David Meier’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Swiss musician
Is Jazz musician 
Musician 
Composer 
Instrumentalist 
Film producer 
From Switzerland 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Music 
Gender male
Birth 1985, Escholzmatt, Switzerland
Age: 35 years

David Meier (* 1985 in Escholzmatt) ist ein Schweizer Jazzmusiker (Schlagzeug, Komposition) des Modern Creative.

Leben und Wirken

Meier gehörte während der Ableistung seines Militärdienstes der Swiss Army Big Band an, mit der auch 2006 erste Aufnahmen entstanden (Swing pour un sourire). In den folgenden Jahren arbeitete er in der Schweizer Jazzszene u. a. mit Oliver Tabeling (Walking Along the River), Pascal Galeone (Laikan) und der Jazzwerkstatt Bern. Mit Tobias Meier und Yves Theiler bildete Meier das Trio Things to Sounds, mit dem zwei Alben entstanden. Weiterhin spielte er mit Andi Schnellmann (Bass) und Manuel Troller (Gitarre) im Trio Schnellertollermeier, im Trio Day and Taxi, ferner in den Formationen Equally Stupid (Album Exploding Head, 2014) und dem Trio Riot (mit Mette Rasmussen und Sam Andreae) sowie im Duo mit Ramon Landolt. Unter eigenem Namen legte er mit Silvan Jeger und Tobias Meier das Album David Meier’s Hunter-Gatherer (Wide Ear, 2013) vor. Im Bereich des Jazz war er zwischen 2006 und 2016 an zehn Aufnahmesessions beteiligt. Anfang 2019 spielte er den Vereinigten Staaten in einer Formation mit Jaimie Branch, Shayna Dulberger und Darius Jones.

Diskographische Hinweise

  • Things to Sounds: Transformations (Wide Ear, 2010)
  • Things to Sounds: Organism (Wiede Ear, 2013)
  • Schnellertollermeier: X (Cuneiform Records, 2013)
  • Day & Taxi: Artists (Percaso, 2013), mit 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)
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