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          Hermann Szobel

          Austrian pianist and composer (born 1958)

          Hermann Szobel (born 1958) is an Austrian former pianist and composer.

          Hermann Szobel wurde in Wien geboren.

        1. Hermann Szobel is/was a pianist and composer.
        2. Albert Ayler, Spiritual Unity, etc.
        3. This part 3 of 3 of the Hermann Szobel session walkthroughs, I show Albert Grossman, Pete Seeger and Woodie Guthrie.
        4. This is an alphabetized list of musicians notable for playing or having played jazz piano.
        5. He produced and recorded a single jazz fusion album, titled "Szobel," (1976) at the age of 18, demonstrating, in the words of a "Down Beat" reviewer (9 September 1976), "a conception and technique far in advance of most musicians twice his age."

          Biography

          Szobel was born in 1958 in Vienna, Austria to mother Sonja (née Grajonca) Szobel.[1] Szobel is the nephew of promoter Bill Graham.[2]

          Szobel was "a child prodigy who began his classical training at the age of six" who "spent the majority of his practicing hours on pieces by Chopin." Pianists Martial Solal and Keith Jarrett were two major influences on his work.

          The album "Szobel" features extremely complicated compositions comparable to those of Frank Zappa.[3][2] The music is jazz-based but contains elements of rock and Western classical music. Szobel's