Harry Happel
Pianist Harry Happel (1949) is 100% self-taught. He started playing the piano as a child, but till today he never learned to read or write notes. The only way to document his musical ideas is to record them, and this recordings can now be heard on Spotify. Harry is known as a mainstream swinging pianist in the style of Oscar Peterson and Monty Alexander.. Harry's musical style is characterized by humor and sometimes he likes to give a musical wink to well-known classical themes.
From 1968 Harry played in trios and bands in various formations and in 1976 he founded his own trio “inTRIOduction”. With this trio he recorded 4 (vinyl) albums in the 70s and 80s including a live recording at the North Sea Jazz Festival. In the 90s Harry performed in Japan and Singapore and in the past 20 years he record some albums and played in various settings, also regularly with his son Sven on bass. Look at his bio on YouTube Video: "2024 Harry Happel spoken bio"
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2023 Harry Happel with INTRIODUCTION Live in Zandvoort
2018 - Harry Happel with the great drummer Wim de Vries and Teake Stol bass - Hopper Jazz Antwerpen
2018 - Harry Happel with Martien Oster guitar, Jos Machtel, JC de Ruwe at Hopper Jazz Antwerpen
2015 - Harry Happel Trio - Jazzclub MusicArte in Hotel Huis ten Wolde, Steenwijk The Netherlands
1994 Jazz meets Classical Music Harry Happel and Rosemarie Mastero on Two Grand Piano's
2020 Harry Happel's Trio INTRIODUCTION in Hollandse Club, Antwerpen
1978 TROS Sesjun - Dutch TV Harry Happel's INTRIODUCTION
1992 INTRIODUCTION Harry Happel at Beverwijk Jazz Festival
1993 Private Concert in Studio of Wim van Barneveld.
2010 Harry Happel with Rony Verbiest in a Church, Breda Jazz Festival
Harry Happel spoken Biography 3.15 min
1989 Concertgebouw Harry Happel with INTRIODUCTION
1987 DEE DANIELS in Holland + Harry Happel's INTRIODUCTION
2024 Harry Happel spoken biography (3 min) and short audio preview of 16 of 18 Albums.
2015 Concert Video 40th YEAR INTRIODUCTION by Harry Happel
2019 - Harry Happel with his son Sven Happel and Salle de Jonge at Hopper Jazz Antwerpen
2019 Ronald Douglas at the METROPOLE Grand Cafe, Arnhem
2019 - Harry Happel with Vincent Koning and Cas Jiskoot at Hopper Jazz Antwerpen
2018 - Cafe 't Voske Breda Hans v Oosterhout - Sven Happel - Harry Happel
2018 - Harry Happel - The Marriott Concert with Eddie Conard
2018 - Harry Happel with Rene Ten Cate, Danny Kegel, Stefan Lievestro - Hopper Jazz Antwerpen
2017 - Harry Happel with Marjoleine Leene - Hopper Jazz Antwerpen
2017 - Harry Happel with Gunnar Graafmans, Jeen Rabs, Eric Hartgers
2017 - Harry Happel with Ronald Douglas - Hopper Jazz Antwerpen
2017 - DUO Happel - Ten Cate, Piano-Vibes - Hopper Jazzcafe Antwerpen
1999 - Harry Happel with Deborah Carter, Hopper Jazzcafe
2012 - Toots Thielemans - A tribute for his 90th Birthday - Hopper Jazzcafe Antwerpen
1997 - Raymond Nijenhuis, Hans Mantel, Harry Happel
Dado Moroni with Harry Happel Piano Duo No Greater Love 2001 Live at Hopper Jazz Antwerp
Dado Moroni with Harry Happel Piano Duo S K J 2001 Live at Hopper Jazz Antwerp