Hannes Otahal Transcriptions

Birth name: Hannes Otahal
Born: August 18, 1960 in Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria

Hannes Otahal became interested in boogie-woogie in 1975 after hearing VINCE WEBER's first record and started teaching himself to play the piano in the same year. His attempts to play Vince Weber tunes by ear with absolutely no knowledge of technique surprised everybody. Just two years later, at age 17, he gave his first performance in Vienna's Jazzland, together with MARTIN PYRKER and JOACHIM PALDEN, amazing his audience by playing the classic pieces of Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, and Meade Lux Lewis with complete ease.