Chronology
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11 June 2010
Robert Riegler and Primus Sitter: “Air, Love & Vitamines”
Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria
The bassist Robert Riegler and the guitarist Primus Sitter play their duo programme “Air, Love & Vitamines” at the KIK in Ried im Innkreis (Upper Austria, Austria), with compositions by Harry Pepl, Werner Pirchner, Robert Riegler, Rebekka Bakken, Primus Sitter and Sting.
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8 December 2010
Christian Muthspiel Trio plays Pirchner and Pepl in Feldafing
Feldafing
On Wednesday, 8 December 2010, the trio of Christian Muthspiel plays its programme “Against the Wind” with the music of Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, and Harry Pepl at the Kulturkeller in Feldafing on Lake Starnberg (Bavaria, Germany). The Süddeutsche Zeitung calls the Jazzzwio a group “that gave European jazz important impulses”.
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13 June 2013
Stephan Mathoi and Philipp Hager play Pirchner and Pepl in Imst
Imst, Tyrol
At the first Laurentius concert in the Laurentius church on the Bergl in Imst (Tyrol, Austria), the guitarist Stephan Mathoi and the vibraphonist Philipp Hager play works by Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl as well as their own pieces on Thursday, 13 June 2013, under the motto “Entgleiste Klassik” (classical music off the rails), in the line-up of the Jazzzwio.
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23 December 2013
Jazzzwio Legner-Rofner plays Pepl and Pirchner
Absam, Tyrol
On Monday, 23 December 2013, the vibraphonist Matthias Legner and the bassist Clemens Rofner, as “Jazzzwio Legner-Rofner”, play selected compositions by Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner at the Gemeindemuseum Absam (Tyrol, Austria), almost 30 years after the Jazzzwio. According to the announcement, the evening is meant to „die leider oft übersehenen Pepl-Pirchner-Jazztunes zeitgemäß in Erinnerung rufen“ [“bring the sadly often overlooked Pepl-Pirchner jazz tunes back to mind in a contemporary way”]. The announcement quotes Heimo Steps on the Jazzzwio.
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4 July 2014
Pepl's music at the graduation ceremony of the University of Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt, Carinthia
At the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Cultural Studies and the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies of the University of Klagenfurt (Carinthia, Austria) on Friday, 4 July 2014, in the Hans Romauch Hall, the Primus Sitter Trio (Primus Sitter, guitar; Stefan Gfrerrer, double bass; Emil Krištof, percussion) played Harry Pepl's “Air, Love & Vitamins” for the procession. Later in the programme came Sitter's own piece “Drei Diplomaten für H.P.” (Three diplomats for H.P.).
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August 2015
Christian Muthspiel remembers Pirchner and Pepl in Saalfelden
Saalfelden
At the Jazzfestival Saalfelden (Salzburg, Austria) at the end of August 2015, Christian Muthspiel plays his homage “Homesick” for Werner Pirchner's 75th birthday with Franck Tortiller and Jerome Harris, recalling the Jazzzwio with Harry Pepl, among others with “Against the Wind” and “Air, Love & Vitamins”. Ö1 broadcasts the recording on 14 July 2016.
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13 November 2015
Premiere of the “Tribute to Harry Pepl” at the Austrian Soundcheck
Graz
On Friday, 13 November 2015, Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Peter Primus Frosch and Agnes Heginger present for the first time their programme with Pepl's late home-studio recordings at the Orpheum extra in Graz (Styria, Austria) during the 24th Austrian Soundcheck, on the tenth anniversary of his death. The Kronen Zeitung, Austria’s largest-circulation daily, wrote that they interacted with the master “as if he were sitting on stage”.
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14 May 2016
INNtöne Jazz Festival 2016
Diersbach
Harry Pepl (tape) with Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Peter Primus Frosch and Agnes Heginger played on Saturday, 14 May 2016, at the INNtöne Jazz Festival in Diersbach (Upper Austria, Austria). The four interpret Pepl’s pieces, improvise on them and respond to his recordings from his home studio, the programme of the 2015 double CD. Der Standard, a Vienna daily, announced the concert as a „formidables Beispiel“ [“formidable example”] of an engagement with history that can „delikate Ergebnisse zeitigen“ [“yield delicate results”].
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10 June 2016
“Pepl Reloaded” at the Bruckner University Linz
Linz
At the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, Austria, the “Harry Pepl Working Band” led by the singer and lecturer Agnes Heginger performs the evening “Pepl Reloaded”: students play Pepl’s compositions and improvise to his home-studio recordings of the Lonely Single Swinger Band, with Pepl heard on tape. The musicians include Stefan Bogensberger and Quang Huy Michael Vu (piano), Tao Deva Stingl (violin), Tobias Pöcksteiner (double bass), Michael Naphegyi and Raphael Schuster (drums), Lothar Beyschlag (trumpet), Klaus Trappl and Victoria Pfeil (saxophone), Sarah Koell (vocals) and Hasan Ibrahim (bouzouki).
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23 September 2016
“A tribute to Harry Pepl” at the Tischlerei Melk
Melk
At the invitation of the Jazzclub Melk, Clemens Salesny (saxophone), Martin Bayer (guitar), Peter Primus Frosch (drums) and Agnes Heginger (vocals) play with Harry Pepl's home-studio tracks on Friday, 23 September 2016, at 8 p.m. at the Tischlerei Melk Kulturwerkstatt in Melk (Lower Austria, Austria); the poster lists Pepl (†) on guitar, piano, vocals and drums. The preview in the regional press called him a “giant of improvisation”.
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24 September 2016
“Vienna Roomservice” at the Porgy & Bess
Porgy & Bess, Vienna
At the JazzWerkstatt Wien festival “Vienna Roomservice”, Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Peter Primus Frosch and Agnes Heginger play as “Harry Pepl (Tape) & Salesny/Bayer/Frosch/Heginger” on Saturday, 24 September 2016, at 8.30 pm at the Porgy & Bess, the city’s best-known jazz club, in Vienna, Austria; Möström plays on the same evening.
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13 June 2017
“Pepl meets ProgRock” at the Kulturzentrum Hof in Linz
Linz
Almost two weeks before the evening at the Porgy & Bess, Vienna’s best-known jazz club, Agnes Heginger presents two ensembles of the Anton Bruckner Private University on Tuesday, 13 June 2017, at 8 pm at the Kulturzentrum Hof in Linz (Upper Austria, Austria), with a homage to Harry Pepl and to the progressive rock era of Yes, King Crimson and Genesis.
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26 June 2017
“Pepl meets ProgRock” at Porgy & Bess
Porgy & Bess, Vienna
The singer and lecturer Agnes Heginger brings two ensembles of the Anton Bruckner Private University Linz to Porgy & Bess, Vienna’s best-known jazz club: a tribute to Harry Pepl with “Pepl Reloaded”, „wilder und freier österreichischer Jazz mit und inspiriert von Harry Pepl“ [“wild and free Austrian jazz with and inspired by Harry Pepl”], plus progressive rock by Yes, King Crimson and Genesis.
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12 November 2018
Premiere of the Single Swinger Band at Porgy & Bess
Vienna
To open the concert series, Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Andi Schreiber and Valentin Duit play with Pepl's tracks on Monday, 12 November 2018, at Porgy & Bess, the city’s best-known jazz club, in Vienna, Austria; Markus Wallner handles sound and playback.
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13 November 2018
Single Swinger Band at Tube's in Graz
Graz
On Tuesday, 13 November 2018, the quartet plays with Pepl's tracks at Tube's in Graz, Austria, as part of the Austrian Soundcheck festival. In the Kleine Zeitung, a daily newspaper from Graz, Otmar Klammer wrote of a “multifaceted excursion through the Pepl cosmos” and called Pepl the band's real fifth man.
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15 November 2018
Single Swinger Band at the Brauhaus Breznik, Bleiburg
Bleiburg
On Thursday, 15 November 2018, the quartet plays with Pepl's tracks at the Brauhaus Breznik in Bleiburg, Carinthia, Austria.
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16 November 2018
Single Swinger Band at the Jazzit Salzburg
Salzburg
Under the title “A Tribute To Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band”, Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Andi Schreiber and Valentin Duit play with Pepl’s tracks on Friday, 16 November 2018, at the Jazzit in Salzburg, Austria; Markus Wallner is on sound.
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14 March 2019
Single Swinger Band at the Blue Tomato
Blue Tomato, Vienna
On Thursday, 14 March 2019, Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band plays at 8.30 pm at the Blue Tomato, a jazz club, in Vienna, Austria.
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25 October 2019
Single Swinger Band at the Porgy & Bess
Porgy & Bess, Vienna
Concert by Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band at the Porgy & Bess (Vienna jazz club); recordings from it were released in 2025 on the album “Live”.
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