Fritz Pauer Trio - Blues Inside Out (1979)

Born October 1943 in Vienna. Started to take private piano lessons when he was 5 years old. Studied violin, guitar and clarinet, but decided to be a professional jazz pianist at the age of 16. Playing in Fatty Georges All Star Band from 1960 to 1962 gave him the possibility to be able to play different styles. Among his sessions as a leader, the most famous one remains "Blues Inside Out" (MPS, 1979). Fritz Pauer passed away on the first of july 2012.

Fritz Pauer - piano

Jimmy Woode - bass

Tony Inzalaco - drums

8 tr.

Recorded on March 6, 1978, Villingen
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Fritz Pauer - Power By Pauer (1974)

Out of print cd, Power by Pauer is the second recording of this Austrian jazz pianist as a trio's leader. Born in Vienna, Pauer began his professional playing career as a teenager, performing with Hans Koller (1960–62) before leading his own ensembles in Berlin. In the 1960s he played with, among others, Don Byas, Booker Ervin, Art Farmer, Dexter Gordon, Friedrich Gulda, and Annie Ross. From 1968-1970 he taught at the Vienna Conservatory, and following this was a member of the Osterreicher Rundfunk dance orchestra. In the 1970s he recorded as a leader as well as with Klaus Weiss and Peter Herbolzheimer. Pauer moved to Peru briefly in the mid-1980s, but moved to Switzerland in 1986. Later he became a university professor.

Bass – Jimmy Woode

Drums – Erich Bachträgl

Piano – Fritz Pauer

8 tr.

All compositions by Fritz Pauer except those listed

Recorded live Jan. '72 at DOMICILE, Munich.

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Fritz Pauer Trio - Live In Linz (2009)

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Linz, Austria

June 20, 2009

Fritz Pauer, piano 

Johannes Strasser, bass 

Joris Dudli, drums 

6 tr.

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