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10 February 1989 · Review · PT
Diário de Lisboa: „Músicas alternativas: Guitarras“
Rui Eduardo Paes
One-page round-up review of new guitar records in the arts section of the Lisbon daily, ranging from Henry Kaiser and Sonny Sharrock to Bill Frisell, John Abercrombie and Steve Tibbetts. Under the subheading “Das surpresas aos desrespeitos” (from surprises to disrespect), Rui Eduardo Paes presents, alongside Tibbetts’ “Yr”, Harry Pepl, another surprise guitarist of ECM, the renowned European jazz label, with “Cracked Mirrors” (Herbert Joos on flugelhorn, Jon Christensen on drums). He expressly recommends both records.
But Harry Pepl, another of the house’s surprise guitarists, is also here with “Cracked Mirrors”
his particularities and tightly woven details. Two records not to be passed over.
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22 April 1988 · Review · DE
daily newspaper (title not preserved): „Glanzvolle Dreieinigkeit“
Robert Urman
Review of the concert at the Posthof in Linz: the new trinity around Harry Pepl with Herbert Joos and Jon Christensen. Urman describes breathtaking string artistry, birdsong and synthetic flute sounds, lovingly coloured poetry down to a hint of Gil Evans, and an electronically generated fullness of sound on an orchestral scale. On the day of publication, a Friday, the trio was still playing at the Hotel Mader in Katsdorf.
Gems of contemporary jazz, wittily crafted by a top-class trio
The three offered breathtaking string artistry, virtuosically realised visions of wilful electronic mobilisation
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April 1988 · Review · DE
daily newspaper (title not preserved): „Versierte Gefährten“ (Musikantendreieck der Extraklasse im Posthof)
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Concert review of the appearance of Harry Pepl with Jon Christensen and Herbert Joos at the Posthof in Linz on 20 April 1988. The author praises the intensity, sensuality and sharpness of the compositions, the compellingly played solos and the astonishing use of electronics, and announces the trio’s forthcoming ECM (the renowned European jazz label) record. With a photo by Nöbauer.
Austrian jazz’s guitar great, of a standing that helps to set the tone not only in Europe
Harry Pepl brings electronics into play in an astonishing way.