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Hannes JARIC (Autriche)

Born in Vienna in 1958, he began to play the piano already at the age of eight. During secondary school, he gave a few classical music concerts and studied at the Vienna Academy of Music. He used to spend his evenings playing classical Boogie Woogie in Vienna's cafes. He then began to develop a style of his own, composing his own music, a mixture of Boogie Woogie, Swing and Rock'n Roll, but still included other styles of music such as Oscar Peterson's, Erol Garner's or Joe Zawinul's ... in his performances In 1981 he decided to start a professional music career. In 1983 he set the world record in uninterrupted Boogie playing (24 hours). By setting to music the poems of "Anton Wildgans" on an LP, the artist drew attention to his lyrical side as well. In 1984, Hannes Jaric joined the Rock'n Roll band "Old Formation". He recorded a single titled "Hockn'stad" (on the topic of unemployment), which he had produced himself. In 1985 Hannes Jaric founded the Boogie & Rock'n Roll duet "Hannes Jaric Duo" and recorded another LP. In 1986, he released the album "Boogie Runner", for which he enlisted the help of musicians such as Herbert Novacek, Rudi Staeger, and Karl Ratzer. In 1989 he published a new solo LP, a recording of which, together with the Boogie Woogie Band "Piano Express", was put out to market in the form of a CD. In 1990, the "Hannes Jaric Duo" brought out a CD. In 1994 the band "The Boogie Trio" was founded. In 1996, another CD, a solo project entitled "Funk the Boogie", released. At the end of 1997, the album "Shakin' the Boogie - The Boogie Trio" followed, featuring powerful sound - Blues Boogie & Rock'n Roll at its best!

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