Martin Pyrker

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Martin Pyrker with his daughter Sabine

Martin Pyrker (born August 27, 1954 in Vienna ) is an Austrian boogie woogie and blues pianist .

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Pyrker discovered his love for the piano and thus for the blues at the age of seventeen, when he had already been taking drum lessons for four years. A broadcast on the radio (Living Blues by Hans Maitner) and the encounter with greats like Vince Weber , Hans-Georg Möller and Axel Zwingenberger brought him to boogie-woogie and piano blues.

He gave numerous concerts in the 1970s. One of them was immortalized on LP (Boogie Woogie Session Live in Vienna '76 with Axel Zwingenberger, Hans-Georg Möller and Vince Weber) and became the starting point for a renaissance of boogie and blues in Germany and Austria.

He also often played with legendary blues pianists. B. Blind John Davis , Roosevelt Sykes , Memphis Slim, and Champion Jack Dupree . In addition to around 100 original compositions, his repertoire naturally also includes the standards of piano blues and boogie woogies.

In addition to around 1,500 concerts, he published many records. Since 1999 his daughter Sabine has accompanied him on drums in concerts.

Discography

  • Boogie Woogie Session '76 (HG Möller, M. Pyrker, A. Zwingenberger)
  • Re-release 2015 "The Complete Recordings" (Hans-Georg Möller, Axel Zwingenberger , Martin Pyrker, Torsten Zwingenberger & Vince Weber ) (2 CDs + 1 DVD)
  • It's Whoopie (M. Pyrker, Jo Ann Kelly , voc. / 1978)
  • Return To Blues (M. Pyrker / 1980)
  • Les Nuits Jazz et Boogie Piano (various artists; Festival in Paris, 1990)
  • Great Boogie Woogie News (Muschalle, Pyrker, Grasser, Gugolz / 1995)
  • Martin Pyrker & His Blues Friends from USA (Fort Worth Live Recordings / 2001)
  • Drum The Boogie! (Martin and Sabine Pyrker (dm) / 2002)
  • A Father's Dream (Martin and Sabine Pyrker (dm) / 2007)
  • Boogie Woogie Storm - Martin Pyrker plays Chamber Blues (featuring Gine Heiger (voc), Michal Hudec (b), Sabine Pyrker (dm) / 2009)
  • DVD: A Father's Dream (Martin and Sabine Pyrker (dm), 3 duos with Axel Zwingenberger / 2004)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Pyrker homepage biography print version

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Pyrker, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian blues and boogie pianist
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna