Gerry Weil died at the age of 85 in Caracas. He was a pianist, composer and arranger with a long musical career, who although born in Vienna, arrived in Venezuela at the age of 17 and was identified as the master of Venezuelan jazz.
Jazzist, pianist, composer and arranger Gerhard Weilheim, known as Gerry Weil; The master of Venezuelan jazz, died at the age of 85.
The information was confirmed by his son on his Instagram account on Saturday, November 16. «Your legacy is eternal, infinite and universal. “You loved Venezuela like no one else and you kept your promise to give back with infinite gratitude to this blessed land by training thousands of the best musicians from Venezuela who shine throughout the world,” published his son, Gherard Weil.
Of Austrian origin and rooted in Venezuela for almost seven decades, this pianist made jazz his reason for life, a musical genre that, in addition to sharing it with a then distant audience, shared it through teaching.
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Venezuela was the country that allowed him his musical education, where he received piano lessons and founded his band, a mix of traditional Venezuelan music with contemporary rhythms.
With information from The Pitazo and Cocuyo Effect
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