Carl Drewo

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Carl Otto Drewo , also Karl Drewo, (born May 17, 1929 in Vienna ; † May 10, 1995 in Wels ) was a leading Austrian jazz saxophonist (tenor, alto) of mainstream jazz and bebop .

Live and act

Drewo first studied piano from 1943 and took saxophone lessons from 1947 with Charly Gaudriot (his role model was Lester Young ). He then worked in allied soldiers' clubs and made his first recordings in 1947 with Paul Reischmann's Beschwingte Neun ("B 9 Boogie"). He played in the 1950s a. a. with Fatty George in his combo "Two Sounds Band" (1953 and 1956–1958, with Oscar Klein and Joe Zawinul), in the big band of Johannes Fehring , with Friedrich Gulda , in the dance orchestra Horst Winter and (among others with Joe Zawinul , Hans Salomon , Attila Zoller , Rudolf Hansen , Rudi Wilfer , Viktor Plasil ) 1954 to 1957 in the Austrian All Stars, which emerged from jam sessions of leading musicians of modern jazz in Austria.

From 1958 to 1971 Drewo was a member of Cologne and one of the outstanding soloists in Kurt Edelhagen's orchestra . In 1959 he was one of the co-founders of the later Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band . Occasionally he also worked for the big bands of Paul Kuhn and Max Greger and played with his own groups. In 1973 Drewo joined the newly founded ORF Big Band under Fehring and Erich Kleinschuster (including Art Farmer ), and in 1981 he joined Peter Herbolzheimer's Big Band . Drewo took part in numerous European jazz festivals, toured Europe, the Soviet Union, North Africa and the Middle East. He recorded under his own name for Mastersound, Metronome and Intersound. In the field of jazz, according to Tom Lord , he was involved in 107 recording sessions between 1947 and 1994. a. also with Hans Koller , Bill Ramsey , Roland Kovac and Jonny Teupen .

Since 1979 he has been a professor at the University of Music in Graz .

The Carl Drewo Jazz Days have been taking place in St. Gilgen on Lake Wolfgang in his honor since 2000 .

Discography (selection)

  • "Clap Hands Here Comes Charly - Karl Drewo Meets Francy Boland", Rearward 2000 (first on Metronome in 1961)
  • "My Foolish Heart," Jive Music
  • "Joe Zawinul and the Austrian All Stars 1954-1957"

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wölfer Jazz in Germany states May 8th as the date of death
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 26, 2019)
  3. ↑ On pages 65 to 81 contains a selection discography by Klaus Schultz with recordings by Drewo from 1951 to 1990.
personal data
SURNAME Drewo, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drewo, Carl Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian jazz saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1995
Place of death catfish