Born in
Vienna, Pauer began his professional playing career as a teenager, performing with
Hans Koller (1960–62) before leading his own ensembles in
Berlin. In the 1960s he played with
Don Byas,
Booker Ervin,
Art Farmer,
Dexter Gordon,
Friedrich Gulda, and
Annie Ross. From 1968 to 1970 he taught at the
Vienna Municipal Conservatory, and following this was a member of the ORF-Big Band. In the 1970s he recorded as a leader as well as with
Klaus Weiss and
Peter Herbolzheimer. Pauer lived in Peru briefly in the mid-1980s, then moved to Switzerland in 1986. Later in life he became a university professor. An early 2000s collaboration with
Jay Clayton and
Ed Neumeister was released as the album
3 for the Road. ==Discography==