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| Collection | Entry | Year | Identifier | Open and work with |
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| Quotation | „a well-balanced mix of superbly played solos“Kritiker „egg“ im Salzburger Volksblatt · Critic “egg” in the Salzburger Volksblatt, 25 June 1975, quoted in Hochradner and Haslinger (eds.): “Those were the days”, Vienna 2017; translated from the German | 1975 | ||
| Quotation | „Free jazz for connoisseurs“Kritiker des Salzburger Volksblatts · Salzburger Volksblatt, around 1975, quoted in the programme text of Ö1 “In Concert” (Ö1: the ORF's cultural radio station), 5 June 2020, reprinted on radiohoerer.info, 11 June 2020; translated from the German | 1975 | ||
| Quotation | „Harald Pepl (guitar)“Burgenländische Freiheit (page 42, ANNO page), 26 March 1975 | 1975 | ||
| Quotation | „Großpetersdorf guitarist and Harry Pepl student Otto Artner“Burgenländische Freiheit (printed page 44, ANNO page 36), 1 December 1976 | 1976 | ||
| Quotation | „also no stranger to the visitors of the jazz pub“Burgenländische Freiheit (printed page 42, ANNO page 34), 9 March 1977 | 1977 | ||
| Quotation | „The group is completed by Fritz Pauer (p) and Harry Pepl (g).“Burgenländische Freiheit (printed page 32, ANNO page 24), 5 January 1977 | 1977 | ||
| Quotation | „will leave the ORF Big Band and move to Graz, where he will get a teaching appointment at the jazz department of the MHS“Burgenländische Freiheit (printed page 35, ANNO page 27), 10 August 1977 | 1977 | ||
| Quotation | „A concert of superlatives, with Friedrich Gulda on piano“Burgenländische Freiheit (printed page 44, ANNO page 36), 3 May 1979 | 1979 | ||
| Quotation | „In the Bartók Hall at midnight the Austrian-Yugoslav guitar duo Harry Pepl and Voja Brkvic gives a concert, followed by Gusztáv Csík.“Hajdú-Bihari Napló (daily newspaper of Hajdú-Bihar County, Debrecen, Hungary), 7 September 1979, p. 2; translated from the Hungarian | 1979 | ||
| Quotation | „The opening act is provided by two well-known Austrians“Burgenländische Freiheit (printed page 36, ANNO page 28), 14 February 1979 | 1979 | ||
| Quotation | „the virtuoso technique and perfect interplay of the guitar duo Pepl and Brkovity came as a surprise“Gábor Turi, “Fesztivál öt napig. Összefoglaló a debreceni dzsessznapokról”, Hajdú-Bihari Napló (daily newspaper of Hajdú-Bihar County, Debrecen, Hungary), 16 September 1979, p. 8; translated from the Hungarian | 1979 | ||
| Quotation | „Werner Pirchner (vibes) and Harry Pepl (gtr) appear as guest soloists.“Burgenländische Freiheit (printed page 48, ANNO page 40), 27 June 1979 | 1979 | ||
| Quotation | „After the second concert Benny Goodman was full of praise for you and your colleagues.“Kurt A. Müller · Letter from Goodman's manager Kurt A. Müller to Harry Pepl, Bangkok, 15 November 1980; translated from the German | 1980 | ||
| Quotation | „To Harry, a great guitarist, my best, Benny“Benny Goodman · Handwritten dedication on a rehearsal photograph from the Berlin Philharmonie, November 1980, Pepl private archive; cf. Kohler 2006, p. 62 f. | 1980 | ||
| Quotation | „Vibraphone and Harry Pepl on guitar demonstrated convincingly“Burgenländische Freiheit (printed page 52, ANNO page 44), 30 April 1980 | 1980 | ||
| Quotation | „When you took off with your solo at the start of the second concert, Benny really got going, in a way I had not seen him for many years“Kurt A. Müller · Letter from Goodman's manager Kurt A. Müller to Harry Pepl, Bangkok, 15 November 1980, on the second concert with Benny Goodman at the Berlin Philharmonie on 8 November 1980; translated from the German | 1980 | ||
| Quotation | „(12) James “Blood” Ulmer, Philippe Cauvin, Raphael Fays, Kilimandjaro, Bireli, Lagrene, Harry Pepl, Lee Ritenour, Larry Coryell, Harri …“Billboard (US music trade magazine with the industry charts, founded 1894), 27 June 1981, p. 65 | 1981 | ||
| Quotation | „they play like two people in love with each other“Runo Ericksson · Liner notes to the LP “Runo Ericksson's Omnibus” (1981), on Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner; quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 49 | 1981 | ||
| Quotation | „concert by the jazz duo Pirchner, Pepl, Jazz Zwio (line-up: Harry Pepl, electric and acoustic guitar; Werner Perchner, tenor vibraphone and …“Delo (Slovenian daily newspaper, Ljubljana), no. 250, 26 October 1982, p. 11; translated from the Slovenian | 1982 | ||
| Quotation | „recognised as one of Europe's leading jazz guitarists“Ars Electronica 1982, programme book, 1 October 1982 | 1982 | ||
| Quotation | „to play a jam session with Harry Pepl, by whom he was very impressed.“Steirerkrone (Neue Kronen Zeitung, Styria edition), 20 May 1982 | 1982 | ||
| Quotation | „The combination of the prepared vibraphone, from which Pirchner drew incredible sounds full of vibrating sensitivity, and the modern guitar …“Miro Križič, “Plodna jazzovska jesen ’82 v Zagrebu”, Glasbena mladina (Slovenian music magazine), no. 5, 18 February 1983, p. 8; translated from the Slovenian | 1983 | ||
| Quotation | „This is the first time that we are really looking over the wall“Harry Pepl · On the ECM album with Jack DeJohnette; interview “Erster Blick über die Mauer”, Jazzlive no. 1, July 1983, p. 7, quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 82 | 1983 | ||
| Quotation | „With the group “Jazzwio”, Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl made a name for themselves far beyond Austria's borders.“ORF, „Ohne Maulkorb“ · Description of the feature “Pirchner und Pepl sind Jazzwio” in the ORF Historical Archive, broadcast of 3 June 1983; quoted in Kerstin Madner, master's thesis, University of Vienna 2011, p. 267; translated from the German | 1983 | ||
| Quotation | „There is no doubt that Harry Pepl must today be counted among the leading jazz guitarists in Europe.“Jazzlive, portrait “Harry Pepl (Gitarre)”, probably 1984; translated from the German | 1984 | ||
| Quotation | „1983 date teaming mallet stylist Pirchner, acoustic guitarist Pepl and timemaster DeJohnette“Billboard (US music trade magazine with the industry charts, founded 1894), 16 March 1985, p. 66 | 1985 | ||
| Quotation | „a delicate chamber jazz set rich in moods; recalls producer Eicher’s strongest early forays into this stream“Billboard (US music trade magazine with the industry charts, founded 1894), 16 March 1985, p. 66 | 1985 | ||
| Quotation | „And the Special Imports side of PolyGram gives us, on ECM, […] and “Werner Pirchner/Harry Pepl/Jack De Johnette.”“Lee Jeske, Cash Box (US music trade magazine with its own charts), 9 March 1985, p. 28 | 1985 | ||
| Quotation | „Artists from Styria and all over Austria meet with their friends in New York.“Peter Vujica · Peter Vujica in Austrian Information (Austrian Press and Information Service, New York), Volume 38, No. 4, 1985, p. 3 | 1985 | ||
| Quotation | „Austrians Pirchner and Pepl join with drummer Jack DeJohnette to create a highly original and accessible trio sound.“PolyGram Special Imports, European ECM · DownBeat (US jazz magazine, founded 1934), April 1985, p. 11 | 1985 | ||
| Quotation | „Harry Pepl: the giant from Hernstein in Lower Austria, “a giant of improvisation” (Le Monde), W.P.’s musical alter ego.““Der Riese aus dem Fuchsloch”, Sterz no. 32, 1985 | 1985 | ||
| Quotation | „relaxed and cool, in the ECM Records manner“The New York Times (Section 1, p. 10), 18 May 1985 | 1985 | ||
| Quotation | „The electronic effects of Pepl’s ovation guitar blend with Pirchner’s tenor vibes and marimba to form a rich overlay“PolyGram Special Imports, European ECM · DownBeat (US jazz magazine, founded 1934), April 1985, p. 11 | 1985 | ||
| Quotation | „The opening event on May 15th at the Ohio Theater will be shared by the Jazz Musicians, Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner“Peter Vujica · Peter Vujica, director of steirischer herbst (Styrian Autumn, festival of contemporary art in Graz, Austria), in Austrian Information (Austrian Press and Information Service, New York), Volume 38, No. 4, 1985, p. 3 | 1985 | ||
| Quotation | „The Pirchner-Pepl JazzZwio has long had a permanent place in the apocryphal pantheon of music.““Der Riese aus dem Fuchsloch”, Sterz no. 32, 1985 | 1985 | ||
| Quotation | „Werner Pircher, Harry Pepl, and F. Don Moye as guest play jazz“Programme of “Beyond the Sound of Music. New Austria / New York”, Austrian Information, Volume 38, No. 4, 1985, p. 6 (Pirchner’s name misprinted as “Pircher”) | 1985 | ||
| Quotation | „“Live in Montreux”, a hammer for heart and brain, if you let heart and brain be the anvil.““Der Riese aus dem Fuchsloch”, Sterz no. 32, 1985 | 1985 | ||
| Quotation | „A much-noticed international debut at the “New Jazz Festival Moers” and at the festivals in Cologne and Warsaw.“Gemeindeblatt für den Bezirk Landeck, no. 25, 20 June 1986, p. 5 | 1986 | ||
| Quotation | „A music that does justice to a trait of the times, an artistic togetherness to whose wholeness each contributes his own independent and …“quoted in the Gemeindeblatt für den Bezirk Landeck, 20 June 1986, p. 5; original publication not named | 1986 | ||
| Quotation | „Air Mail is establishing itself as one of the most exciting quartets on the European scene.“quoted in the Gemeindeblatt für den Bezirk Landeck, 20 June 1986, p. 5; original publication not named | 1986 | ||
| Quotation | „Air Mail was the most enjoya[ble] discovery of the festival“quoted in the Gemeindeblatt für den Bezirk Landeck, 20 June 1986, p. 5; original publication not named | 1986 | ||
| Quotation | „Air Mail, fired up by Wolfgang Puschnig, driven by the rhythm section of Mike Richmond / Wolfgang Reisinger and shaken up by an utterly …“Jazz Hot (French jazz magazine founded in 1935), no. 432, July/August 1986, p. 16; translated from the French | 1986 | ||
| Quotation | „an ideal jazz quartet … in the same breath we cite the example of John Coltrane's quartet of the 1960s“quoted in the Gemeindeblatt für den Bezirk Landeck, 20 June 1986, p. 5; original publication not named | 1986 | ||
| Quotation | „On the 14th: Harry Pepl quartet: Wolfgang Puschnig, soprano sax; Mike Richmond, bass; Wolfgang Reisinger, drums.“Tempo (Paris), no. 3, 15 April 1986, p. 7 | 1986 | ||
| Quotation | „Recordings with Michel Portal and Jack DeJohnette are also planned.“APA news service (Austria Presse Agentur), APA JAZZ NEWS section, 25 February 1986; translated from the German | 1986 | ||
| Quotation | „That is Air Mail, which will touch down in Coutances for its first concert in France.“Jazz sous les pommiers, festival archive (online), 10 May 1986 | 1986 | ||
| Quotation | „the new star of the “guitar-mad jazz fans”“Jazz sous les pommiers, festival archive (online), 10 May 1986 | 1986 | ||
| Quotation | „There I discovered a prodigious group: Air Mail“Jazz Hot (French jazz magazine founded in 1935), no. 432, July/August 1986, p. 15; translated from the French | 1986 | ||
| Quotation | „There I found again the thread of a history of the guitar that I feared I had lost for good.“Jazz Hot (French jazz magazine founded in 1935), no. 432, July/August 1986, p. 16; translated from the French | 1986 | ||
| Quotation | „“Air Mail”, one of the best contemporary quartets on the European jazz scene, is coming to town.“Gemeindeblatt für den Bezirk Landeck, no. 25, 20 June 1986, p. 5 | 1986 |
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