drums

Jojo Mayer

Drummer of the Harry Pepl Quartet (“N.Y.C. IMPRESSURE”).

Swiss jazz drummer, born in Zurich in 1963.

Voices

Wolfgang is a European, thinks and plays like one. That comes from his cultural heritage, the influences of his classical music studies and probably his closeness to the great role model of his early teacher and mentor Harry Pepl (together with Django Reinhardt probably the best jazz guitarist Europe has produced).

Answer by e-mail to Martin Schaberl’s question whether one can hear that Wolfgang Muthspiel is a European guitarist (autumn 2003); Mayer is speaking about Muthspiel, the parenthesis is his assessment of Pepl. The Swiss drummer had recorded the album “N.Y.C. Impressure” with Pepl in New York, USA, in 1992

Jojo Mayer Martin Schaberl, master’s thesis (Magisterarbeit, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz), 2004, p. 221, e-mail interview with Jojo Mayer, autumn 2003; translated from the German