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Karl Drewo was born May 17, 1929 in Vienna, Austria and as a child studied piano and accordion, but switched to tenor saxophone in his teens. In the late 1940s he worked with Charlie Gaudriot and Paul Reischman, followed by performing with Gert Steffens and Horst Winter in the early Fifties. He was a member of the Austrian All Stars in the mid-1950s and from 1956 to 1958 he worked with Fatty George.

He continued on by becoming a member of Kurt Edelhagen’s orchestra, where he played into the early 1970s. In the 1960s he recorded with Francy Boland, Kenny Clarke, Zoot Sims, and Jimmy Woode, among others.

After leaving Edelhagen’s group, he played with the Österreichischer Rundfunk band, and in the 1980s was a member of Peter Herbolzheimer’s ensemble. Later that decade he took a position as a lecturer at an arts school in Graz, Austria. In the Nineties he played with the Lungau Big Band, Rudolf Josel, and Rudi Wilfer.

Saxophonist Karl Drewo, often spelled Carl Drewo or Drevo, transitioned on May 10, 1995 in Wels, Austria.

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