piano, organ
Fritz Pauer
1943 – † 2012
Member of the Erich Kleinschuster Sextett; fellow musician on the albums of Toni Stricker, the Austrian jazz violinist, Thomas Declaude and “Wersi Walk”; in the 1970s pianist of the ORF Big Band under Richard Österreicher, in its rhythm section with Pepl, Wayne Darling and Erich Bachträgl.
Pianist.
Recordings together
Ganz Ohne Schmäh
Thomas Declaude
Strings & 'Bones
Toni Stricker & Die ORF Big Band
Wersi Walk – Big Band Sound In Wersi Organ
ORF Big Band, conductor: Karel Krautgartner
Looking Back
Karlheinz Miklin
Romantic Symphony
Das Große ORF Unterhaltungsorchester (Austrian Radio Orchestra) feat. Karl Ratzer, Rens Nieuwland, Karl Drewo, Robert Dodge
Listen and watch
ORF Big Band & Harry Pepl (1976): LEAVE ME - Song Title: For My People
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ORF Big Band / Karel Krautgartner: Wersi Walk (1973)
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Thomas Declaude: 34er Blues (Ganz Ohne Schmäh, 1974)
Track A2 of Thomas Declaude’s LP “Ganz Ohne Schmäh”, recorded in September 1974 at Austrophon Studio, Vienna, with Harry Pepl on slide guitar and Fritz Pauer on piano. Listening copy for registered users, provided to the archive by Thomas Declaude.
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In the chronology
In the press
- 30 September 2012 Kronen Zeitung (Tirol): „Drei Jazz-Musiker im Freiraum-Keller vereint“
- 20 March 2019 Der Standard: „Miniopern zwischen Schwermut und Freiheit“
- 29 October 2020 Raiffeisenzeitung (Seite 24, Freizeit): „Salut to Jimi Hendrix“
- 10 December 2021 Ö1, Spielräume Nachtausgabe (Sendungsseite auf orf.at): „Jazzorchestraler Rundfunk: Erinnerungen an die ORF Big Band“