessen
1980, 3xLP, Comp + Box, CBS, CBS, CBS, CBS, CBS, CBS, ,
, Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Opera/Acoustic/Modern/Experimental/Musique Concrète/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Avant-garde Jazz/Prog Rock/Volksmusik
Joe Haider
Joe Haider And His Friends
1979, LP, Comp, Calig
Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra
Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra
1978, LP, Comp, Goethe-Institut, ,
, Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk
Fatty George, Emil Mangelsdorff, Oscar Klein, Miriam Klein, Albert Nicholas
Europa Jazz Parade
1978
Volker Kriegel
Topical Harvest
1976, ,
, Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Frankfurt Jazz Ensemble, Emil Mangelsdorff Quartett, Albert Mangelsdorff Quartett*, Voices (21), From, Joki Freund Jazztett
Frankfurt All Stars - City Jazz Frankfurt-Main Streams
1975, 2xLP, Comp, Telefunken, ,
, Post Bop
Claus Kornell*, Open Music Group
Circle Of Dreams
1974, LP, Quad, Gat, Hallelujah
Volker Kriegel & Spectrum
Mild Maniac
1974
Eberhard Weber
The Colours Of Chloë
1974
Various
The Fantastic World Of Quadro
1973, LP, Quad, Ltd, Num, Bellaphon, Toshiba
Fourmenonly, Michael Gibbs Orchestra*, Jim Hall Workshop Group, Volker Kriegel Workshop Group
NDR Jazzworkshop '73
1973, LP, Promo, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, ,
, Free Jazz/Modal/Jazz-Rock
Various
The Swiss Jazz Scene V & VI
1973, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Promo, SBC Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, 
Michal Urbaniak* · Tomasz Stanko* · Attila Zoller · Urszula Dudziak
We'll Remember Komeda
1973, Vinyl, ,
, Free Jazz/Fusion/Modal
Albert Mangelsdorff Quintett*
Birds Of Underground
1973
Albert Nicholas Featuring Miriam Klein
Albert Nicholas Featuring Miriam Klein
1970
Four For Jazz & Benny Bailey
A Land Of Dolls
1970, ,
, Post Bop/Modal/Avant-garde Jazz
Zanini*
Zanini
1969, Vinyl, ,
, Chanson/Bossa Nova/Rhythm & Blues
Sonny Grey
En Directo
1968, Vinyl, 
,
, Hard Bop/Big Band
Claude Bolling
Vivre La Nuit (Bande Originale Du Film)
1968, Vinyl, ,
, Soundtrack/Soul-Jazz
Claude Bolling
Jazzgang Amadeus Mozart
1965
Claude Bolling
Rag Time Bolling
1962, 7", EP, Mono, Philips, ,
, Ragtime
Claude Bolling - Big Piano*
"Madison"
1962, Vinyl,
Claude Bolling
Madison
1962
Claude Bolling
Madison Twist
1962, Vinyl, ,
, Bop/Soul-Jazz
Ola Ringström Sextett
Stockholm Swing
1961, 7", EP, Columbia
The Tremble Kids
A Night In The Hi-Fi Studio
1958, 10", Album, Mono, Columbia, Columbia
Wild Bill Davison And The Tremble Kids
A Monday Date In Vienna With Wild Bill Davison And The Tremble Kids
10", Mono, Columbia, Columbia
Oscar Klein
Dixie Time
LP, Sonic
Heinz Bigler
Happy Emmental No. 1
7", Tell Record
Heinz Bigler
Happy Emmental No. 2
7", Tell Record
The Tremble Kids
Bugle Call Rag / Copenhagen
7", Single, Columbia
Volker Kriegel
Das Beste Aus Den Siebzigern
Florian Keller Presents Various
Party-Keller Vol.3
2010, ,
, Funk/Disco
