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Harry Pepl * 1945  † 2005

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  1. 15 March 2006 · Report · DE

    APA-Basisdienst (APA0260, culture): „Starke Töne: JazzWerkstatt Wien lädt wieder zum Festival ins WUK“

    APA (initials leh/aku)

    Preview of the second festival of the JazzWerkstatt Wien at the WUK in Vienna from 16 March to 8 April 2006. The evening of 19 March is dedicated to the memory of Harry Pepl and Bumi Fian, with guests such as Wolfgang Puschnig, Wolfgang Reisinger and Raphael Preuschl.

  2. 2006 · Obituary · DE

    Jazzzeitung (p. 6): „Ciao Habanero“ (Harry Pepl 1945 bis 2005)

    Rainer Rygalyk

    Personal obituary by the jazz photographer Rainer Rygalyk. Wolfgang Puschnig and Wolfgang Reisinger recall the years with Air Mail; Rygalyk describes Pepl’s last major public appearance in 2004 at the Jazz Festival in Salzburg, with playback of eight Composings and live musicians in front of his pictures.

    He is the European jazz guitarist par excellence.

    I simply learned his musical language.

    Wolfgang Puschnig

    It was an extreme pull. Suddenly playing with someone who stands up there, two floors above us, steps on the gas so confidently and carries everything along with him.

    Wolfgang Reisinger

    To me he was a Franz Schubert kind of guy: incredibly beautiful songs, but of the highest quality, and the next moment completely bizarre and jagged.

    The drummer Wolfgang Reisinger. “Schubert Franzl” is the affectionate Viennese way of referring to Franz Schubert (1797 to 1828), the Viennese composer celebrated for his songs

    Wolfgang Reisinger