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| Quotation | „Thank God I kept moving away from the things I listened to, otherwise I would probably still be playing like Wes Montgomery.“Harry Pepl · Conversation with Nikolaus Kohler (Interview 3-31), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 39 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „That was simply the Jazzzwio plus somebody else. With Dave Holland, though, it would have been completely different music.“Harry Pepl · On the ECM album of 1983; conversation with Nikolaus Kohler (Interview 3-22), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 81 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „The atmosphere was incredible when the rushing sound of the rain suddenly set in.“Harry Pepl · On the premiere of the string quartet “Über Kurz oder Lang” on 6 May 1993; conversation with Nikolaus Kohler (Interview 2-52), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 122 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „The comic in jazz was never more serious.“Michael Tschida · On the Jazzzwio; obituary “Auch die 2. Hälfte vom ‚Jazzzwio‘ ist nicht mehr”, Kleine Zeitung, Tuesday 6 December 2005, p. 55; translated from the German | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „The guitarist Harry Pepl was one of those musicians who shaped and influenced Austrian jazz at home and abroad.“neue musikzeitung, nach ORF · News item “Jazz-Gitarrist Harry Pepl gestorben”, Kulturinformationszentrum des Deutschen Kulturrates / neue musikzeitung (nmz-red/leipzig, source: orf.at), December 2005 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „The guitarist Harry Pepl was one of those musicians who shaped and influenced Austrian jazz at home and abroad.“News item “Jazz-Gitarrist Harry Pepl gestorben”, Kulturinformationszentrum des Deutschen Kulturrates / neue musikzeitung (nmz-red/leipzig, source: orf.at), December 2005 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „The only thing essential for the synthesis of the temporal and the timeless to succeed is the fulfilled moment!“Harry Pepl · On real-time composing; quoted in the obituary “Tiefe Trauer um Harry”, NÖN, 12 December 2005, p. 38; translated from the German | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „The virtuoso, who seemed so introverted on the outside, was bubbling away inside when he played.“Die Presse (page 34, feuilleton), 7 December 2005, p. 34 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „was, in his active phase, one of the most important guitarists in the world“Ljubiša Tošić, Der Standard · Obituary “Harry Pepl 1945 - 2005”, Der Standard, 6 December 2005, p. 25 (date and page according to Heckel 2024, n. 26) | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „We played “Stella by Starlight” and noticed straight away: that’s it, we can play well together. That is really how it started with the …“Harry Pepl · On the first duo rehearsal with Werner Pirchner in 1975; conversation with Nikolaus Kohler (Interview 1-20), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 71 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „We were both equally crazy and liked trying out funny things.“Harry Pepl · On the Jazzzwio with Werner Pirchner; quoted in Michael Tschida’s obituary, Kleine Zeitung, 6 December 2005, p. 55; translated from the German | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „When playing, I want the harmonies and the rhythm to be changed spontaneously through improvising.“Harry Pepl · On “Halley's Comet, Light Blue Blues”; conversation with Nikolaus Kohler (Interview 4-26), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 95 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „With his metallic, clear sound and his surprising chord progressions, Pepl developed into one of the most distinctive guitarists in Europe“Jazz thing (news, online), 8 December 2005, p. 1 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „with his rhythmic incisiveness, his surprising chord progressions and his metallic, sitar-like sound, one of the most stimulating stylists …“Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (no. 286, page 39, Feuilleton), 8 December 2005, p. 39 | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „With the Vienna-born musician the jazz world loses one of the truly great“Michael Tschida, Kleine Zeitung · Michael Tschida, obituary, Kleine Zeitung, 6 December 2005, p. 55; translated from the German | 2005 | ||
| Quotation | „a superbly polished concert that lingered on long afterwards, piece by piece“Kleine Zeitung, 30 April 2006, p. 86; translated from the German | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „above all an innovative way of working musically, the courage to leave one’s own traces“Matthias Wagner, Kronen Zeitung, 20 November 2006, p. 34; translated from the German | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „along with Austrian greats from Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl downwards“Der Standard (culture, print edition), 22 November 2006 | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „an incorrigible musical visionary“Otmar Klammer · GamsbART-Post 5/2006, text “Harry Pepl: Wege & Visionen” | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „As an original stylist who left a lasting impression on the international scene through his technical perfection, rhythmic incisiveness …“Porgy & Bess (Programmtext, Kürzel CH) · Programme text for “A Tribute to Harry Pepl”, 6 December 2006 (signed “CH, December 2005”) | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „became one of the most formative and most enduring instrumentalists in Europe, one who also holds his own on the international scene“Nikolaus Kohler · Diploma thesis “Harry Pepl. Ein Porträt des Musikers und Komponisten”, University of Vienna, 2006, p. 148 | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „But it was Harry Pepl himself who was truly “ace”“Porgy & Bess (programme text, online), 6 December 2006, p. 1 | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „finally Christian Muthspiel, Franck Tortiller and Breinschmid paid homage to the music of the two recently deceased exceptional talents“Kronen Zeitung, 29 April 2006, p. 25; translated from the German | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „For me Harry Pepl also embodies one of the basic principles of Hanns Koren, the great Styrian cultural politician […]: namely the …“Heimo Steps · „Harry Pepl“, GamsbART-Post 5/2006, S. 2 | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „For me Harry Pepl was one of the patron saints of Jazz M59 and gamsbART.“Heimo Steps · „Harry Pepl“, GamsbART-Post 5/2006, S. 2 | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „He is the European jazz guitarist par excellence.“Rainer Rygalyk · Obituary “Ciao Habanero”, Jazzzeitung, page 6, 2006 | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „How much the star guitarist still inspires jazz musicians even now should be shown by more than just today’s final of the “Austrian …“Michael Tschida, Kleine Zeitung · “Harry Pepl: Œuvre eines Kreativen”, Kleine Zeitung online, 17 November 2006 | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „I simply learned his musical language.“Wolfgang Puschnig · Quoted in the obituary “Ciao Habanero” by Rainer Rygalyk, Jazzzeitung, page 6, 2006 | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „It was an extreme pull. Suddenly playing with someone who stands up there, two floors above us, steps on the gas so confidently and carries …“Wolfgang Reisinger · Quoted in the obituary “Ciao Habanero” by Rainer Rygalyk, Jazzzeitung, page 6, 2006 | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „Pepl is, admittedly, a “sideman” in a certain sense, but he nonetheless plays a decisive part in shaping the overall impression of the …“Nikolaus Kohler · On “Volver”; diploma thesis “Harry Pepl. Ein Porträt des Musikers und Komponisten”, University of Vienna, 2006, p. 102 | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „Pepl was a guitarist of international reputation who, with his idiosyncratic, angular and complex improvisational style, offered a European …“Otmar Klammer, GamsbART-Post · Text “Harry Pepl Preis”, GamsbART-Post 5/2006, November 2006 | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „The award is meant to commemorate the leading Austrian guitarist Pepl, who died in 2005, and to be the starting point for a study of his …“Kleine Zeitung · News item “Jazzpreis”, Kleine Zeitung, 19 November 2006, p. 89; translated from the German | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „the composer, guitarist and musical free spirit Harry Pepl“Ö1 programme note, Wiener Zeitung, 9 December 2006, p. 21; translated from the German | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „their sadly posthumous tribute to the brilliant Jazzzwio“Der Standard, 22 July 2006, p. 11; translated from the German | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „to archive the work of an exceptionally creative person“Gerhard Kosel · Kleine Zeitung (online, Kultur section), 17 November 2006, p. 1 (Gerhard Kosel) | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „To me he was a Franz Schubert kind of guy: incredibly beautiful songs, but of the highest quality, and the next moment completely bizarre …“Wolfgang Reisinger · Quoted in the obituary “Ciao Habanero” by Rainer Rygalyk, Jazzzeitung, page 6, 2006 | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „When you talk to guitarists, e.g. to Abercrombie or Scofield, there was one constant question: “And how is Harry?”“Porgy & Bess · Programme text for “A Tribute to Harry Pepl”, 6 December 2006 | 2006 | ||
| Quotation | „a cheerful, if wistful, remembrance of the two colourful characters of the former “Jazz-Zwio”“Gottfried Sengstschmid, NÖN, 11 June 2007, p. 50; translated from the German | 2007 | ||
| Quotation | „a homage to Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl, a jaunty if wistful remembrance of the two colourful birds of the former “Jazz-Zwio”“Gottfried Sengstschmid · Review “Schräges Sprach- und Klangspiel”, NÖN, Monday 11 June 2007, p. 50; translated from the German | 2007 | ||
| Quotation | „Both are remembered for the illustrious coherence of their compositional and improvisational interplay.“Kronen Zeitung · Kronen Zeitung, 27 September 2007, p. 47; translated from the German | 2007 | ||
| Quotation | „Christian Muthspiel now devotes himself for the second time to the music of the two musical free spirits“Alfred Krondraf · Alfred Krondraf, CD tip, Concerto 2/2007, p. 6; translated from the German | 2007 | ||
| Quotation | „Ernst Jandl’s texts and the compositions of Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl are, so to speak, part of my innermost vocabulary“Christian Muthspiel · Quoted by Michael Tschida, “Musikalischer Freigeist”, Kleine Zeitung, 22 January 2007, p. 39; translated from the German | 2007 | ||
| Quotation | „Harry Pepl (1945-2005) and Werner Pirchner (1940-2001) were rather different and yet outstanding personalities of the Austrian jazz scene“Martin Juen · “Pepl und Pirchner in besten Händen”, Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung, Sunday 15 April 2007, p. 77; translated from the German | 2007 | ||
| Quotation | „Harry Pepl, Pirchner’s congenial partner in the legendary “Jazzzwio”“Otmar Klammer, Kleine Zeitung, 3 October 2007, p. 63; translated from the German | 2007 | ||
| Quotation | „It is a “hats off!” to the most original Jazzzwio from Tyrol to Texas: the late Harry Pepl & Werner Pirchner.“Michael Tschida (Kürzel „TSC“) · CD review of “Against The Wind”, Kleine Zeitung, 15 April 2007, p. 111; translated from the German | 2007 | ||
| Quotation | „it is about the works of the glorious duo Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner“Der Standard, 17 January 2007, p. 11; translated from the German | 2007 | ||
| Quotation | „one of the most respected Austrian musicians“mica music austria, 3 December 2007, p. 1 | 2007 | ||
| Quotation | „quite different and yet outstanding personalities of the Austrian jazz scene“Martin Juen, Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung, 15 April 2007, p. 77; translated from the German | 2007 | ||
| Quotation | „The album by the elder of the two Muthspiel brothers is dedicated to the work of the twin stars Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner, who have …“Klaus Nüchtern (Kürzel „K. N.“) · Falter, 18 April 2007, p. 66; translated from the German | 2007 | ||
| Quotation | „Two years have passed since Harry Pepl, one of the great guitarists of the European jazz scene, died.“Andreas Felber (Kürzel „felb“) · Watchlist “Tribute to Harry Pepl”, Der Standard, 6 December 2007, p. 14; translated from the German | 2007 |
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