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23 September 2022 · Encyclopaedia
ZOTZin Guitar Lessons (Online): „The Most Complete List of Jazz Guitarists“
Extensive list of jazz guitarists on the website of an American guitar school, published in 2022 and last updated on 29 March 2026. Harry Pepl appears as number 741, described as the godfather of all Austrian jazz guitarists and a legend.
The godfather of all Austrian jazz guitar players, a legend
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23 July 2022 · Radio · DE
Ö1 (Sendungsseite auf orf.at): „„Keks“ revisited“
Feature on the trombonist Erich Kleinschuster and the radio recordings of his sextet from 1968 to 1971, which the jazz historian Klaus Schulz released on two double CDs in 2005 and 2007. The Erich Kleinschuster Sextet, founded in 1966, is described as the flagship of Austrian jazz; its changing line-up included Karl Drewo, Fritz Pauer, Harry Pepl, Art Farmer, Benny Bailey and Jimmy Woode.
An all-star ensemble that served as the flagship of Austrian jazz for roughly the next 15 years
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10 June 2022 · Radio · DE
Ö1, Spielräume (Sendungsseite auf orf.at): „Nachruf auf Wolfgang Reisinger“
Andreas Felber (Gestaltung)
Programme on the death of the drummer Wolfgang Reisinger, who died unexpectedly in Vienna on Wednesday, 8 June 2022. Felber calls him Austria’s most internationally renowned jazz drummer and recalls his ensembles of the 1980s, among them Air Mail with Harry Pepl and Wolfgang Puschnig, the Vienna Art Orchestra and his work in France.
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28 January 2022 · Interview
The San Diego Union-Tribune (Online): „Austrian jazz guitar star Wolfgang Muthspiel jazzed about pending San Diego debut concert“
George Varga
Interview with Wolfgang Muthspiel ahead of his first concert in San Diego. Asked about Austrian role models, he names, besides Joe Zawinul, his teacher Harry Pepl: an important guitarist with a sound of his own, a heavy player with a great sense of time, to him an international figure with his own voice.
There was also an important guitar player by the name of Harry Pepl, who was my teacher. He had a unique sound and was a heavy player, with a great sense of time.
Wolfgang Muthspiel
I think he was an international figure and definitely had his own voice.
Wolfgang Muthspiel