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03.10.06, 13:44
BPCC BOOGIE WOOGIE BLUES
19:00, 13 October 2006, Hemisphere Bar, Intercontinental Hotel, Warsaw
The BPCC is pleased to invite you to a very special evening of boogie woogie
and blues on 13 October in the Hemisphere Bar at the Intercontinental Hotel
in Warsaw.
Our special guest for the evening is one of Austria's pre-eminent jazzmen
Michael Pewny who has played in leading venues in the US and Europe. In this
his 25th anniversary year, he has played with with Bill Haley's Original
Comets in Las Vegas and Fats Domino in New Orleans.
Michael has jammed with the Mojo Blues Band, Axel Zwingenberger and Jean
Paul Amaroux to name a few. He has recorded a number of CDs featuring trips
to Chicago, New Orleans and LA.
For BPCC blues musicians there will be an opportunity to jam along at the
Hemisphere and form a BPCC boogie woogie blues band for the weekend.
If you can play, come along. Bring your horn and rhythm section!
I very much hope to see you at what promises to be a great night of BPCC
blues and
boogie woogie.
Best Regards
Martin Oxley, CEO
BIOGRAPHY
Michael Pewny was born in Vienna on November 11th, 1963.As making music runs
in the family, he started playing classical piano at the age of six. At age
thirteen, he taught himself to play Blues & Boogie Woogie piano by listening
to old records of his favourite piano players, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson
and Meade Lux Lewis, who were popular in the USA in the late 30s. It was the
legendary 1976 Vienna Boogie Woogie Session which inspired him to intensify
his piano efforts.
Already in 1979 Michael had his first concert at the VHS in Hietzing and then
at the Viennese blues club "Papa's Tapas" not before 1981. After nine years
of playing in clubs (especially at Jazzland and Roter Engel) to finance his
university studies and during the ensuing military service, he recorded his
first LP "Vienna Boogie Woogie" with Torsten Zwingenberger on drums in 1988.
In 1990, Bellaphon became interested in his music and released "Left Hand
Roller" featuring Michael together with the British singer Dana Gillespie.
After several trips to the USA with Günther Schifter, primarily to New
Orleans, and journeys to Asia, he recorded his second CD "Boogie On My Mind"
featuring Martin Wichtl on saxophone and the singer Sabine Ruzicka from Krems
(unfortunately the cooperation came to a halt when she pursued a medical
career).
In 1994, Bellaphon released the CD "Vienna Boogie Woogie", followed
by "Crazy 'Bout Boogie" in 1996, which featured Christian Dozzler on
harmonica, vocals and accordion. Festivals in Austria (Vienna) and abroad
(Munich, Paris, Ecaussinnes and Burghausen) as well as trips to L.A. and
Barcelona gave Michael inspiration and ideas for the recording of "Movin' To
Chicago" in 1999, which features Al Cook, Martin Breinschmid and his father
Leopold. It was the first recording under the control of his own label "Susy
Records".
In 2000, on the occasion of his 20th stage anniversary, which coincided with
the Millennium year, he released "20 Years Jamboree" in co-operation with
Oscar Klein, Gerd Stächelin and Hans Bichler.
In 2001 Steamin' Blues was released by Susy Records which has been featuring
Sister Shirley Sydnor (USA), Katie Kern, Gerald Seilinger, Alfred Winter and
Heini Altbart.
2003 was an interesting and very international year. First of all the
production of his first DVD and then festivals in Lugano (Switzerland) with
Silvan Zingg and Axel Zwingenberger, La Roquebrou (Southern France) with
fellow musicians from all over the world, including Jean Paul Amaroux,
Martijn Schok, Ricky Nye, Christian Bleiming, Errol Dixon, Stefano Franco und
Greta Holtrop, and last but not least Chicago and his meeting with US
performer Karen Caroll with whom we did start 2004 in a concert.
At the occasion of this year's concert at Burg Perchtoldsdorf it was decided
this year to release the 2002 recordings with Anke Lamprecht and the Timeless
choir and the 2003 recordings with Karen Caroll on CD.
This year, Michael is celebrating his 25th anniversary in stage. Festivals in
Hamburg (with Axel Zwingenberger, Joe Bohnsack, Wince Weber) as well as his
visit to the U.S. and his meeting with The Comets in Las Vegas (50 Years of
Rock`n Roll at the Vienna Konzerthaus on Nov. 12th) and Fats Domino in New
Orleans, gave Michael more inspiration and motivation for the next Concerts
in Vienna with Sweet System (F), Axel Zwingenberger, Christian Dozzler and
Christoph Steinbach and for the next year.
Nowadays, Michael plays solo or with his band and he loves playing with blues
musicians from all over the world like Big Jay McNeely, Bill Haley's Original
Comets,Vera Love, Mojo Blues Band, Axel Zwingenberger, Silvan Zingg, Jean
Paul Amaroux or Jean Pierre Bertrand, just to mention a few. Very interesting
meetings at concerts with Memphis Slim, Sammy Price, Blind John Davis, Big
Joe Turner or Linda Hopkins unfortunately never did end in a musical-
cooperation apart from having a wonderful session with Champion Jack Dupree
at Jazzland, Vienna.
We all are looking forward to meet you at our next concerts to celebrate
together Michael`s 25th anniversary on stage this year.
