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What was written and broadcast about Harry Pepl: reviews, portraits, interviews and obituaries, with summary and source. The originals are protected by copyright and kept in the archive; we provide them to researchers and the press on request.
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4 October 2023 · Report · DE
NÖN Niederösterreichische Nachrichten (p. 94): „Legende Harry Pepl zurück auf Bühne“
Franz Pfeffer
Report with photo on the Single Swinger Band’s performance at the Open Inn Door Day on Saturday, 30 September 2023, in the sparkasse.event.raum of the Syrnau cultural association in Zwettl, admission free. The quartet played with previously unreleased recordings; the picture shows the hosts Michaela and Erwin Schierhuber with Clemens Salesny, Valentin Duit, the sound engineer Markus Wallner and Andi Schreiber.
the world-class Austrian composer and jazz guitarist who died in 2005 returned to the stage
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23 June 2021 · Report · DE
MeinBezirk Kärnten (p. 36, Top-Tipps der Woche): „Harry Pepl (tape) & Band“
Preview of the concert by Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band on Saturday, 26 June 2021, at the Bambergsaal in Villach (8 pm according to MeinBezirk, 7.30 pm according to the Kleine Zeitung and ORF Teletext). The quartet around Clemens Salesny plays with unreleased recordings from Pepl’s last creative period (1996 to 2005); because of the Covid restrictions 110 listeners were admitted. Recordings from this evening appear on the album “Live”.
the world-class Austrian composer and jazz guitarist who died in 2005
If you close your eyes, it is almost as if Harry Pepl were still on stage
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12 May 2016 · Report · DE
Der Standard (Online): „Inntöne-Festival: Session mit der Historie“
Preview of the INNtöne festival (jazz festival in Diersbach, Upper Austria). The saxophonist Clemens Salesny, the guitarist Martin Bayer, the drummer Peter Primus Frosch and the singer Agnes Heginger interpret pieces by Harry Pepl on the Saturday, improvise on them and respond to recordings that Pepl improvised for his Lonely Single Swinger Band: guitar, synthesizer, piano, vocals and drums, all recorded by himself at home. Der Standard calls this a formidable example of an engagement with history that yields “delicate results”.
There are, however, ways of engaging with history that yield delicate results. A formidable example can be experienced on Saturday at the Inntöne festival in Diersbach (which begins on Friday), when sounds by the guitarist Harry Pepl (who died in 2005) also ring out from the stage.
Guitar, synthesizer, piano, vocals, drums: Pepl once recorded everything himself at home.
Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Peter Primus Frosch and Agnes Heginger interpret Harry Pepl
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22 October 2015 · Report · DE
Kronen Zeitung (Styria): „Die Würdigung einer Vielseitigen“
Martin Gasser
Preview of the 24th Austrian Soundcheck: Viola Falb receives the fifth Harry Pepl Prize, and a homage to Pepl is to premiere on 13 November. Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Peter Primus Frosch and Agnes Heginger approach the late recordings that Pepl had made single-handedly in his studio in Lower Austria as “Harry Pepl's Lonely Single Swinger Band”.
Harry Pepl was a guitarist the like of whom this country has perhaps never produced a second time.
In his recording studio in Lower Austria the musician had recorded pieces single-handedly as “Harry Pepl’s Lonely Single Swinger Band”. With drums, guitar, piano, synthesizer and voice he created, as it were, inner dialogues.
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8 November 2013 · Report · DE
Kronen Zeitung (Styria): „Junge Österreicher, alte Damen“
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Preview of the 22nd Austrian Soundcheck in Graz: the prize named after Harry Pepl goes to the saxophonist Clemens Salesny (grant of 4,000 euros), who plays at the saxophone evening “Super Sax!” on 22 November.
Harry Pepl was one of the outstanding figures in Austrian jazz.
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4 August 2009 · Report · DE
Vorarlberger Nachrichten (Seite D4, Wohin): „Blue Brass“ (Tipp zu Paul Zauner in Bezau)
Event tip for Paul Zauner’s Blue Brass on the village square in Bezau (Vorarlberg, Austria); the trombonist is introduced as a former band member of David Murray and Pepl.
With his trombone he served greats such as David Murray or the brilliant Harry Pepl
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20 November 2006 · Report · DE
Kronen Zeitung (p. 34): „Alter Mut auf neuen Wegen“ (1. Harry-Pepl-Preis geht an Wolfgang Schiftner)
Matthias Wagner
Report on the closing night of the 14th Austrian Soundcheck at the M59 in Graz: the JazzWerkstatt Wien played two sets as a “Tribute to Harry Pepl”, first Clemens Wenger on MIDI keyboard, then the prize-winner Wolfgang Schiftner with Clemens Salesny and colleagues. Gerhard Kosel of gamsbART explained the criteria of the prize, which comes with the obligation to work on Pepl’s legacy.
above all an innovative way of working musically, the courage to leave one’s own traces
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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.