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| Collection | Entry | Year | Identifier | Open and work with |
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| Quotation | „And yet, it is not a sampled sound, it's a Bösendorfer grand piano - played on the guitar.“Harry Lachner · Liner notes to “Schönberg Improvations”, Amadeo 1990, on the sound of the album | 1990 | ||
| Quotation | „Austrian guitarist Harry Pepl has gone a long and imperturbable way.“Harry Lachner · Liner notes to “Schönberg Improvations”, Amadeo 1990, opening sentence | 1990 | ||
| Quotation | „free process of composition, in which the work is already fixed in writing at the very moment in which it is invented“Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, programme booklet Brahms-Saal (Extraordinary Society Concert), 27 February 1990, PDF page 8 | 1990 | ||
| Quotation | „Harry Pepl is a man like Albert Einstein, a genius whom probably only a handful of people can still follow in his work.“Richie Österreicher jr. · Tschin Bumm (music magazine, Technik section, p. 52), February 1990, p. 52 | 1990 | ||
| Quotation | „If you're a great instrumentalist, you want to be able to express anything of the instrument, even beyond the instrument. It's not an …“Dave Liebman · Quoted by Harry Lachner in the liner notes to “Schönberg Improvations”, Amadeo 1990; Liebman plays soprano saxophone on the album | 1990 | ||
| Quotation | „musical quantum leap“Tschinnbumm (Musikmagazin) · On “Schönberg Improvations”, Tschinnbumm, February 1990, p. 52 ff., quoted in Heckel 2024, p. 119 | 1990 | ||
| Quotation | „The latest LP by the guitarist, acclaimed worldwide, is: a piano record.“Tschin Bumm (music magazine, Technik section, p. 52), February 1990, p. 52 | 1990 | ||
| Quotation | „the lyricism of "Alone Is A Golden Stone", the trance like 4/4 groove of "Magnet Resonance" are organically embedded into a context of …“Harry Lachner · Liner notes to “Schönberg Improvations”, Amadeo 1990, on the variety of styles on the album | 1990 | ||
| Quotation | „The simulation is complete, the circle is fullfilled and we should not be puzzled by the technical method but by the musical result.“Harry Lachner · Liner notes to “Schönberg Improvations”, Amadeo 1990 | 1990 | ||
| Quotation | „And the next piece we'd like to play for you is a piece that Harry Pepl wrote. And it's actually it's two pieces.“Kronos Quartet (Ansage) · Spoken introduction on the recording of the concert, Orpheum Graz, Tuesday 3 December 1991, 0:01, Harry Pepl estate | 1991 | ||
| Quotation | „I like it when things stay open until the very last moment“Harry Pepl · Before the opening concert of the Lower Austrian Jazz Academy in Zeillern; interview with Ljubiša Tošić, Der Standard, Saturday, 3 August 1991, p. 13 | 1991 | ||
| Quotation | „In this method my musical aesthetic is expressed very clearly, an aesthetic that attaches decisive importance to the unrepeatable moment in …“Harry Pepl · Preview “Rare Momente für das Musikohr” by Bernd Schmidt, Kronen Zeitung (Styria edition), 1991; also in Pepl’s text on the commission for the Kronos Quartet (information sheet in the estate, p. 4); translated from the German | 1991 | ||
| Quotation | „It came to a close with a hugely successful concert by this year’s winner of the Lower Austrian Culture Prize, the jazz pianist Harry Pepl.“OTS (original text service of the APA), Lower Austrian State Press Service, 2 December 1991; translated from the German | 1991 | ||
| Quotation | „It is hard to place Harry Pepl anywhere musically, and strictly speaking it is not even necessary.“Kulturpreis des Landes Niederösterreich (1991 brochure, database of prizewinners), 1991 | 1991 | ||
| Quotation | „Pepl, and he leaves no doubt about this in this conversation either, is a musician of the moment.“Kulturpreis des Landes Niederösterreich (1991 brochure, database of prizewinners), 1991 | 1991 | ||
| Quotation | „The following Förderungspreise (encouragement prizes, 25,000 schillings each) were awarded: music: Harry Pepl“OTS (original text service of the APA), press release of the State of Lower Austria, 25 September 1991; translated from the German | 1991 | ||
| Quotation | „The highlights were the premiere of Horst Ebenhöh’s scenic humoresque “Pfaffenberger Nacht” and the closing concert with Harry Pepl.“Der Standard, 6 December 1991, p. 11; translated from the German | 1991 | ||
| Quotation | „the leading French newspaper Le Monde crowned him, without further ado, a “giant of improvisation”“Kulturpreis des Landes Niederösterreich (1991 brochure, database of prizewinners), 1991 | 1991 | ||
| Quotation | „What did I want to avoid? Simply playing any old standards.“Harry Pepl · Der Standard, 3 August 1991, p. 13; translated from the German | 1991 | ||
| Quotation | „“gamsbART” presents the latest Pepl opus in the world’s finest line-up: the “Kronos Quartett” performs Pepl’s “New Work” on 3 December at …“Preview by Bernd Schmidt, Kronen Zeitung (Styria edition), 1991; translated from the German | 1991 | ||
| Quotation | „I noticed myself that I play completely differently there than at home.“Harry Pepl · On his appearance at the Knitting Factory, New York, summer 1992; Jazzlive no. 99/1992, p. 8 | 1992 | ||
| Quotation | „Old master Harry Pepl, guitar guru of the Austrian jazz scene“Manfred L. Fritscher · Kurier, Wednesday, 12 August 1992, p. 6 | 1992 | ||
| Quotation | „That is yet another new band, in which the Austrians Harry Pepl and Harry Sokal, among others, are fiddling along.“Der Standard, 13 November 1992, p. A9; translated from the German | 1992 | ||
| Quotation | „The ambience of the club is rather plain. Playing there was really an experience.“Harry Pepl · On the Knitting Factory, New York, summer 1992; Jazzlive no. 99/1992, p. 8 | 1992 | ||
| Quotation | „We think this will be an invaluable opportunity to expose your music to a New York audience.“Knitting Factory Works, New York (letter), 2 April 1992 | 1992 | ||
| Quotation | „Airmail, with Jean-Pierre Celea instead of Palle Danielsson on double bass, was devoted to guitar mastermind Harry Pepl.“Kurier, 30 May 1993, p. 21; translated from the German | 1993 | ||
| Quotation | „Almost everything this country has to offer in jazz of international quality is gathered here.“Ljubiša Tošić · On the re-formed band Air Mail; Der Standard, Wednesday, 19 May 1993, p. S5 | 1993 | ||
| Quotation | „Among others, the US trombonist George Lewis, Gene Jackson, who works with Herbie Hancock, as well as the guitarist Harry Pepl and the …“Der Standard, 17 September 1993, p. 10; translated from the German | 1993 | ||
| Quotation | „from Pepl one may only expect the unexpected“Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, programme booklet Brahms-Saal (Vienna Spring Festival 1993, Artis-Quartett, 3rd concert), 6 May 1993, PDF page 9 (quoted review) | 1993 | ||
| Quotation | „his hesitant, ever re-beginning, fragile work conveying grief is too good to be a sandwich filling.“Werner Schuster · On Pepl’s string quartet; “Als Sandwich-Einlage?”, Kurier, Sunday 9 May 1993, p. 22; translated from the German | 1993 | ||
| Quotation | „his work, hesitantly starting again and again, fragile, conveying grief, is too good for use as a sandwich filler“Kurier (page 22), 9 May 1993, p. 22 | 1993 | ||
| Quotation | „“Air Mail” was one of the most successful Austrian bands.“Der Standard, section “Veranstaltungen zum Vorausplanen”, 19 May 1993, p. S5; translated from the German | 1993 | ||
| Quotation | „after all, there were moments of intensity that one would not have wanted to miss on any account“Der Standard, 24 May 1994, p. 10; translated from the German | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „Alternating between piano and drums, he engaged in dialogues with Harry Pepl on guitar synthesizer.“Kronen Zeitung, 24 May 1994, p. 17; translated from the German | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „And so it may well happen that the guitar professor shines with a rock-distorted sound.“Ljubiša Tošić · Review of the CD “N.Y.C. Impressure”, “Der Groove-Professor gibt sich recht unberechenbar”, Der Standard, Friday 27 May 1994, p. 11; translated from the German | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „as a kindred-spirited improviser on drums in a thrillingly intimate dialogue with the string electronics player and creative sound …“Wolfgang Lamprecht · On Jack DeJohnette in Raab; Salzburger Nachrichten, Thursday, 26 May 1994, p. 8 | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „Drummer and pianist Jack DeJohnette and guitarist Harry Pepl, for instance, gave a live session there.“Der Standard, 24 May 1994, p. 10; translated from the German | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „Guitarist and composer Harry Pepl is regarded as a musical border-crosser and has played with jazz greats such as Benny Goodman, Dave …“Kronen Zeitung (Kürzel D. S.) · Kronen Zeitung, Tuesday, 26 July 1994, p. 18 | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „He remains a crosser of borders, this Harry Pepl.“Bernd Schmidt · Closing sentence of the portrait “Rastloser Grenzgänger”, Kronen Zeitung, Thursday 28 July 1994, p. 22; translated from the German | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „His latest hobby-horse goes by the name of “real-time-composing”.“Magazine (title not preserved), record review, 1994 | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „I live in a village in Lower Austria; perhaps that is why the dark sides of present-day urbanity strike me in particular“Harry Pepl · Liner notes to “N.Y.C. IMPRESSURE” (1994), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 125 | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „In doing so, while playing the instrument, I record what is present in my consciousness during the creative process.“Harry Pepl · On his real-time composing; portrait “Rastloser Grenzgänger” by Bernd Schmidt, Kronen Zeitung, Thursday 28 July 1994, p. 22; translated from the German | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „is among the most exciting things produced in this country in recent years.“Salzburger Nachrichten, May 1994 | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „Jazz Festival Raab, 20 to 23 May 1994 (Whitsun). At the festival in Austria, the performers included […] Harry Pepl in a duo with Jack de …“Hudobný život (Slovak music magazine), no. 11, 8 June 1994, p. 7, “Infojazz č. 2/94”; translated from the Slovak | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „Nor must one of the most experimental and versatile Austrian jazz guitarists be missing: Harry Pepl“Austria Presse Agentur · Programme presentation of the Graz Meeting ’94, APA-Basisdienst, Wednesday, 16 February 1994 | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „Of course his phrasing is once again highly individual, which means: appealing and pleasantly unpredictable.“Ljubiša Tošić · Der Standard, 27 May 1994 | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „On N.Y.C. Impressure his guitar sound is once again recognisable as such.“Der Standard, 27 May 1994 | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „only influenced by the New York street noises, by the loud life in this gigantic city.“Harry Pepl · On how “N.Y.C. Impressure” came about; portrait “Rastloser Grenzgänger” by Bernd Schmidt, Kronen Zeitung, Thursday 28 July 1994, p. 22; translated from the German | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „recorded an album which, thanks to its so cleverly conceived tracks, ploughed through with compelling solos, ranks among the most exciting …“Wolfgang Gratzer · Review of the CD “N.Y.C. Impressure”, “Verständigungen über den Gartenzaun”, Salzburger Nachrichten, Saturday 7 May 1994; translated from the German | 1994 | ||
| Quotation | „the (for the author of these lines) Austrian jazz album of the year, “N.Y.C. impressure”, by and with Harry Pepl“Wolfgang Lamprecht · “Österreichs Jazz hält seine Freunde auf Trab”, Salzburger Nachrichten, 24 December 1994, p. 7 | 1994 |
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