Fritz Pauer
Fritz Pauer (14 October 1943 – July 1, 2012) was an Austrian jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader.
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- Name
- Fritz Pauer
- Born
- 14 October 1943
- Birthplace
- Vienna
- Known for
- Jazz Music
- Died
- 1 July 2012
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- pianist · composer · docent · musician
- Fields
- jazz
- Honours
- Golden Order of Merit of the Republic of Austria · Berufstitel Professor
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Fritz Pauer (14 October 1943 – July 1, 2012) was an Austrian jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader.
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• Name — Fritz Pauer • Born — 14 October 1943 • Birthplace — Vienna • Known for — Jazz Music • Died — 1 July 2012
Career
Career
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 Don Byas, Booker Ervin, Art Farmer, Dexter Gordon, Friedrich Gulda, and Annie Ross. From 1968 to 1970 he taught at the Vienna Municipal Conservatory, and following this was a member of the ORF-Big Band. In the 1970s he recorded as a leader as well as with Klaus Weiss and Peter Herbolzheimer. Pauer lived in Peru briefly in the mid-1980s, then moved to Switzerland in 1986. Later in life he became a university professor. An early 2000s collaboration with Jay Clayton and Ed Neumeister was released as the album 3 for the Road.
As leader/co-leader
As leader/co-leader
• 3 for the Road (Meisteromusic)
As sideman
As sideman
With Art Farmer • Gentle Eyes (Mainstream, 1972) • The Company I Keep (Arabesque, 1994) with Tom Harrell as composer and arranger • The Meaning of Art (Arabesque, 1995) as composer and arranger
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Fritz Pauer is recorded as having received Golden Order of Merit of the Republic of Austria and Berufstitel Professor.
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Fritz Pauer died at Zurndorf.
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