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30 November 2019 · Portrait · DE
Passauer Neue Presse: „Viel Gefühl und positive Energie“
Portrait of the trombonist Paul Zauner on his 60th birthday. Asked about the people who shaped him most as a musician, he names Harry Pepl second after David Murray, one of the great three of the older generation.
He is one of the great three of the older generation. I admire his openness in music, the mix of the concrete and the non-concrete, and the blur that is exciting in any art.
Paul Zauner
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20 March 2019 · Portrait · DE
Der Standard: „Miniopern zwischen Schwermut und Freiheit“
Ljubiša Tošić
Portrait of the singer and composer Elfi Aichinger on her album “Core”: besides New York greats, local musicians such as Fritz Pauer, Uli Scherer, Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner helped her break out of classical music. Online as early as 19 March 2019.
Local greats such as Fritz Pauer, Uli Scherer, Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner also helped her break out.
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10 September 2018 · Portrait · DE
wienerzeitung.at: „Begnadeter Harry Pepl“
Short portrait for his birthday on 10 September: musical influences in the family (opera, Count Basie, Schrammel music), first engagements with Harald Neuwirth and Erich Kleinschuster's sextet, the ORF Big Band, fame through the Pirchner-Pepl JazzZwio, performances with Benny Goodman, Dave Holland, Wolfgang Puschnig and Dino Saluzzi and at festivals in Montreux, Berlin and Saalfelden. As students the text names Wolfgang Muthspiel, Peter Havlicek and Guido Jeszenszky.
a gifted guitarist and an exceptional phenomenon
Otto Kolleritsch
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1 October 2017 · Portrait · DE
Kleine Zeitung: „Akustischer Maßanzug für Ö 1“
Michael Tschida
Portrait of Christian Muthspiel, who created the new Ö1 station signations, replacing Werner Pirchner's miniatures. Among his sure-footed border crossings the Kleine Zeitung counts the trio arrangements of pieces by the mavericks he admires, Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner; the same text appeared on kleinezeitung.at.
trio arrangements of pieces by the mavericks he admires, Harry Pepl & Werner Pirchner
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5 January 2011 · Portrait · DE
Kurier: „Jazz mit Herz, Witz und Bauchgefühl“
Werner Rosenberger
Portrait of Wolfgang Puschnig ahead of his project “For The Love Of It” at the Vienna Konzerthaus. Besides his work with Linda Sharrock, the Kurier calls his projects with Harry Pepl in Air Mail legendary; the same text appeared on kurier.at.
Legendary, too, his collaboration with the singer Linda Sharrock or his projects with Harry Pepl (“Air Mail”).
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22 November 2010 · Portrait · DE
Kleine Zeitung: „Freigeist an den Tasten“
Otmar Klammer
Portrait of the Graz pianist Stefan Heckel on the day he receives the third Harry Pepl Prize (Monday, 22 November 2010, Orpheum Graz, closing night of the Austrian Soundcheck). The award of 4,000 euros from gamsbART (Graz concert promoter) launches Heckel's doctoral thesis on Pepl's work; at the end Daniel Riegler and Matthias Muche play a “Tribute to Harry Pepl”.
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.
Between jazz, ethnic and Alpine music, musical freedom is always at the centre of the creative process for Heckel, as it was for Pepl.
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14 July 2010 · Portrait · DE
Falter: „Durchs weite Land, Gitarre in der Hand“
Portrait of the guitarist Martin Siewert. The Falter (Vienna weekly) describes him as a jazz guitarist trained in Graz “by the legendary Harry Pepl”; Siewert himself says of his teacher that he was just about the only fantastic thing about Graz.
he was just about the only fantastic thing about Graz
Martin Siewert
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6 May 2010 · Portrait · DE
mica – music austria (Online): „Porträt: Wolfgang Reisinger“
Portrait of the drummer Wolfgang Reisinger at mica – music austria (Austria’s music information centre). Besides Part Of Art, he names Air Mail with Wolfgang Puschnig, Mike Richmond and Harry Pepl as the second important band of his own during his time in the Vienna Art Orchestra. Pepl, he says, was the first of the great musicians from whom he could learn a lot, “a real genius”. He recounts how John Scofield called out “I’ll kill you!” to Pepl as they changed over on stage, and mentions tapes of a live performance that are almost better than the two studio albums.
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 definitely Harry Pepl. He was a real genius and a great guitarist, with an energy and seriousness that showed you where things could go.
Wolfgang Reisinger
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 the little experiences you don’t forget. That really was a totally hot band back then.
Wolfgang Reisinger