 As a drummer, Favre built a career as one of jazz's most respected percussionists.His work has become defined by a lack of boundaries, working in styles such as free jazz, world music, and contemporary classical music.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).