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Harry Pepl * 1945  † 2005
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Charly Antolini

Fellow musician in Goodman's quintet and septet.

Played with him

Colour print in a passe-partout mount from Berlin, November 1980: the band in rehearsal clothes at the grand piano on the stage of the Philharmonie, from left Don Haas, Harry Pepl, Benny Goodman with his clarinet, Peter “Fifi” Witte and Charly Antolini. Below, Goodman signed the photo for Pepl: “To Harry, a great guitarist, my best, Benny”.
Dedication photo from Benny Goodman: “To Harry, a great guitarist, my best, Benny”, 1980Photo: musical estate, private collection

Drummer in Benny Goodman's band of 1980 and 1981, also listed as Charlie Antolini.

More about Charly Antolini: charly-antolini.de

Recordings together

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Benny Goodman At The Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen Denmark 1981

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YouTube: 1964Mbrooks, 20 February 2010

Benny Goodman: Harry Pepl's Blues (Berlin 1980, 1996)

1996 · TCB Records, 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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