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Photographs from the estate. Credits appear beneath each picture; where the photographer is not yet known, we welcome any information.

Black-and-white photo with a deckled edge: four young musicians with accordion, drums and electric guitar, the guitarist on the right probably Harry Pepl, a tape recorder in front. According to the family's caption, Blacky Brandstätter, Franz Handler, Karl Komarek and Harry Pepl are playing; which name belongs to which musician is still open.
Youth band, around 1960/61Photo: musical estate, private collection
Label of the 7-inch single on Rex Roval, number 35-6105, BIEM 35-209: “Olymp (Pepl)”, Die Austrian Evergreens. Copy from the estate; the label name is printed “Roval”, not “Royal”.
Label of the single “Olymp”, 1964Photo: musical estate, private collection
Blue and white sleeve of Rex Roval 35-6105 reading „Der neue Hit Olymp“ [“The new hit Olymp”] and „Die Austrian Evergreens“, copy from the estate.
Sleeve of the single “Olymp”, 1964Photo: musical estate, private collection
Membership card of the Austrian Trade Union Federation, union for the arts and liberal professions (Gewerkschaft Kunst und freie Berufe), musicians' section, for Harald Pepl, born in Vienna on 10 September 1945, profession musician, joined on 1 January 1967, at the age of 21. Signed by the chairman Grohmann and the central secretary Schweinzer. The guitarist Peter Paul Skrepek called the card “a document of its time” on Facebook and Grohmann the founder of OESTIG-LSG, the collecting society of performing musicians.
Union membership card, 1 January 1967Photo: musical estate, private collection
Still from a 1974 ORF television recording, shown on ORF III: Harry Pepl laughing with his guitar at a Heuriger (Viennese wine tavern). According to the family, a rare recording with the painter and singer Arik Brauer, Pepl can be seen from about minute 4; the programme's title and first broadcast date are still being researched. Small image quotation as a reference to the programme.
Harry Pepl as a Heuriger guitarist, ORF 1974Screenshot: ORF III
Black-and-white photo from the family archive, September 1979: Harry Pepl, with curly hair and a full beard, in a denim jacket, plays an acoustic guitar and looks to the side with a smile, with a device with metal rods on the right.
Harry Pepl with acoustic guitar, September 1979Photo: musical estate, private collection
Harry Pepl with his Gibson Les Paul at the Jazzzwio concert with Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, at the Jazzforum Mödling (Lower Austria, Austria) on 2 February 1979. Black-and-white photograph.
Harry Pepl with the Les Paul, Mödling 1979Photo: Erich Petzwinkler
Benny Goodman (left, in a dinner jacket) in conversation with the West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Berlin, November 1980, around the concerts at the Philharmonie. Colour print from the estate.
Benny Goodman and Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Berlin 1980Photo: musical estate, private collection
On the concert evening with Benny Goodman in Berlin, November 1980: Harry Pepl (second from left) laughing in a dinner jacket with three gentlemen whose names have not come down to us.
Harry Pepl in a dinner jacket, Berlin 1980Photo: musical estate, private collection
Badly damaged colour print of a stage scene: a bass player, a seated man in a dinner jacket, a drum kit and, on the right, a guitarist in the spotlight. From left: Peter Witte on double bass, Benny Goodman seated in a dinner jacket and Harry Pepl with the guitar; the drummer is hidden.
Live with Benny Goodman, Berlin 1980Photo: musical estate, private collection
Rehearsal in Berlin: Benny Goodman with clarinet in the foreground, bass and drums behind him, and on the right Harry Pepl with his guitar, looking towards Goodman. From left: Peter Witte on double bass, Benny Goodman with the clarinet, Charly Antolini on drums and Harry Pepl with the guitar.
Rehearsal with Benny Goodman, Berlin, 1980Photo: musical estate, private collection
Rehearsal with Benny Goodman in Berlin, November 1980: on the left Goodman with his clarinet, in the middle Peter Witte on double bass, behind him Charly Antolini on drums and in front Harry Pepl with guitar and leather jacket.
Rehearsal with Benny Goodman, Berlin 1980Photo: musical estate, private collection
Colour print in a passe-partout mount from Berlin, November 1980: the band in rehearsal clothes at the grand piano on the stage of the Philharmonie, from left Don Haas, Harry Pepl, Benny Goodman with his clarinet, Peter “Fifi” Witte and Charly Antolini. Below, Goodman signed the photo for Pepl: “To Harry, a great guitarist, my best, Benny”.
Dedication photo from Benny Goodman: “To Harry, a great guitarist, my best, Benny”, 1980Photo: musical estate, private collection
Rehearsal at the Berlin Philharmonie, November 1980: on the left Don Haas at the grand piano, in the middle Benny Goodman with his clarinet, behind him Peter “Fifi” Witte on double bass and Charly Antolini on drums, front right Harry Pepl with guitar and leather jacket. At the bottom Goodman signed the photo for Pepl in black felt-tip pen: “To Harry, my best, Benny”.
Dedication photo from Benny Goodman: “To Harry, my best, Benny”, Berlin 1980Photo: musical estate, private collection
On stage beneath the “Jazz in Neuwied” banner: Harry Pepl on guitar, Jack DeJohnette on drums and Werner Pirchner on vibraphone. From left: Harry Pepl, Jack DeJohnette and Werner Pirchner.
Jazz in Neuwied, June 1982Photo: musical estate, private collection
Poster of the Graz concert series Jazz M59 (published by the Afro-Asian Institute Graz, editor Heimo Steps) for Austria Drei on Thursday, 1 April 1982, 8 pm, at the Catholic student house Münzgraben in Graz, Austria: Werner Pirchner (vibraphone), Harry Pepl (guitar), Adelhard Roidinger (bass), Mike Di Pasqua (drums).
Austria Drei poster, Graz, 1 April 1982Photo: musical estate, private collection
At the Jazzspelunke in Vienna, 1983: from left Karl Ratzer, Günther Danek, Jack DeJohnette and Harry Pepl.
Jazzspelunke Vienna, 1983Photo: Helmut Danek
Black-and-white photo among gongs, barrels and drums: on the left Harry Pepl with his guitar, in the middle Werner Pirchner at the vibraphone, on the right Steve Swallow on bass guitar, in front percussionists of the Family of Percussion. Probably at the NDR jazz workshop with the Family of Percussion on 21 June 1984 in Hamburg, Germany; names according to the family.
With Werner Pirchner, Steve Swallow and the Family of Percussion, 1984Photo: musical estate, private collection
Poster of the international jazz festival Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw, Poland, 25 to 28 October 1984, as it hung in the home studio in Hernstein, Lower Austria, Austria. According to the family, Pepl performed there in 1984; line-up and programme are not yet documented; probably with Wolfgang Puschnig, possibly also Harry Sokal (the family's assumption, not documented).
Jazz Jamboree 84 poster, Warsaw, 1984Photo: musical estate, private collection
Cover of Jazzlive no. 20 (Austrian jazz magazine), April 1985, with a portrait of the band: Harry Pepl (left), Wolfgang Puschnig, Mike Richmond and Wolfgang Reisinger. Reisinger, “der Reisl”, often came to make music with Pepl in Hernstein, Lower Austria.
Air Mail on the cover of Jazzlive, April 1985Photo: Rainer A. Rygalyk
The management of steirischer herbst (festival of contemporary art in Graz, Austria) confirms Harry Pepl's participation in New York: a presentation of contemporary Austrian art marking the 40th anniversary of Austria's liberation and the 30th anniversary of the State Treaty, with the Austrian Cultural Institute in New York and “The Kitchen” as producer. Type of participation: concert with Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, as “Jazz-Zwio” with a guest, Ohio Theatre, 15 May, 8.30 pm. Addresses blacked out.
Letter from steirischer herbst, 25 March 1985Photo: musical estate, private collection
Harry Pepl on guitar at a concert with Air Mail in Linz, Austria, in February 1985.
Harry Pepl with Air Mail, Linz 1985Photo: Felix Nöbauer
Concert of the steirischer herbst festival in New York on 15 May 1985: on the left Harry Pepl on guitar, in the middle on drums, according to the festival programme, Don Moye, on the right Werner Pirchner on vibraphone.
Jazzzwio at the Ohio Theatre, New York, USA, May 1985Photo: musical estate, private collection
In Linz, Austria, in October 1986: in front Enrico Rava on flugelhorn, behind him Dino Saluzzi on bandoneon (left) and Harry Pepl on guitar (right). The album “Volver” was recorded the same month at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Enrico Rava, Dino Saluzzi and Harry Pepl, Linz 1986Photo: Felix Nöbauer
Harry Pepl seated with his archtop guitar on stage at the Amiens jazz festival, France, in May 1987, in profile, looking towards the music stand.
Harry Pepl in Amiens 1987Photo: Frank Lantiez
Harry Pepl smiling with his archtop guitar on stage at the Amiens jazz festival, France, in May 1987.
Harry Pepl in Amiens 1987Photo: Frank Lantiez
Harry Pepl singing along as he plays, archtop guitar and music stand, Amiens jazz festival, France, May 1987.
Harry Pepl in Amiens 1987Photo: Frank Lantiez
Harry Pepl laughing on stage at the Amiens jazz festival, France, in May 1987, light jacket, looking to the right.
Harry Pepl in Amiens 1987Photo: Frank Lantiez
On a railway platform in France (an SNCF train in the background), with “Mai 1987” handwritten on the print: according to Daniel Pepl, from the left Harry Pepl, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Liebman and Mino Cinelu. In the same month, on 30 May 1987, Michel Portal's group recorded the album “Men's Land” live with them in Amiens, France.
Harry Pepl, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Liebman and Mino Cinelu, France, May 1987Photo: Heimo Steps
Black-and-white photo, taken in Paris, France, in 1987 according to Daniel Pepl: Jack DeJohnette sits with Harry Pepl's Ibanez guitar and holds the neck to his mouth as if about to bite it, like Jimi Hendrix, who sometimes played the guitar with his teeth. Harry Pepl, one hand in his trouser pocket, looks on laughing. In the background an amplifier, a microphone and a music stand with sheet music. In 2014 Daniel Pepl called the scene “jimi dejohnette”. The photographer was Heimo Steps, Pepl's supporter and manager in Graz, Austria. From left: Harry Pepl, Jack DeJohnette.
Jack DeJohnette with Harry Pepl's Ibanez, Jimi Hendrix style, Paris 1987Photo: Heimo Steps
Black-and-white photo, taken in Paris, France, in 1987 according to Daniel Pepl: Jack DeJohnette sits on a stool with Harry Pepl's Ibanez guitar and bends his head over the fingerboard, while Harry Pepl, his glasses hanging on a cord around his neck, stands beside him and laughs. A music stand in the foreground on the left, an amplifier on the right. In 2014 Daniel Pepl captioned it “jimi dejohnette under the benevolent eye of the guitar's owner, paris 1987” (translated from the German). The photographer was Heimo Steps, Pepl's supporter and manager in Graz, Austria. In those years Pepl and DeJohnette played together in the group of the French clarinettist and saxophonist Michel Portal. From left: Harry Pepl, Jack DeJohnette.
Jack DeJohnette tries out Harry Pepl's Ibanez, Paris 1987Photo: Heimo Steps
Stage at the Amiens jazz festival, France, May 1987: in front two saxophonists and the double bass, seated on the left Harry Pepl with his guitar. From left: Harry Pepl, Dave Liebman, Michel Portal with the alto saxophone and Jean-François Jenny-Clark on double bass. Names as given by the photographer Frank Lantiez, matching the line-up of “Men's Land”, the live album recorded at the same festival.
Michel Portal's group in Amiens 1987Photo: Frank Lantiez
The whole stage at the Amiens jazz festival, France, May 1987: on the left Harry Pepl, two saxophones and double bass, on the right drums and percussion, in front a France Inter banner. From left: Harry Pepl, Dave Liebman, Michel Portal, Jean-François Jenny-Clark on double bass, Jack DeJohnette on drums and Mino Cinelu on percussion. Names as given by the photographer Frank Lantiez, matching the line-up of “Men's Land”, the live album recorded at the same festival.
Michel Portal's group in Amiens 1987Photo: Frank Lantiez
Amiens jazz festival, France, May 1987: seated on the left Harry Pepl with his guitar, next to him two saxophonists and the double bass. From left: Harry Pepl, Dave Liebman, Michel Portal with the alto saxophone and Jean-François Jenny-Clark on double bass. Names as given by the photographer Frank Lantiez, matching the line-up of “Men's Land”, the live album recorded at the same festival.
Michel Portal's group in Amiens 1987Photo: Frank Lantiez
Amiens jazz festival, France, May 1987: Harry Pepl seated with his guitar, in front of him two horn players, behind them the double bass. From left: Harry Pepl, Dave Liebman with the soprano saxophone, Michel Portal with the alto saxophone and Jean-François Jenny-Clark on double bass. Names as given by the photographer Frank Lantiez, matching the line-up of “Men's Land”, the live album recorded at the same festival.
Michel Portal's group in Amiens 1987Photo: Frank Lantiez
Amiens jazz festival, France, May 1987: Harry Pepl smiling with his guitar, next to him two horn players and the double bass. From left: Harry Pepl, Dave Liebman with the soprano saxophone, Michel Portal with the alto saxophone and Jean-François Jenny-Clark on double bass. Names as given by the photographer Frank Lantiez, matching the line-up of “Men's Land”, the live album recorded at the same festival.
Michel Portal's group in Amiens 1987Photo: Frank Lantiez
Private black-and-white photo, 1987 or 1988: Harry Pepl laughing with his wife Friederike and his son Daniel as a child, by a road in the countryside. Published with the permission of Daniel Pepl. From left: Friederike Pepl, Daniel Pepl and Harry Pepl.
With the family, 1987 or 1988Photo: musical estate, private collection
Green poster of the Szene Wien (Hauffgasse 26, Vienna-Simmering, Austria) for the concert by Harry Pepl, Herbert Joos and Jon Christensen on Saturday, 16 April, 8 pm, referring to the LP “Cracked Mirror” on ECM. The year is not on the poster; judging by the weekday and the tour, probably 1988.
Szene Wien poster: Pepl, Joos, Christensen, 1988Photo: musical estate, private collection
Contact sheet with three shots from a recording room: a man at the Bösendorfer grand piano, his head resting on his hand, with microphone stands in the background.
Bösendorfer project 1989, contact sheetPhoto: David Liebmann
Dave Liebman (left) and Harry Pepl, 1989.
Dave Liebman and Harry Pepl, 1989Photo: musical estate, private collection
Harry Pepl sits on a chair with his guitar, behind him a rack of effects units and an amplifier, in front of him an effects board on the carpet; on the left in the foreground, partly cut off, another person. Teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG), Austria (information from Daniel Pepl, 19 October 2026). The photo appeared in Martin Schaberl’s master’s thesis on Wolfgang Muthspiel (KUG, 2004, p. 165).
Harry Pepl teaching, August 1992Photo: Martin Schaberl
Colour photo from the cover of the solo piano album “Flow” (PAO Records, 1996): Harry Pepl at the Steinway grand in the Brahms Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria, home of the Vienna Philharmonic, his right arm resting on the case, his left hand on the keys, with golden columns, chandeliers and rows of seats behind him. This is where he recorded the album in a single take on Sunday, 10 March 1996. According to the family, the photographer was Peter Schramek, at the time the photographer of the Vienna Musikverein, whom the booklet credits with the photo on the back page.
At the Steinway in the Brahms Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, 1996Cover: PAO Records
Colour photo with a 2001 date stamp: Harry Pepl and Karl Ratzer (in a beret) arm in arm, a reporter's microphone on the right. According to the family, from the time when Ratzer applied for the professorship of jazz guitar at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz; he taught there as a guest lecturer from 1999 to 2003. On the left Harry Pepl, on the right Karl Ratzer.
Harry Pepl and Karl Ratzer, 2001Photo: musical estate, private collection
Black-and-white photo from the rehearsal for the “Habanero Slideshow” at the Salzburger Jazzherbst (jazz festival in Salzburg, Austria) in November 2004. The show by Rainer Rygalyk and Harry Pepl was the first to bring music of the Lonely Single Swinger Band to the stage with live musicians, in 2004. Harry Pepl (right) explains his music and his concepts to the young jazz musicians Lorenz Raab (trumpet, left), Wolfgang Schiftner (saxophone, centre) and Clemens Salesny (back). Salesny later became the central figure of the live performances of this music. Names according to the caption on the former harrypepl.com website. From left: Lorenz Raab, Wolfgang Schiftner, Clemens Salesny and Harry Pepl.
Harry Pepl explains his music: rehearsal at the Salzburger Jazzherbst 2004Photo: Rainer Rygalyk
Black-and-white group picture: three male musicians and one female musician stand side by side in front of a white wall on paving stones and look into the camera. From left: Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Peter Primus Frosch and Agnes Heginger.
The quartet at the white wall, 2015Photo: Manulli by Ania Radziszewska
Black-and-white group picture: four musicians lean side by side against a white wall; to their left stands Harry Pepl as a pale, composited figure (according to the cover of the double CD). From left: Harry Pepl (superimposed), Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Peter Primus Frosch and Agnes Heginger.
The quartet with Harry Pepl as a superimposed figure, 2015Photo: Manulli by Ania Radziszewska
Colour photo: four men stand in an attic with old wooden beams and brick walls, dark clothing, serious bearing, raking light from the left. From left: Andreas Schreiber (violin), Martin Bayer (guitar), Clemens Salesny (saxophone) and Valentin Duit (drums).
The band in the attic, group picture, 2018Photo: Maria Frodl
Colour photo in portrait format: four men stand in an attic beneath wooden beams, with a brick wall and a lamp in the background. From left: Andreas Schreiber (violin), Martin Bayer (guitar), Clemens Salesny (saxophone) and Valentin Duit (drums).
The band in the attic, portrait format, 2018Photo: Maria Frodl
Colour photo: four men in dark clothing stand between the beams of an attic in front of a brick wall, the one on the left in profile, the others looking into the camera. From left: Andreas Schreiber (violin), Martin Bayer (guitar), Clemens Salesny (saxophone) and Valentin Duit (drums).
The band between the wooden beams of an attic, 2018Photo: Maria Frodl
Colour photo: four men stand side by side between the beams of an attic in front of a brick wall, the one on the left in profile, wearing a cap, the others looking into the camera. From left: Andreas Schreiber (violin), Martin Bayer (guitar), Clemens Salesny (saxophone) and Valentin Duit (drums).
The band between the wooden beams, second picture, 2018Photo: Maria Frodl
In the studio of Ö1 (ORF's cultural radio station) in 2025, for Harry Pepl's 80th birthday and the album “Live”: Ö1 jazz presenter Christian Bakonyi with Daniel Pepl, Clemens Salesny and Martin Bayer. At the back on the right Clemens Salesny, in front on the right Martin Bayer.
In the Ö1 studio, 2025Photo: privat
Folded advertising leaflet from the Viennese string maker Thomastik-Infeld for its guitar strings “Rock & Soul Strings” (Electric Guitar, Super Light), with a photo of Harry Pepl in a peaked cap playing a jazz guitar. The text calls him the “meteoric riser among European jazz guitarists” and quotes Pepl below. At the bottom begins the page of the guitarist Gerd Bienert.
Thomastik-Infeld advertisement with Harry Pepl, 1980sAnzeige: Thomastik-Infeld, Vienna; übermittelt von Lisi Perner
Group picture of the ORF Big Band (big band of Austria's public broadcaster) with eighteen musicians in front of the ORF logo and large architectural pictures, 1970s. Harry Pepl was the band's guitarist and soloist from 1971 to 1977; the names of those pictured are not recorded.
The ORF Big Band, 1970sPhoto: musical estate, private collection
On the stage of a jazz club in Vienna, Austria, according to Daniel Pepl probably the Jazzland near Schwedenplatz (Franz-Josefs-Kai, since 1972): on the left the American trombonist Frank Rosolino, in the middle Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, on the right Harry Pepl with his guitar. Rosolino died in November 1978, so the photo was taken between 1975, when Pepl and Pirchner began working together, and 1978. Werner Pirchner's chronology lists Rosolino among the musicians he played with.
Frank Rosolino, Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl in a Vienna jazz clubPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Harry Pepl on the jazz guitar, completely absorbed in the music, next to him a Roland rack. Shirt and guitar match Felix Nöbauer’s photo of the concert with Air Mail in Linz, Austria, in February 1985.
Harry Pepl on guitar, 1980sPhoto: Felix Nöbauer
Black-and-white photo taken from the stage: Harry Pepl looks over his shoulder into the camera, with an empty hall, a television camera and spotlights behind him.
Harry Pepl on stage, looking backPhoto: Ralf Quinke
Black-and-white photo: Harry Pepl sits in his home studio with an Ibanez semi-hollow electric guitar and looks at the fingerboard with a smile; behind him shelves with archive boxes, a pair of headphones on a hook, a tape recorder on the left.
Harry Pepl in the home studio with an Ibanez guitarPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Compilation from the estate: at the top the double page “Harry Pepl (Gitarre)” from the Austrian jazz magazine Jazzlive with two photos; bottom left a cover featuring Pepl (“Portrait: Harry Pepl”, together with Mathias Rüegg, the Swiss-born composer and founder of the Vienna Art Orchestra, and the Vienna Art Orchestra, the Saalfelden programme and festival reports from Wiesen and Nickelsdorf); bottom right cover no. 20 of April 1985 with Air Mail. The issue number and year of the portrait are not legible; the performances in the text point to the mid-1980s. According to Daniel Pepl there are two Jazzlive covers featuring Pepl (once alone, once with Air Mail); the issue number of the first is still open.
Harry Pepl in Jazzlive magazine: portrait and two coversZeitschrift Jazzlive; Titelfoto Air Mail: Rainer A. Rygalyk
Black-and-white photo: the young Harry Pepl, still without a beard, with long hair and guitar, looking down at the fretboard.
Harry Pepl as a young manPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Colour photo: Harry Pepl, with a grey beard and a dark top, sits in his recording studio among wooden shelves, headphones and studio equipment, raises his thumb and looks to the side; at the bottom of the picture, the neck of an electric guitar.
Harry Pepl in his home studio in HernsteinPhoto: Andrea Wogowitsch
Sepia print: the young, full-bearded Harry Pepl plays acoustic guitar in a small club, posters on the wall, the heads of the audience in the foreground. The year and place are not recorded.
Harry Pepl with an acoustic guitar in a club, early photoPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Black-and-white photo: Harry Pepl, wearing a denim waistcoat, sits playing an acoustic guitar fitted with a pickup, his gaze on the strings, his fretting hand blurred by the movement.
Harry Pepl with an acoustic guitar, 1980sPhoto: Rainer Rygalyk
Black-and-white portrait: Harry Pepl sits with a jazz guitar in his arms and looks into the camera; on the wall, the poster of a concert with Mike Richmond and Wolfgang Reisinger in Linz („Montag, 14. Mai“ [“Monday, 14 May”]), an effects unit on the right.
Harry Pepl with an archtop guitarPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Black-and-white full-length portrait against a white background: Harry Pepl, in a black leather jacket and dark trousers, leans with folded arms on a guitar case and looks seriously into the camera.
Harry Pepl with a guitar case, studio portraitPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Black-and-white studio portrait against a white background: Harry Pepl sits on a bentwood chair in a black leather jacket, his arms resting on a steel-string acoustic guitar, and looks into the camera with a slight smile.
Harry Pepl with a steel-string acoustic guitar, studio portraitPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Black-and-white photo from the 1970s: Harry Pepl with an acoustic guitar and Fritz Ozmec at the drums, in front another musician bent over the keys. According to the family, they were jamming before a show with Peter Alexander, the most popular German-language entertainer of the post-war era. On the left Harry Pepl, on the right Fritz Ozmec on drums; the musician at the keyboard in front is unknown.
Harry Pepl and Fritz Ozmec before a show with Peter AlexanderPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Black-and-white photo in the home studio in Hernstein, Lower Austria, Austria: Harry Pepl and the photographer Rainer Rygalyk (right, wearing a cap) between mixing desk, screen, keyboard and shelves full of tapes and cassettes. This is the studio in which Pepl recorded his real-time compositions and the recordings of the Lonely Single Swinger Band. On the left Harry Pepl, on the right Rainer Rygalyk.
Harry Pepl and Rainer Rygalyk in the Hernstein home studioPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Black-and-white portrait of Harry Pepl in coarse newspaper halftone, hand on his chin.
Harry Pepl, halftone portraitPhoto: musical estate, private collection
The 1954 Gibson Les Paul in its case: sunburst finish with clear signs of playing, two P-90 pickups, cream pickguard. The guitar previously belonged to Lou Reed.
Harry Pepl's 1954 Gibson Les PaulPhoto: Daniel Pepl
The guitarist Andi Lechner with Harry Pepl's 1954 Gibson Les Paul, which previously belonged to Lou Reed. Daniel Pepl lent the guitar out for recordings.
Harry Pepl's 1954 Les PaulPhoto: privat
Sepia photo from the time in France, 1986 or 1987: Jack DeJohnette sits with Harry Pepl's Ibanez guitar and holds it like a left-hander, Harry Pepl stands next to him and watches. At the time, Pepl and DeJohnette were playing with Michel Portal. On the left Harry Pepl, on the right Jack DeJohnette.
Jack DeJohnette with Harry Pepl's Ibanez guitarPhoto: musical estate, private collection
The Jazzzwio photographed from above: Werner Pirchner on vibraphone, Harry Pepl in front on his Gibson Les Paul, both absorbed in playing; place and year are not recorded, probably the 1980s. In front on the left Harry Pepl, behind him Werner Pirchner; the person seated at the back is unknown.
Jazzzwio live, 1980sPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Black-and-white photo from the 1970s: Peter Alexander, the most popular German-language entertainer of the post-war era, plays the piano on stage in front of empty rows of chairs; blurred in the foreground on the right, Harry Pepl with his guitar. According to the family, the musicians were jamming before a show.
Peter Alexander at the piano, jam before a showPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Black-and-white photo from the 1970s: on the left at the keyboards Peter Alexander, the most popular German-language entertainer of the post-war era, in the middle Harry Pepl with an acoustic guitar, on the right Fritz Ozmec laughing at the drums. According to the family, a jam session before a show.
Peter Alexander, Harry Pepl and Fritz Ozmec jammingPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Colour photo, early 1990s: Ronnie Burrage at the drums and John Purcell on saxophone at a rehearsal in the home studio in Hernstein, Lower Austria, Austria; on the wall the poster of the trio Pepl, Joos, Christensen and an accordion. On the left Ronnie Burrage on drums, on the right John Purcell on saxophone.
Rehearsal in the home studio: Ronnie Burrage and John PurcellPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Colour photo, early 1990s: Ronnie Burrage (left) jokingly holds his hand over Harry Pepl's mouth, John Purcell on the right; cork wall, shelves with tapes and equipment in the home studio in Hernstein, Lower Austria. From left: Ronnie Burrage, Harry Pepl and John Purcell.
Ronnie Burrage, Harry Pepl and John Purcell in the home studioPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Colour photo, early 1990s: Ronnie Burrage, Harry Pepl and John Purcell laugh into the camera in the home studio in Hernstein, Lower Austria, Austria. From left: Ronnie Burrage, Harry Pepl and John Purcell.
Ronnie Burrage, Harry Pepl and John Purcell, laughingPhoto: musical estate, private collection
Black-and-white photo of the Austrian Evergreens, the band with which Pepl recorded singles in 1962 and 1964: five musicians in light-coloured suits with dark lapels stand in a square, with a saxophone, two guitars and a drum kit, trees behind them; Harry Pepl with guitar.
The Austrian Evergreens with Harry PeplPhoto: H. H. Schweger
Werner Pirchner (left) and Harry Pepl sit smiling on the grass at the Alte Donau (Old Danube) in Vienna, Austria, Pirchner in front of the resonator tubes of a vibraphone, Pepl with his guitar case; taken in the 1970s (according to Daniel Pepl). Small print from the estate.
Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl at the Alte Donau, ViennaPhoto: Stella Pirchner
Outdoors in front of mountains and a village church, probably in Tyrol, Austria: Werner Pirchner plays the vibraphone, Harry Pepl the guitar, with a flock of sheep crowding in the foreground. 1970s. According to Daniel Pepl, the photo was taken by Werner Pirchner's brother. On the left Werner Pirchner at the vibraphone, on the right Harry Pepl with the guitar.
Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl among sheep, probably in TyrolPhoto: Herbert Pirchner (vermutlich)
Black-and-white photo: Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, Jack DeJohnette and Harry Pepl arm in arm, all three smiling into the camera. From left: Werner Pirchner, Jack DeJohnette and Harry Pepl.
Werner Pirchner, Jack DeJohnette and Harry PeplPhoto: musical estate, private collection

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