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Harry Pepl * 1945  † 2005
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  1. 5 February 2024 · Portrait

    European Jazz Masters Of The Past (Blog): „European Jazz Masters Of The Past #2: Harry Pepl“

    Wulf Müller

    Detailed biographical essay by the former producer at PolyGram Austria and co-founder of “Jazz Live”, with photographs from the family collection. Müller first met Pepl in 1984 at an Air Mail concert in Vienna. He describes the Jazzzwio and the time with Benny Goodman, the making of the “Schönberg Improvations”, whose idea Pepl brought to his office, and the solo piano record “Flow” from 1996, recorded without corrections. Some biographical details, such as his birth and the start of his teaching in Graz, differ from the documented sources.

    a very humble, charismatic and private person with a great sense of humour. Someone who was constantly looking for new ideas

    While Harry was building his reputation as one of Europe’s most interesting and unique guitarists

    He swings like hell

    Harry Pepl on Benny Goodman

    Musically, I still find this album exciting, challenging and powerful.

    Harry sat down at the piano, which he never really learned to play, nor practised, and plays, let’s the music flow through him.

    After a few moments I don’t feel time anymore. An emotion of happiness floats through me and the sounds stream on their own

    Harry Pepl

    the most spectacular record of one of the most original guitar players of European Jazz in those years

    Andreas Felber

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  2. February 2009 · Portrait · DE

    Concerto (2/2009, p. 44): „Jazzzwio – ein markanter Name – bis heute“ (CD/DVD-Tipp „Live in Concerts“)

    Thomas Hein

    Report on the reissue of the Montreux recording together with the video, the preparation of which ran between summer 2007 and autumn 2008. Daniel Pepl describes the home studio in the cellar in Hernstein, the rescue of the tapes and the plan to make his father’s complete work accessible.

    While I try to be innovative within a framework, within a style, Harry always tried to cross the set boundaries and then go further.

    Daniel Pepl

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