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15 August 2001 · Report · DE
Falter (p. 49, culture): „Leben nach dem Tod“ (Werner Pirchner, 1940 bis 2001)
Obituary of Werner Pirchner. It pays tribute to the Jazzzwio with Pepl as a duo successful far beyond Austria, with appearances at the festivals in Berlin and Montreux, duo records, a recording with Jack DeJohnette and the quartet Austria Drei with Adelhard Roidinger.
Above all, however, he formed with the guitarist Harry Pepl the “Jazz-Zwio”, which was successful far beyond Austria’s borders.
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24 December 1996 · Report · DE
Wiener Zeitung (p. 4, column „Jazzignal“): „Swinging Christmas!“
Christian Rösner
Christmas survey among Austrian jazz musicians about their music for Christmas Eve, among them Peter Legat, Andy Manndorff, Harry Sokal, Art Farmer and Christian Muthspiel. The „Supergitarrero“ [“super guitarist”] Pepl spontaneously answers “Silent Night” and also names Sting, Jack DeJohnette, Weather Report and classical music.
What do I listen to at Christmas? Well, Silent Night!
His spontaneous answer to a Christmas survey of jazz musicians by the Wiener Zeitung, a Vienna daily, in 1996; he also named Sting, Jack DeJohnette, Weather Report and classical music
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26 July 1994 · Report · DE
Kronen Zeitung (p. 18): „Musikalischer Grenzgänger lehrt an ‚NÖ Jazzakademie‘“
initials „D. S.“
Preview of the sixth Lower Austrian Jazz Academy at Zeillern Castle (31 July to 6 August 1994), a further-training seminar for aspiring professional musicians. Pepl is introduced as the most prominent teacher; with his quartet he plays the opening concert on Sunday, 31 July, at 9 pm.
Guitarist and composer Harry Pepl is regarded as a musical border-crosser and has played with jazz greats such as Benny Goodman, Dave Holland, Dave Liebman and Jack DeJohnette.
The top-class musician will also play the opening concert with his quartet on 31 July from 9 p.m.
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16 June 1987 · Report · DE
APA-Basisdienst (Austria Presse Agentur), Rubrik APA JAZZ NEWS: „Erfolg für Harry Pepl in Frankreich“
initials „hmf/fwi“
Short report from Paris: Pepl was successful at several concerts in France, including sessions with Jack DeJohnette and Dave Liebman in Paris. Praise came from the guitarist John Abercrombie; several record productions were in preparation, among them an album with Herbert Joos.
There was praise, too, from a prominent colleague, the guitarist John Abercrombie.
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7 April 1987 · Report · DE
APA-Basisdienst (Austria Presse Agentur), Rubrik APA JAZZ NEWS: „Jazz-Splitter“
initials „hmf/fwi“
Short report: Pepl had been in the studio with the trumpeter and flugelhorn player Herbert Joos (the result became “Cracked Mirrors”), sessions in France with Jack DeJohnette, Michel Portal and Mino Cinelu would follow in May, and a trio record with DeJohnette and Dave Holland was in preparation. Pepl is introduced as guitar professor at the jazz department of the Graz music academy (today the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz).
A trio record with Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland is in preparation.
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25 February 1986 · Report · DE
APA-Basisdienst (Austria Presse Agentur), Rubrik APA JAZZ NEWS: „Harry Pepls Sessions in Frankreich“
initials „hmf/fwi“
Short report by the Austria Presse Agentur on Austrian jazz musicians abroad: Pepl was to play sets in Paris and Grenoble in early March 1986, and recordings with Michel Portal and Jack DeJohnette were planned.
Recordings with Michel Portal and Jack DeJohnette are also planned.