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| Collection | Entry | Year | Identifier | Open and work with |
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| Quotation | „The Lower Austrian Harry Pepl loves the battle with “Bits and Bytes”.“Magazine (title not preserved), record review, 1994 | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „The result, from fusion to avant-garde: “Beginnings”.“APA news service (Austria Presse Agentur), APA JAZZ NEWS section, 28 December 1994; translated from the German | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „The top-class musician will also play the opening concert with his quartet on 31 July from 9 p.m.“Kronen Zeitung, 26 July 1994, p. 18; translated from the German | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „The Viennese Harry Pepl, who counts among the most distinctive guitarists on the continent“Wolfgang Gratzer · Salzburger Nachrichten, May 1994 | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „These were sound meditations between expansive and concentrated, in lyrical solitude and orchestral fullness of sound.“Kürzel CT (vermutlich Chris Thommark) · On the duo with Jack DeJohnette at the Innviertel jazz festival in Raab; Kronen Zeitung, Tuesday, 24 May 1994, p. 17 | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „Versatility is as much a part of Pepl as his turn to different (compositional) techniques.“Neue Kronen-Zeitung (Steiermark) · “Rastloser Grenzgänger”, Neue Kronen-Zeitung, 28 July 1994, p. 22 | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „He controls his instrument electronically, from the vibraphone to the organ register.“Kronen Zeitung, 5 November 1995, p. 26; translated from the German | 1995 | ||
| Quotation | „In the two-part melody group, guitarist Harry Pepl is the defining creative force.“Kürzel CT (vermutlich Chris Thommark) · On the CD “Beginnings” by Abstract Truth; Kronen Zeitung, Sunday, 5 November 1995, p. 26 | 1995 | ||
| Quotation | „Thus five sound pictures open up whose colourful motion exerts a considerable pull“Wolfgang Gratzer · On “Anspannen, Überspannen, Abspannen”; Salzburger Nachrichten, Saturday, 19 August 1995 | 1995 | ||
| Quotation | „were back then attuned to each other in the most original improvising way. Their “Gegenwind” album now turns out to be a collector’s item.“Wolfgang Gratzer · On Pepl and Pirchner and the album “Gegenwind”; “Könnte Jazz sein”, Salzburger Nachrichten, Saturday 19 August 1995; translated from the German | 1995 | ||
| Quotation | „were, in their day, attuned to one another in the most original improvising manner“Salzburger Nachrichten, 19 August 1995; translated from the German | 1995 | ||
| Quotation | „When playing the piano I enjoy great freedom. Unburdened by profession and pigeonhole, I can be completely absorbed in the sound of the …“Harry Pepl · Booklet for the piano album “Consequence”, 1995, quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 129 | 1995 | ||
| Quotation | „3 Mo stands for mothy, momenty, minory. Mothy because the music sounds as if the moths are waiting to pounce.“Harry Pepl · On his piano piece “3 Mo”, quoted by Georg Pepl in the liner notes to “Flow” (PAO Records CD 10140-2, 1996), English version by Stephen Ferguson in the booklet | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „For it was in Kufstein, exactly 20 years ago, that he also gave his first concert as a vibraphonist with the JazzZwio, together with Harry …“Tiroler Tageszeitung, culture section, 25 April 1996; translated from the German | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „For me, art is not a game but the last place of transcendence.“Harry Pepl · Own statement 1996, quoted in Günther 1997, p. 824 (also given as “Bernhard 1997” in Kohler 2006), and in Kohler 2006, p. 135 | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „Genre boundaries and purity of style matter very little to me. Nevertheless, the core of my aesthetics is not postmodern. For me art is not …“Harry Pepl · Harry Pepl 1996, quoted in Bernhard 1997, p. 824, and Kohler 2006, p. 135 | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „Harry Pepl is a musician who hears. He has that seldom gift–to immediately translate what he hears into music coming from his own fingers …“Stephen Ferguson · Liner notes to “Flow” (Harry Pepl, piano; PAO Records CD 10140-2, 1996) | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „Harry Pepl’s “Exzentrik - Egometrik” will receive its premiere.“Der Standard, 18 October 1996; translated from the German | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „has come to the fore since 1984 as a composer of European contemporary art music“Information sheet (press material, 5 pages), 1996, p. 3 | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „he is simply unafraid of any musical task, and has the jazz man’s joy of real time composition.“Stephen Ferguson · Liner notes to “Flow” (Harry Pepl, piano; PAO Records CD 10140-2, 1996) | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „his very own instrument–the guitar–where he is one of Europe’s undisputed jazz masters“Stephen Ferguson · Liner notes to “Flow” (Harry Pepl, piano; PAO Records CD 10140-2, 1996) | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „I believe in the absolute: in the truth in which all opposites coincide.“Harry Pepl · Own statement 1996, quoted in Günther 1997, p. 824 (also given as “Bernhard 1997” in Kohler 2006), and in Kohler 2006, p. 135 | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „It is a dream played awake, full of snatches of music, gestures, spaces.“Stephen Ferguson · Liner notes to “Flow” (Harry Pepl, piano; PAO Records CD 10140-2, 1996), on Pepl’s twelve pieces at the piano | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „Just looking at the titles of his pieces one recognises that Pepl is a deeply musical and romantic artist. Musically his playing is related …“Georg Pepl · Liner notes to “Flow” (Harry Pepl, piano; PAO Records CD 10140-2, 1996), English version by Stephen Ferguson in the booklet | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „Let us simply enjoy the novelty and richness of this master of the strings becoming a novice at the keyboard, a masterly novice full of …“Stephen Ferguson · Liner notes to “Flow” (Harry Pepl, piano; PAO Records CD 10140-2, 1996), closing lines | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „Richly coloured, electronically supported expression with an enormous range“Kronen Zeitung, 26 February 1996, p. 16; translated from the German | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „The improvising pianist flows out into the world of tones, the piano player melts into oneness with the piano, desists in his identity as a …“Georg Pepl · Liner notes to “Flow” (Harry Pepl, piano; PAO Records CD 10140-2, 1996), English version by Stephen Ferguson in the booklet | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „this introduction also contained a shock for guitarist Harry Pepl as Benny announces a guitar solo“Tony Middleton · Liner notes to Benny Goodman, “Berlin 1980” (TCB Records, 1996), on Goodman's unannounced call for a guitar solo at the Berlin Philharmonie, 7 and 8 November 1980, which gave rise to “Harry Pepl's Blues”; quoted from Kohler 2006, p. 54 | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „What do I listen to at Christmas? Well, Silent Night!“Harry Pepl · Survey by Christian Rösner, Wiener Zeitung, Tuesday, 24 December 1996, p. 4 | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „While playing the piano Harry Pepl enjoys being able to elevate himself to the mood of the moment, or to plunge into a different sense of …“Georg Pepl · Liner notes to “Flow” (Harry Pepl, piano; PAO Records CD 10140-2, 1996), English version by Stephen Ferguson in the booklet | 1996 | ||
| Quotation | „After that Harry Pepl played, first on piano, then on drums, while Franz Hackl stayed with his trumpet.“Oberösterreichisches Volksblatt, 10 December 1997, p. 28; translated from the German | 1997 | ||
| Quotation | „Alongside Harry Pepl and Wolfgang Muthspiel, a generation younger, Ratzer is probably the most important Austrian guitar voice“Der Sinti-Jazz (Hg. Anita Awosusi) · Anita Awosusi (ed.): Der Sinti-Jazz, Heidelberg, Germany, 1997, p. 137; translated from the German | 1997 | ||
| Quotation | „As a string player he created fabulous special moments with Michel Portal, who phrased with a keen sense of sound on bass clarinet and …“Robert Urmann · INNtöne festival at Zell an der Pram Castle; OÖ Nachrichten, Tuesday, 9 December 1997 | 1997 | ||
| Quotation | „let it be said straight away, Pepl does not play guitar but piano“Wiener Zeitung, “Jazzignal” column, 11 November 1997, p. 4; translated from the German | 1997 | ||
| Quotation | „The piano and drum playing of the guitarist Harry Pepl attracted attention.“OÖ Nachrichten, culture section, 9 December 1997; translated from the German | 1997 | ||
| Quotation | „Their joy in playing carried over seamlessly to the audience.“Oberösterreichisches Volksblatt, 10 December 1997, p. 28; translated from the German | 1997 | ||
| Quotation | „Trumpeter Franz Hackl soulfully accentuated Harry Pepl’s piano impressions“Kronen Zeitung, 10 December 1997, p. 28; translated from the German | 1997 | ||
| Quotation | „Exploring the limits was obviously always his endeavour.“Kulturpreis Niederösterreich (state database of prizewinners), 1998, p. 1 | 1998 | ||
| Quotation | „For me music means emotions and memories. And even when I play something I don’t much like, my blood pressure goes up, because then it gets …“Harry Pepl · Conversation with Martin Schuster, “Man könnte Klavierspielen müssen”, Concerto 2/1998; quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 129; translated from the German | 1998 | ||
| Quotation | „He did a great deal for me rhythmically. What Mick Goodrick means in my case for the voicings, the accompaniment, Harry Pepl means for the …“Wolfgang Muthspiel · Lothar Trampert, Gitarre & Bass 7/1998, p. 54 ff., reprinted in Martin Schaberl, master’s thesis (Magisterarbeit, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz), 2004, p. 201; translated from the German | 1998 | ||
| Quotation | „I am a man of contrasts, often very funny or ironic and then very sad again. You can probably hear that in my playing too“Harry Pepl · Conversation with Martin Schuster, “Man könnte Klavierspielen müssen”, Concerto 2/1998; translated from the German | 1998 | ||
| Quotation | „I feel committed to musical truthfulness“Harry Pepl · Portrait on the Lower Austrian Culture Prize, “Auszeichnung für den musikalischen Jazz-Grenzgänger Harry Pepl” (initials “flo”), Kurier, Tuesday 3 November 1998, p. 10; translated from the German | 1998 | ||
| Quotation | „I played one note, then the second, and by the third at the latest Jack knew exactly where I was, and we were together.“Harry Pepl · On an unprepared festival concert with Jack DeJohnette; interview with Christian Rösner, Wiener Zeitung, Tuesday, 10 February 1998, p. 4 | 1998 | ||
| Quotation | „I wanted you to be able to hear the room on the CD as well.“Harry Pepl · Concerto (music magazine), issue 2/1998, April 1998, p. 2 of 4 (version in Presseberichte (1)) | 1998 | ||
| Quotation | „Music is my life, and I cannot not play“Harry Pepl · Conversation with Christian Rösner, “Echtzeitkompositionen”, Wiener Zeitung, Tuesday 10 February 1998, p. 4; translated from the German | 1998 | ||
| Quotation | „Music: Harry Pepl (prize of honour), Friedrich Keil and Elisabeth Schimana (recognition prizes)“Das Waldviertel, volume 47, issue 4 (page 408), December 1998, p. 408 | 1998 | ||
| Quotation | „Music: Harry Pepl (Würdigungspreis, prize of honour)“OTS (original text service of the APA), Lower Austrian State Press Service, 8 September 1998; translated from the German | 1998 | ||
| Quotation | „My main problem is my high blood pressure. Another contradiction: on the outside I may seem calm, but inside it races around in me like mad.“Harry Pepl · Conversation with Martin Schuster, “Man könnte Klavierspielen müssen”, Concerto 2/1998; also quoted in the Kleine Zeitung, Tuesday 6 December 2005, p. 55; translated from the German | 1998 | ||
| Quotation | „Pepl’s flowing real-time compositions on “Flow” are in any case full of energy and honesty; understandable in expression and eloquent.“Christian Rösner · Review of the CD “Flow”; “Echtzeitkompositionen”, Wiener Zeitung, Tuesday 10 February 1998, p. 4; translated from the German | 1998 | ||
| Quotation | „The 53-year-old guitarist and pianist of world renown from Hernstein captivates jazz lovers with extraordinary, spontaneous and innovative …“Kurier (Kürzel flo) · “Auszeichnung für den musikalischen Jazz-Grenzgänger Harry Pepl”, Kurier, 3 November 1998, p. 10 | 1998 |
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