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Harry Pepl * 1945  † 2005
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Ronnie Burrage

Member of Abstract Truth (“Beginnings”, Amadeo 1994; composition “A/C Interspective”); a video of the band at the Pori Jazz Festival is on his YouTube channel.

Played with him

Colour photo, early 1990s: Ronnie Burrage at the drums and John Purcell on saxophone at a rehearsal in the home studio in Hernstein, Lower Austria, Austria; on the wall the poster of the trio Pepl, Joos, Christensen and an accordion. On the left Ronnie Burrage on drums, on the right John Purcell on saxophone.
Rehearsal in the home studio: Ronnie Burrage and John PurcellPhoto: musical estate, private collection

American jazz drummer, born in St. Louis (Missouri) in 1959; worked with McCoy Tyner and Lester Bowie, recorded with the World Saxophone Quartet in the 1990s and played in Paul Zauner’s Blue Brass Connection.

More about Ronnie Burrage: ronnieburrage.com

Voices

Man, Harry Pepl was first and foremost a wonderful human being. I am proud to call him a friend. His playing was fearless, and that's how we connected, reaching for new sounds, heights and letting the spirit move us. I miss him madly!

On Harry Pepl and their time together in the band Abstract Truth (“Beginnings”, 1994)

Ronnie Burrage Email to Daniel Pepl, 18 October 2026, written for the archive

His musicianship was at a high level, and of course his proficiency and mastery of his instrument was indicative of a style all his own. I will cherish the music we made together, the laughter we shared and the love that moved between us.

On Harry Pepl as a musician and the music they made together in Abstract Truth

Ronnie Burrage Email to Daniel Pepl, 18 October 2026, written for the archive

Recordings together

Listen and watch

John Purcell, Kenny Davis, Ronnie Burrage, Harry Pepl

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Watch on YouTube

YouTube: Ronnie Burrage, 15 December 2009

Abstract Truth: Die kleine Mutti (Beginnings, 1994)

1994 · PAO Records, 1994

“Die kleine Mutti” (Harry Pepl), track 2 of the album “Beginnings” by Abstract Truth (PAO Records, 1994), 5:26: Harry Pepl (guitar), John Purcell (tenor saxophone), Kenny Davis (bass), Ronnie Burrage (drums). Prepared in 2020 for the Ö1 radio programme.

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In the chronology

In the press

All 5 press items on Ronnie Burrage