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| Collection | Entry | Year | Identifier | Open and work with |
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| Quotation | „Real-time Composing (my working method): total improvisation in the pull of the speed of the moment.“Harry Pepl · Programme note for the work “Zeitraffer”, quoted in Heckel 2024, p. 61 and p. 208 | 2000 | ||
| Quotation | „This was no bloodless composer at work, but a deeply feeling, very contemporary musician who has emotion and creative intelligence equally …“Ewald Baringer · Review of the premiere of “Zeitraffer” at the Schömer-Haus, NÖN, Wednesday 5 April 2000, p. 18; translated from the German | 2000 | ||
| Quotation | „“Le Monde” called Pepl a giant of improvisation.“Sammlung Essl, programme “Einkreisung”, 1 April 2000, short biography | 2000 | ||
| Quotation | „Above all, however, he formed with the guitarist Harry Pepl the “Jazz-Zwio”, which was successful far beyond Austria’s borders.“Falter, 15 August 2001, p. 49; translated from the German | 2001 | ||
| Quotation | „At that time everyone was talking about Harry Pepl.“Christian Rösner · Christian Rösner in the Wiener Zeitung, 28 December 2001, p. 11; translated from the German | 2001 | ||
| Quotation | „playing marked by rough, jagged cascades of notes“Andreas Felber · Andreas Felber, head of the Ö1 jazz department, on Pepl’s guitar playing in the liner notes to the reissue “Light Blues” (Air Mail, Austrian Jazzart No. 1, EmArcy 2001); quoted by Jörg Weitlaner in Concerto 5/2001, p. 54; translated from the German | 2001 | ||
| Quotation | „The interplay of the whole band, in which we had developed a telepathic understanding, was what made Airmail special for me.“Harry Pepl · On the quartet Air Mail; quoted by Jörg Weitlaner in “Fünf Variationen österreichischer Jazzkunst” (Five variations of Austrian jazz art), Concerto 5/2001, p. 54; translated from the German | 2001 | ||
| Quotation | „the legendary “Light Blues” by Harry Pepl’s “Airmail”. Wonderful.“Otmar Klammer · Otmar Klammer, Kleine Zeitung, 27 October 2001; translated from the German | 2001 | ||
| Quotation | „With Harry Pepl on guitar he founded the legendary “jazz orchestra with two men”“Gunther Baumann, Kurier, 11 August 2001, p. 29; translated from the German | 2001 | ||
| Quotation | „a bit crazy, and he liked trying out funny things“Harry Pepl · On Werner Pirchner; quoted in the Kurier, 24 July 2002, p. 26; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „Avalanches of sound also characterise the playing of the Austrian guitarist Harry Pepl.“Clemens Panagl, Salzburger Nachrichten · Clemens Panagl, “Grooven nach Mitternacht”, Salzburger Nachrichten, 26 August 2002, p. 10; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „celebrated triumphs on Europe’s festival stages in the Jazz-Zwio with the guitarist Harry Pepl“Andreas Felber, Der Standard, 27 July 2002, p. 30; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „During my studies, standards and the academic jazz repertoire were held in high esteem. Through the ‘Jazz-Zwio’ I learned that in this …“Christian Muthspiel, “DuoDue: Muthspiel & Muthspiel spielen die Musik von Pirchner & Pepl”, treibhaus Innsbruck, c. 2002 | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „He played something to me, I had to play along, and every few bars he commented on how it was going. In his words that was, laconically …“Wolfgang Muthspiel · On lessons with Pepl in Graz; in conversation with Klaus Taschwer, “Leiwand oder ned leiwand”, Falter, Wednesday 24 July 2002, p. 55; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „listening again now, I noticed once more how magnificently Pepl and Pirchner played. That was improvisation in the best sense.“Wolfgang Muthspiel · On the Jazzzwio; in conversation with Klaus Taschwer, “Leiwand oder ned leiwand”, Falter, Wednesday 24 July 2002, p. 55; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „Pepl and Pirchner showed us that you can make exactly the music you want to make.“Christian Muthspiel · Christian Muthspiel in the Falter, 24 July 2002, p. 55; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „Pepl was one of the most interesting guitarists in jazz. Great musicians like Dave Liebman or Jack DeJohnette say so too.“Wolfgang Muthspiel · In conversation with Klaus Taschwer, “Leiwand oder ned leiwand”, Falter, 24 July 2002, p. 55; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „Precisely because the energy of the Zwio cannot be separated from the actual pieces and compositions“Christian Muthspiel · Christian Muthspiel in Der Standard, 27 July 2002, p. 30; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „the duo also made audible the timeless aesthetic qualities of a music that has lost nothing of its relevance“Salzburger Nachrichten, 28 November 2002, p. 14; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „the legendary “Jazz-Zwio”, which the vibraphonist Pirchner turned into a myth in the mid-seventies together with the splendid guitarist …“Otmar Klammer, Kleine Zeitung, 1 December 2002, p. 66; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „The lessons with him at the conservatory were like an extended concert.“Wolfgang Muthspiel · Wolfgang Muthspiel in the Falter, 24 July 2002, p. 55; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „The time I studied with Pepl was very formative. The lessons with him at the conservatory were like an extended concert.“Wolfgang Muthspiel · On his studies with Pepl; in conversation with Klaus Taschwer, “Leiwand oder ned leiwand”, Falter, Wednesday 24 July 2002, p. 55; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „They offered an impressive homage to the “Jazzzwio” of Werner Pirchner/Harry Pepl, disbanded in 1985: the brothers Christian and Wolfgang …“Andreas Felber · Andreas Felber, head of the Ö1 jazz department, report on the 24th International Jazzfestival Saalfelden, Concerto 5/2002, p. 40; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „When Pirchner/Pepl played, it was an event. I personally still remember Pepl’s avalanche-like improvisations very well, where things always …“Wolfgang Muthspiel, “DuoDue: Muthspiel & Muthspiel spielen die Musik von Pirchner & Pepl”, treibhaus Innsbruck, c. 2002 | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „which the vibraphonist Pirchner, together with the splendid guitarist Harry Pepl, turned into a myth in the mid-seventies.“Otmar Klammer · On the Jazzzwio; “Reflexionen”, Kleine Zeitung, Sunday 1 December 2002, p. 66; translated from the German | 2002 | ||
| Quotation | „25 years ago the Muthspiel brothers themselves sat in the audience at Münzgrabenstraße 59 and marvelled at Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl.“Kronen Zeitung, 22 November 2003, p. 30; translated from the German | 2003 | ||
| Quotation | „By 1985, over three albums, Pirchner and Pepl developed an unmistakable style.“Sandra Hupfauf · “Pirchner-Abende: Adrette Duette”, Salzburger Nachrichten, Thursday 20 November 2003, p. 14; translated from the German | 2003 | ||
| Quotation | „I was also very lucky to have a superb teacher in Graz, Harry Pepl, jazz guitarist, a truly great jazz musician, […] who really is a great …“Wolfgang Muthspiel · Conversation with Herbert Uhlir (Ö1), Porgy & Bess, Vienna, 28 January 2003, reprinted in Martin Schaberl, master’s thesis (Magisterarbeit, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz), 2004, p. 134; translated from the German | 2003 | ||
| Quotation | „Muthspiel’s most formative teacher, Harry Pepl“Martin Juen, Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung, 24 January 2003, p. 41; translated from the German | 2003 | ||
| Quotation | „Pepl & Pirchner, that was once one of those irresistible jazz combinations that knew how to unite musical subtlety and intensity on a …“Ljubiša Tošić · On the Jazzzwio; “Die Muthspiels - auf den Spuren eines Zwios” (initials “tos”), Der Standard, Wednesday 19 November 2003, p. 12; translated from the German | 2003 | ||
| Quotation | „Pepl’s guitar, whose notes could sound gentle but also strike with nerve-shredding force, remains unrivalled to this day, and not only in …“Ljubiša Tošić · “Die Muthspiels - auf den Spuren eines Zwios”, Der Standard, 19 November 2003, p. 12; translated from the German | 2003 | ||
| Quotation | „The first thing that comes to mind [is] the authority on time […]. And on the guitar perhaps the one who, in that respect, has gone further …“Wolfgang Muthspiel · Martin Schaberl, master’s thesis (Magisterarbeit, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz), 2004, p. 165, interview with Wolfgang Muthspiel in Vienna on 2 September 2003; translated from the German | 2003 | ||
| Quotation | „their two role models Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl, who with their Jazz-Zwio struck out on new paths away from well-worn tracks“Christian Jentsch · On the Muthspiel brothers and the Jazzzwio; “Szene”, Tiroler Tageszeitung, Saturday 22 November 2003, p. 61; translated from the German | 2003 | ||
| Quotation | „Through the Jazz-Zwio I learned that in this music you really could do exactly what you wanted yourself“Christian Muthspiel · Christian Muthspiel in the Tiroler Tageszeitung, 22 November 2003, p. 61; translated from the German | 2003 | ||
| Quotation | „Very lively, too, an almost historic live recording, “Live at Miles Smiles”“Werner Rosenberger, Kurier, 17 December 2003, p. 30; translated from the German | 2003 | ||
| Quotation | „When the two of them played, it was an event. The immense rhythmic power was incredible“Wolfgang Muthspiel · On the Jazzzwio; “Jazz gegen Oberflächlichkeit”, Tiroler Tageszeitung, 22 November 2003, p. 61; translated from the German | 2003 | ||
| Quotation | „Wolfgang is a European, thinks and plays like one. That comes from his cultural heritage, the influences of his classical music studies and …“Jojo Mayer · Martin Schaberl, master’s thesis (Magisterarbeit, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz), 2004, p. 221, e-mail interview with Jojo Mayer, autumn 2003; translated from the German | 2003 | ||
| Quotation | „most uncompromising document to date of his principle of Instant Composing“Andreas Felber · Andreas Felber, head of the Ö1 jazz department, liner notes “Harry Pepl. Die Überzeitlichkeit des Augenblicks” to the reissue “Schoenberg Improvisations” (Austrian Jazzart No. 17, EmArcy 2004), quoted in Heckel 2024, p. 119 | 2004 | ||
| Quotation | „one of Austria’s most creative jazz musicians“IG Jazz Wien, Blue Tomato archive, 17 September 2004, p. 1 | 2004 | ||
| Quotation | „the most spectacular record of one of the most original guitar players of European Jazz in those years“Andreas Felber · Andreas Felber, head of the Ö1 jazz department, on “Schönberg Improvations” in the English version of his liner notes to the reissue “Schoenberg Improvisations” (Austrian Jazzart No. 17, EmArcy 2004); quoted by Wulf Müller, blog essay of 5 February 2024, and by Kohler 2006, p. 117 | 2004 | ||
| Quotation | „The photographer Rainer Rygalyk and the former world-class guitarist Harry Pepl invited young horn players to improvise over sampled sounds …“Christoph Lindenbauer, APA (Austria Presse Agentur), 6 November 2004; translated from the German | 2004 | ||
| Quotation | „the rugged rhapsodic style of a Harry Pepl“Andreas Felber, Der Standard, 31 August 2004, p. 24; translated from the German | 2004 | ||
| Quotation | „The title comes from a composition by the grand old master of jazz guitar, Harry Pepl“Salzburger Nachrichten, 18 May 2004, p. 12; translated from the German | 2004 | ||
| Quotation | „a groundbreaking guitarist that I had the pleasure to have recorded with several times … He had a Busendorfer piano playing music …“Dave Liebman · Obituary in the “Passings” section of “Intervals: The Newsletter of David Liebman”, Volume 14, No. 1, on his website, December 2005; preserved in the Internet Archive | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „a truly great one, who began as a teenager with dance arrangements and at his peak revolutionised guitar technique with “real time …“Michael Tschida · Obituary “Auch die 2. Hälfte vom ‚Jazzzwio‘ ist nicht mehr”, Kleine Zeitung, Tuesday 6 December 2005, p. 55; translated from the German | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „Actually I am always playing, and when I can record that, it is always how I am at that moment, mood included. So I find that totally …“Harry Pepl · On the recordings in his home studio; conversation with Nikolaus Kohler (Interview 2-32), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 134 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „all the pieces are somehow single and sad, and they swing or don’t swing as well“Harry Pepl · Explaining the name “Lonely Single Swinger Band” (fragment); conversation with Nikolaus Kohler (Interview 1-70), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 133 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „Among the bands where practising was as intense as it was with Werner, Air Mail definitely belongs too. We really did practise quite madly …“Harry Pepl · On Air Mail; conversation with Nikolaus Kohler (Interview 2-40), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 95 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „an unmistakable musician from Vienna, recognised all over the world“Peter Paul Skrepek, Musikergilde · Obituary “Harry Pepl - ein Nachruf”, Musikergilde, 19 December 2005 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „But my passion was always jazz. I always played jazz too, just not in public.“Harry Pepl · Conversation with Nikolaus Kohler (Interview 1-10), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 27 | 2005 |
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