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Quotation „As a musician, Pepl gave expression to inner avalanches.“Wolfgang Muthspiel · Wolfgang Muthspiel in Die Presse, 2 March 2009, p. 28; translated from the German 2009
Quotation „Great moments of brilliantly offbeat music and gnarled humour“Zeitschrift für Kultur und Gesellschaft (cultural magazine), 24 February 2009, p. 1 2009
Quotation „Harry Pepl, a complex guitarist of truly international stature.“Der Standard · CD review “Zwio und Trio”, Der Standard, Friday 6 March 2009, p. R50; translated from the German 2009
Quotation „Harry Pepl, a complex guitarist of truly international stature“Der Standard (online, Musikrundschau section), 13 February 2009, p. 1 2009
Quotation „If there are classics of Austrian jazz, here is one!“Kronen Zeitung (Kürzel MG) · Short review of “Live in Concerts”, Kronen Zeitung, 20 March 2009, p. 36 2009
Quotation „Our aim with the Harry Pepl Prize is to keep this flame burning until musicology in Graz also takes up the subject.“Gerhard Kosel · Kronen Zeitung (page 31, Styria), 6 February 2009, p. 31 (Gerhard Kosel) 2009
Quotation „Particularly beautiful is ‘And Harry Said Goodbye’, dedicated to the unforgotten colleague Harry Pepl.“Die Presse (online), 20 February 2009 2009
Quotation „The creative fury, the intensity achieved there still seems to set the standard today.“Der Standard · On the Jazzzwio live in Montreux 1981; CD review “Zwio und Trio”, Der Standard, Friday 6 March 2009, p. R50; translated from the German 2009
Quotation „the playful wit of these two strong characters, one Viennese and one Tyrolean to the core, still sounds fresh as morning dew more than 25 …“Peter Füssl · Peter Füssl, CD recommendation “JazzZwio: Live in Concerts”, KULTUR, a cultural magazine from Vorarlberg, Austria, 24 February 2009; translated from the German 2009
Quotation „The superb guitarist Harry Pepl and his perfectly matched partner“Die Presse (online), 13 February 2009, p. 1 2009
Quotation „Two original home-grown musicians, both of whom had to go far too soon and are unforgotten“Kurier · Short review “JAZZZWIO: Harry Pepl & Werner Pirchner”, Kurier, 18 January 2009, p. 38 2009
Quotation „Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl formed the legendary duo “jazzzwio” and left their own individual mark on European jazz.“Kleine Zeitung · “Muthspiel-Trio und ein Heimatfilm”, Kleine Zeitung, 3 March 2009, p. 30; translated from the German 2009
Quotation „While I try to be innovative within a framework, within a style, Harry always tried to cross the set boundaries and then go further.“Daniel Pepl · Concerto (2/2009, page 44), February 2009, p. 44 (Daniel Pepl) 2009
Quotation „With his trombone he served greats such as David Murray or the brilliant Harry Pepl“Vorarlberger Nachrichten, 4 August 2009, p. D4; translated from the German 2009
Quotation „With their JazzZwio, the guitarist Harry Pepl and the vibraphonist Werner Pirchner were internationally sought-after protagonists of Alpine …“Klaus Nüchtern (Kürzel „KN“) · Record review of “Live in Concerts”, Falter, 18 March 2009, p. w27; translated from the German 2009
Quotation „A few days before the fifth anniversary of the death of the Viennese jazz guitarist and composer, the trombone duo Daniel Riegler and …“Kleine Zeitung, 24 November 2010, p. 63; translated from the German 2010
Quotation „As a prelude, Daniel Riegler (Pepl Prize winner 2008) and Matthias Muche had performed three “real-time compositions” by the master as a …“Kronen Zeitung, 24 November 2010, p. 44; translated from the German 2010
Quotation „Between jazz, ethnic and Alpine music, musical freedom is always at the centre of the creative process for Heckel, as it was for Pepl.“Kleine Zeitung, 22 November 2010, p. 12; translated from the German 2010
Quotation „distinct music personalities, many of whom have helped shape the character of European jazz and contemporary improvised music“Wolfgang Lamprecht, “Euro-American Dream Stories”, text for the Vienna Art Orchestra compilation “The Big Band Years” (Universal Music Austria), 2010 2010
Quotation „For it is to be devoted entirely to the oeuvre of the jazz guitarist and composer Harry Pepl, who passed away suddenly five years ago.“Kleine Zeitung, 22 November 2010, p. 12; translated from the German 2010
Quotation „he was just about the only fantastic thing about Graz“Martin Siewert · Martin Siewert on his teacher Harry Pepl, Falter, 14 July 2010, p. 25; translated from the German 2010
Quotation „I still remember well how we once came off the stage, John Scofield went on, and in passing he said to Harry, ‘I’ll kill you!’. Those are …“Wolfgang Reisinger · Wolfgang Reisinger, “Porträt: Wolfgang Reisinger”, mica: music austria, 6 May 2010 2010
Quotation „In the seventies and eighties Pirchner and Pepl formed the legendary “Jazz-Zwio”, a group that gave European jazz important impulses.“Patrizia Steipe · Patrizia Steipe, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 11 December 2010; translated from the German 2010
Quotation „Pepl’s career with the legendary ORF Big Band“Irene Suchy, “Musik. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Möglichkeiten und Unmöglichkeiten”, in: Kultur im Spiegel der Zeit. 1960–2010 Kulturpreise Niederösterreich, 2010, p. 112 2010
Quotation „Since the death of the great guitarist and composer Harry Pepl (1945-2005), his work still awaits scholarly study, says Soundcheck director …“Kronen Zeitung, 24 November 2010, p. 44; translated from the German 2010
Quotation „The fantastic sax solo and Metheny-esque picking lend even more elegance to the track’s progressive sound.“ECM Reviews (Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond), 8 July 2010 2010
Quotation „the great instrumentalist and composer Harry Pepl“Irene Suchy, Ö1 · Irene Suchy, “Musik. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Möglichkeiten und Unmöglichkeiten”, in: Kultur im Spiegel der Zeit. 1960–2010 Kulturpreise Niederösterreich, 2010, p. 111 2010
Quotation „Time and again I have had the good fortune to meet great musicians from whom you could really learn a lot, and the first of them was …“Wolfgang Reisinger · Wolfgang Reisinger, “Porträt: Wolfgang Reisinger”, mica: music austria, 6 May 2010 2010
Quotation „to dissolve himself as a personality in the music“Daniel Pepl · Heckel 2024, p. 39 (interview with Daniel Pepl, 27 December 2010); translated from the German 2010
Quotation „Legendary, too, his collaboration with the singer Linda Sharrock or his projects with Harry Pepl (“Air Mail”).“Kurier, 5 January 2011, p. 30; translated from the German 2011
Quotation „The crowding of the z's and the tacked-on w also nicely illustrated, visually, what bound the Viennese guitarist and the Tyrolean …“Michael Tschida · Michael Tschida on the Jazzzwio, Kleine Zeitung, 13 October 2011, p. 69; translated from the German 2011
Quotation „When soloing, however, it sounds fantastic“ECM Reviews (Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond), 20 December 2011, p. 1 2011
Quotation „a far better showcase for Pepl’s innovative talents“ECM Reviews (Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond), 16 January 2012, p. 1 2012
Quotation „from the start with Ron McClure on bass and first Harry Pepl, then Fritz Pauer in the quartet“Kronen Zeitung, 30 September 2012, p. 2; translated from the German 2012
Quotation „I simply did not give this date the attention it deserves.“ECM Reviews (Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond), 13 November 2012 2012
Quotation „Rava’s introverted yet inwardly passionate playing matches well with Saluzzi’s modern tangos, and the results are fairly accessible yet …“Scott Yanow, AllMusic (US music database with reviews, founded 1991), undated, online since 2012 at the latest 2012
Quotation „The depth of Pepl’s talent, now that I’m more familiar with it, is immediately evident in the spaciousness of his evocations.“ECM Reviews (Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond), 13 November 2012 2012
Quotation „the superb former Harry Pepl student Primoz Grasic“Die Presse, 30 January 2012, p. 25; translated from the German 2012
Quotation „Admittedly, the qualities of the legendary duo of Werner Pirchner & Harry Pepl in the line-up of guitar and vibraphone are and remain …“Tiroler Tageszeitung · Tiroler Tageszeitung, 20 June 2013, p. 30; translated from the German 2013
Quotation „Harry Pepl was one of the outstanding figures in Austrian jazz.“Kronen Zeitung · Kronen Zeitung, 8 November 2013, p. 32; translated from the German 2013
Quotation „On 22 November this encouragement prize goes to the alto saxophonist Clemens Salesny.“Ö1, “Schon gehört?”, 21 November 2013 2013
Quotation „This year the Harry Pepl Prize was awarded for the fourth time as part of the “Austrian Soundcheck” in Graz.“mica music austria, 25 November 2013, p. 1 2013
Quotation „He is an interesting musician to check out, especially in the rhythmical field.“Wolfgang Muthspiel · London Jazz News, 11 September 2014 2014
Quotation „Through his collaboration with the guitarist Harry Pepl he rose to become an internationally sought-after jazz virtuoso“Falter 13/2014 (Feuilleton), 26 March 2014, p. 1 2014
Quotation „Together with the guitarist Harry Pepl, the vibraphonist Pirchner ran a “JazzZwio” whose subtly burning chamber music attracted attention …“Ljubiša Tošić · Ljubiša Tošić, Der Standard, 1 April 2014, p. 23; translated from the German 2014
Quotation „which could boast renowned soloists such as the American trumpeter Art Farmer or the Austrian guitarist Harry Pepl“Ö1, Apropos Musik (programme note in the Wiener Zeitung), 20 November 2014, p. 22; translated from the German 2014
Quotation „With his kindred partner Harry Pepl he also collaborated impressively with great jazz musicians such as Jack DeJohnette.“Christoph Huber · Christoph Huber on Werner Pirchner, Die Presse, 28 March 2014, p. 26; translated from the German 2014
Quotation „A quartet around Agnes Heginger (voc) and Clemens Salesny (sax) wove archive recordings of the improvising genius into something excitingly …“Kleine Zeitung · Record tip on the double CD on Fullmax, Kleine Zeitung, Friday 18 December 2015, p. 88; translated from the German 2015
Quotation „Agnes Heginger, Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer and Peter Primus Frosch play Harry Pepl“Ö1, Spielräume, 3 December 2015, p. 1 2015
Quotation „also commemorated the guitarist Harry Pepl, who died in 2005“Die Presse (online), 31 August 2015, p. 1 2015

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