Rudi Wilfer
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Rudi Wilfer is an Austria
n pianist and composer whose career as a jazz musician began in 1959.
He is a jazz pianist and teacher at the conservatory in Vienna
. Played with Uzzi Förster Band, Fatty George Band, Slide Hampton
, Leo Wright
& Carmell Jones
Quartet, Oliver Nelson Berlin Dream Band, Erich Kleinschuster Sextett, Charly Antolini Band, Friedrich Gulda
, Bud Freeman
, Lee Harper, Karl Ratzer, Joe Zawinul
and partners in Rudi Wilfer Trio
His "St. Michaeler Messe" was performed at the 1st Salzburger Jazz-Herbst in 1996 in the Salzburg Cathedral. In 2001, Wilfer wrote his "Lungauer Blues Messe", which had its premiere at the same place, also in the course of the Salzburger Jazz-Herbst.
His "Requiem for Joe Zawinul" was performed at the Salzburger Jazz-Herbst 2009 in Salzburg, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n pianist and composer whose career as a jazz musician began in 1959.
He is a jazz pianist and teacher at the conservatory in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. Played with Uzzi Förster Band, Fatty George Band, Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton
Locksley Wellington "Slide" Hampton is an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.He was a 1998 Grammy Award winner for "Best Jazz Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist", as arranger for "Cotton Tail" performed by Dee Dee Bridgewater...
, Leo Wright
Leo Wright
Leo Wright was an American jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and clarinet...
& Carmell Jones
Carmell Jones
Carmell Jones was an American jazz trumpet player.Jones was born in Kansas City, Kansas. He is best known for his work with Horace Silver, appearing in the album Song for My Father....
Quartet, Oliver Nelson Berlin Dream Band, Erich Kleinschuster Sextett, Charly Antolini Band, Friedrich Gulda
Friedrich Gulda
Friedrich Gulda was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields.Born in Vienna as the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano from Felix Pazofsky at the Wiener Volkskonservatorium, aged 7...
, Bud Freeman
Bud Freeman
Lawrence "Bud" Freeman was a U.S. jazz musician, bandleader, and composer, known mainly for playing the tenor saxophone, but also able at the clarinet. He had a smooth and full tenor sax style with a heavy robust swing. He was one of the most influential and important jazz tenor saxophonists of...
, Lee Harper, Karl Ratzer, Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul
Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with...
and partners in Rudi Wilfer Trio
His "St. Michaeler Messe" was performed at the 1st Salzburger Jazz-Herbst in 1996 in the Salzburg Cathedral. In 2001, Wilfer wrote his "Lungauer Blues Messe", which had its premiere at the same place, also in the course of the Salzburger Jazz-Herbst.
His "Requiem for Joe Zawinul" was performed at the Salzburger Jazz-Herbst 2009 in Salzburg, Austria