The Family of Percussion was, essentially, the first jazz-oriented percussion ensemble, and it performed internationally for sixteen years.

2 CD Set

'Peter Giger is one of those musicians who bears within himself the mystery of rhythm. This percussionist, whose contribution ranks with those of Max Roach and Art Blakey as well as with greats of free jazz like Archie Shepp, gave a concert in Dakar.' (Le quotidien, Dakar, Feb. 2005).

The Family of Percussion was, essentially, the first jazz-oriented percussion ensemble, and it performed internationally for sixteen years. Everywhere they played in their early years, they inspired the founding of similar formations. 'We played at many international jazz festivals, performed as guests in more than a dozen European countries were in India, Mozambique, and South Africa, and everywhere we were admired in concert halls and clubs and showered with applause. The wild success of these years came as a total surprise; we literally opened up the floodgates. The same period also saw a powerful emergence of percussion instruments in the popular & art music worldwide', says Giger today.

Until the early 1990s the Family of Percussion was on tour, including in India, with Zakir Hussain, Umayalpuram K. Shivaraman and Palgat Raghu, and twice in Mozambique, with Gito Baloi, Sergio Boré, Gerd Dudek, Michael Küttner, and Dom Um Romão. 'During that time we were also traveling with the Senegalese group SAF SAP, and I put together various ensembles: with Victor Bailey, Christian Escoudé, Thomas Heidepriem, Jasper van t'Hof, Joachim Kühn, Christof Lauer, Harry Peppl, Burhan Ocal, Werner Pirchner, John Schröder, Steve Swallow, Tomasz Stanko, Michal Urbaniak, and Nana Vasconcelos. For several years we toured with Wolfgang Dauner & Albert Mangelsdorff as the Ensemble Moon and then with my trio with Gerd Dudek and Vitold Rek. With the great Max Roach I was fortunate to perform a duo concert in Hofheim/Germany in 1986'.

In 2002 Peter Giger moved to Ticino, Switzerland and finally concentrated on the roots of drumming. In 2004 he made a solo tour to West Africa.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Mayas Traum
• Amadillo
• Anonymus V
• Trans Tanz
• Slow Motion
• Spies
• Quinar
• Mistral
• For Ti Roro
• Hymn For Her
• Trilokie
• Beyond
• A Weng Zweng
• Superposition 3
• Inder Mezzo
• Where The Hammer Hangs

Disc 2:

• Message To The Enemies Of Time
• 42nd Street
• Patanaxy
• To Marc Hellman
• Here Comes The Family
• Curvas Peligrosas
• Blues For Chaturlal
• Poliglotas Ritmicos
• Gospel To Music
• Colère Sacré
• Flying Wheel
• Ichtyosaurios
• Klitzbold
• Ora Cinci
• Family Of Percussion
• Messing Muus
• Morning Sundance

Additional Details

Label: Intuition

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 140:37 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 07/25/25

UPC: 750447340121