clarinet
Benny Goodman
1909 – † 1986
Pepl played in Goodman's band in 1980 and 1981 (Berlin, Rome, Copenhagen); Goodman dedicated a photo to him with the words “for Harry, a great guitarist, my best, Benny”.
American clarinettist and bandleader (1909 to 1986).
More about Benny Goodman: bennygoodman.com
Voices
On Harry Pepl
To Harry, a great guitarist, my best, Benny
Harry Pepl on Benny Goodman
Somehow I played like Charlie Christian’s grandfather, so even older.
Self-ironic, on the 1980 concerts with Benny Goodman, the “King of Swing”: for the swing repertoire he deliberately played through a small amplifier without reverb, while at the time he was otherwise making very modern music of his own with heavy reverb, delay and effects. Charlie Christian was Goodman’s guitarist around 1940 and a pioneer of the electric jazz guitar
So I didn't know a single tune, and Benny didn't give us a programme or anything.
On the concerts with Benny Goodman, the “King of Swing”, in Berlin in 1980, for which he arrived without sheet music or a set list
Benny had such a radiance, really, in his phrasing and in everything, it was absolutely brilliant
On Benny Goodman, the “King of Swing”, with whom he played concerts in 1980
Recordings together
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Benny Goodman At The Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen Denmark 1981
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Benny Goodman At The Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen Denmark 1981 #9
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Benny Goodman: Harry Pepl's Blues (Berlin 1980, 1996)
“Harry Pepl’s Blues”, track 3 of the album “Berlin 1980” (TCB Records, 1996): Benny Goodman (clarinet), Harry Pepl (guitar), Don Haas (piano), Peter Witte (bass), Charly Antolini (drums). Recorded at the Berlin concerts of 1980, prepared in 2020 for the Ö1 radio programme on Harry Pepl’s 75th birthday.
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In the chronology
In the press
- 15 November 1980 Brief aus Bangkok: „Benny Goodman war nach dem 2. Konzert voll des Lobes“: Brief an Harry Pepl nach den Berliner Goodman-Konzerten
- 26 July 1994 Kronen Zeitung (Seite 18): „Musikalischer Grenzgänger lehrt an ‚NÖ Jazzakademie‘“
- 10 February 1998 Wiener Zeitung (Seite 4, Rubrik „Jazzignal“): „Echtzeitkompositionen“
- 6 December 2005 OÖ Nachrichten (Seite 22, Kultur): „Jazzer Harry Pepl gestorben“ (Meldung unter „Harry bleibt vorne“)
- 6 December 2005 Kurier (Seite 31, Kultur): „Harry Pepl gestorben“ (Rubrik „Überblick“)
- 6 December 2005 Kleine Zeitung (Seite 55, Kultur): „Auch die 2. Hälfte vom ‚Jazzzwio‘ ist nicht mehr“
- 7 December 2005 Salzburger Nachrichten (Seite 14, Kultur): „Gestorben: Harry Pepl“ (Rubrik „Gestorben“)
- 12 December 2005 NÖN Niederösterreichische Nachrichten (Seite 38, Triestingtal): „Tiefe Trauer um Harry“
- 5 February 2024 European Jazz Masters Of The Past (Blog): „European Jazz Masters Of The Past #2: Harry Pepl“