 For ECM he has contributed to many albums, including John Surman's "Such Winters of Memory" (1983), Dino Saluzzi's "Once Upon a Time - Far Away in the South" (1986) and Paul Giger's "Alpstein" (1991).Favre's first album as leader for ECM was "Singing Drums" (1984), an all-percussion recording and the first album by the Pierre Favre Ensemble, at the time consisting of Favre, Paul Motian, Fredy Studer, and Nana Vasconcelos.