Sound Within An Empty Room – Fritz Pauer
A haunting rubato ballad. Solo piano arrangement available.
- Recording: Art Farmer - Fritz Pauer - Azure
- Recorded on: June 25 & 26, 1987
- Label: Soul Note (1212126)
- Concert Key: F
- Style: Ballad
- Flugelhorn - Art Farmer
- Piano - Fritz Pauer
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This duo recording starts with pianist Fritz Pauer introducing the first two A sections of his beautiful 42-measure AABAC form rubato ballad. Art Farmer enters with the melody at the bridge and continues to play the melody of the last A section. We've used his entrance for our audio excerpt.
Don Sickler: "I first heard about Fritz Pauer from Art Farmer and then Johnny Griffin. This was years ago. They both praised him as one of the great European pianists and a wonderful composer. We'll be exploring many more Fritz Pauer compositions in the future. For now, you can also check out his composition Passos along with Art Farmer's transcribed trumpet solo."
Vocalist Mark Murphy was inspired to write a lyric for this song. His lyric version is titled Empty Room, also on jazzleadsheets.com, along with Rachel Gould's vocal interpretation and a no-melody MP3 in the key of B-flat.
Vocalist Mark Murphy was inspired to write a lyric for this song. His lyric version is titled Empty Room, also on jazzleadsheets.com, along with Rachel Gould's vocal interpretation and a no-melody MP3 in the key of B-flat.
Solo Piano Arrangement: Fritz Pauer's Solo Piano Arrangement is also available.
Fritz Pauer
October 14, 1943 – July 1, 2012
Born in Vienna, Austria, acclaimed European pianist and composer Fritz Pauer began his career in the early 1960s, making his first recording (at age 19) with the Hans Koller quartet in 1962. He moved to Berlin, Germany, 1964-68, and played at Dug's Night Club & Jazzgalery as accompanist for Herb Geller, Johnny Griffin, Don Byas, Booker Ervin, Dexter Gordon, Leo Wright, Carmell Jones, Pony Poindexter, Jimmy Woode and vocalist Annie Ross, recording with many of them. Read more...