Jan. 1.1958
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1966
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1973
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1973
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1978
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Since 1978
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April 18, 1978
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1979 - 1981
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1980
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Since the early
1980
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Nov. 26, 1987
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1987
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1990-1993
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April 1992
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1997
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August 1999
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Since 2003
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November 2006
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Jan.1. 2008
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2008
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April 10, 2008
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April 2008
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May
2011
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2013
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2015
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2016 - 2019
Prof. T.C. Pfeiler was born Ewald Pfeiler in
Salzburg, Austria, the same city where classical
music-genius
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756 and - forgotten! Later his work
was
discovered for - big business!
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First contact with improvised music as a child through the ORFF - Institute
of Salzburg.
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Pfeiler joined a local amateur cover-band, called
"The Up To Date".
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First regular job as a motorcycle-salesman at "Zweirad Center Frey" in
Salzburg.
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Pfeiler left the band "The Up To Date" and "Zweirad Center Frey" to work as
a Hammond
Jazz-organist
professionally.
For a few months he played as a single.
In August 1978 he formed his first regular working-trio with Hammond organ,
guitar and drums.
A hard project! During the late 1970´s the original Hammond organ was
replaced more and
more by
synthesizers and electric-pianos, but T.C. was on
his way!
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Concerts and recording-sessions with top names of the international Jazz,
Funk and Blues-
scene, like Herb Ellis, Red Holloway, Jim Galloway, Spike
Robinson, Frank Foster, Bill Elgart,
Ken Peplowski,
Wild Bill Davis, Jack
McDuff (four handed on a Hammond B3), Maceo Parker,
Peter O´Mara and most
of
the famous European musicians like Joe Nay,
Carl Drewo, Harry
Sokal, Joris Dudli, Michael Honzak,
Mario Gonzi, Peter
Legat, Louie Austen among others.
Broadcasts, TV-shows, studio-work as a arranger, composer of movie scores
and producer.
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Pfeiler met Jazz-organ pioneer Wild Bill Davis for the first time at the
"Internationale Jazzwoche
Burghausen",
a well
known Jazz-Festival at the Bavarian countryside. Wild Bill Davis replaced
Hamp´s long time pianist /
organist / arranger
& composer Milt Buckner who passed away on
July 27, 1977. Wild Bill Davis
used Pfeiler´s
early Hammond organ, a
model C3 console for the
Burghausen concert date. It was the beginning of a great friendship between the legendary
Jazz-organ pioneer and the very young
Jazz-organ newcomer from Austria.
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T.C. Pfeiler studied in Salzburg, Austria and in Munich, Germany, but
friend and mentor,
Jazz-organ pioneer Wild Bill Davis (Nov. 26, 1918 - Aug.
17, 1995) was
his most important
teacher.
T.C. Pfeiler was his only regular private student ever.
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Europe tour with Lionel Hampton´s Bigband "Giants of Jazz" and Wild Bill Davis for Hammond.
After a few
days, Hamp and
the other musicians called him "T.C." ("The
Console" = Hammond
console organ).
Stars of the 1980 Hampton
Bigband: Joe
Newman, Cat Anderson and Wallace Davenport on
trumpet, Curtis Fuller on
trombone and sax legends Arnette Cleophus Cobb and Illinois Jacquet
as
special guests. Playing sessions with the old giants was
"premium school"
for T.C. Pfeiler in
his early years as a Jazz-organist.
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School concerts in Austria with drummer Silvester "Jakschi" Schroeger as
leader.
Eventually, the Austrian Gov. of Justice and Finance told Pfeiler in 1984
that he would have
to register the "T.C." in his passport, social security
card etc. as a regular artist's name.
"T.C. Pfeiler & Hammond B3" became a international known trademark for high
quality Jazz-organ
music.
Today, T.C. Pfeiler is known as Austria´s first
international Hammond Jazz-organist.
Soon he was called
"Hammond Guru" by
publishers of music magazines.
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Wild Bill Davis and T.C. Pfeiler did a fantastic live recording-session on
two Hammond B3
organs!
The material was released partially on the LP "Wild Bill Davis / T.C.
Pfeiler - 70th / 30th
Anniversary Live Concert".
The complete recording-session is coming soon on double-CD.
Never before and after this date Wild Bill Davis recorded with other
organists.
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T.C. Pfeiler met Miss Ulrike Muehlbachler for the first time. It was the
start of long and outstanding
relationship.
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Beside his regular work as a Jazz-organist, T.C. Pfeiler worked as a
director of recording / producer
& moderator for
the Jazz-departement of the Austrian Broadcast Company ORF.
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Miss Ulrike Muehlbachler & T.C. Pfeiler moved from Salzburg to Herzogenburg,
Lower Austria and in
Oktober 1994 to
Maria Lanzendorf, Lower Austria, a small town close to Vienna, Austria.
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"T.C. Pfeiler´s Jazzid Funk" was born as a "band of bandleaders" in Vienna,
Austria:
T.C.
Pfeiler - Hammond B3 organ,
Peter Legat - g,
Harry Sokal - ts & ss, Tommy Boeroecz - dr, &
Stephan Maass - perc.
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Miss Ulrike Muehlbachler & T.C. Pfeiler moved back to Fuerstenbrunn, a small
town close to the city
of
Salzburg, Austria. Tonewheel Records Studio Lounge1 was established.
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T.C. Pfeiler´s very successful Hammond B3 Lounge Project was established.
T.C.´s long time partner
and producer / promoter, Miss Ulrike Muehlbachler
is featured on drums.
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Miss Ulrike Muehlbachler & T.C. Pfeiler moved Tonewheel Records Studio
Lounge temporary to
Hohenbrunn, Bavaria,
a small town close to Munich, Germany: New name: Tonewheel Records
Studio
Lounge2.
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T.C. Pfeiler´s 50th Birthday.
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35 years on stage, 30 years as Austria´s first international known Hammond
Jazz-organist.
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T.C. Pfeiler was honored by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the
Arts and Culture with the
title Professor
honoris causa for his work as a leading Hammond Jazz organist since three
decades
and
for the high output of more
than 2.000 compositions.
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Miss Ulrike Muehlbachler & T.C. Pfeiler closed the doors of Tonewheel
Records Studio Lounge2 in
Hohenbrunn and
moved back to Salzburg, Austria.
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After testing the prototype of Hammond´s new super-lightweight stage organ Sk2, T.C. Pfeiler
signed a
endorser-contract with Hammond-Suzuki Europe B.V.: the beginning of a new
era.
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Start of a new CD-album series "Vintage Bar & Lounge Sound" with
own compositions on our Label
Tonewheel Records
www.tonewheelrecords.com
.....
Start of another new CD-album series "Midnight Blues & Ballads" with own
compositions on our Label
Tonewheel Records
www.tonewheelrecords.com
...
T.C. Pfeiler composed
(2019) more than
8.500
tunes
...
On the one hand, T.C. Pfeiler cultivates the tradition of Hammond Organ with
Jazz and Blues, and on
the
other hand, he embraces the modern. There are
Blues and Mainstream-Jazz oriented regular working
trios
and quartets,
experimental
duos and trios with organ and drums or with organ, sax and drums and
T.C.
Pfeiler´s outstanding project "Jazzid Funk".
Every T.C. Pfeiler project sounds great: for example, listen to T.C.´s
original compositions on " Out Of Space "!
When he plays his own
compositions he sounds completely unstrained and very different from other
Jazz-organists.
As a creative, restless working musician, composer and
messenger he created his very own language in music!
To learn more about the Hammond organ as a Jazz-instrument click on:
The
Hammond Jazz-organ story.
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