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Harry Pepl * 1945  † 2005
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Steve Swallow

Guest at the NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk, public broadcaster for northern Germany) jazz workshop with the Family of Percussion on 21 June 1984 in Hamburg, Germany, together with Pepl and Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist; a photo from the estate shows the three together with the percussionists.

Played with him

Black-and-white photo among gongs, barrels and drums: on the left Harry Pepl with his guitar, in the middle Werner Pirchner at the vibraphone, on the right Steve Swallow on bass guitar, in front percussionists of the Family of Percussion. Probably at the NDR jazz workshop with the Family of Percussion on 21 June 1984 in Hamburg, Germany; names according to the family.
With Werner Pirchner, Steve Swallow and the Family of Percussion, 1984Photo: musical estate, private collection

American bassist, born in Fair Lawn (New Jersey) in 1940, mainly on bass guitar since the 1970s, longtime partner of Carla Bley.

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