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Quotation „Having grown up with the accordion, he does not deny our own musical tradition and lets it flow into his music.“Heimo Steps · „Vitaler Klangmaler“, Die Steirische, 08.09.1988, S. 12 1988
Quotation „He is one of my favourites“John Scofield (zitiert von Heimo Steps) · “Vitaler Klangmaler”, Die Steirische, 8 September 1988, p. 12; Steps writes “Miles Davis guitarist John Scofield told me” 1988
Quotation „He's great, he's like a machine gun“John Abercrombie · Reported in Kleine Zeitung, 10 January 1988, p. 18 1988
Quotation „His musical paintings are a pleasure to listen to, not least because sensuality and warmth are inherent in them.“Heimo Steps, Die Steirische · “Vitaler Klangmaler”, Die Steirische, 8 September 1988, p. 12 1988
Quotation „His new album “Cracked Mirrors”, recorded with Herbert Joos and Jon Christensen, has caught the attention of international critics.“APA news service (Austria Presse Agentur), APA JAZZ NEWS section, 14 June 1988; translated from the German 1988
Quotation „I couldn’t care less that it’s called jazz.“Harry Pepl · Interview in Wochenpresse no. 49, 9 December 1988, p. 55 1988
Quotation „in a piece like “Schikaneders Delight” there was also quite definitely a Mozartean cheerfulness at play.“Stuttgarter Zeitung, 15 December 1988 1988
Quotation „In this way Pepl managed to play a dazzling drum solo on the guitar.“Eßlinger Zeitung (Saturday/Sunday edition), 17 December 1988 1988
Quotation „internationally sought-after master of improvisation“Kleine Zeitung (Bildunterschrift) · Report “Feldzug mit der Gitarre”, Kleine Zeitung, 10 January 1988, p. 18, caption 1988
Quotation „Just as a ray of light is refracted many times in the splinters of broken mirrors, musical genres appear on this record in repeatedly …“ECM Records (Pressetext) · Press text for “Cracked Mirrors”, 1988, quoted in Heckel 2024, p. 91 1988
Quotation „On two of the four pieces Michel Portal is the composer. His writing on “Pastor” is superb, but Harry Pepl’s chatter breaks its intensity.“Paul Goupil · Le Monde de la Musique no. 114, September 1988, p. 74; translated from the French 1988
Quotation „PEPL, Harry/Herbert JOSS/Jón CHRISTENSEN CRACKED MIRRORS ECM/New Note ECM 1356/8334722"CD"“Music Week (British music trade magazine), 27 August 1988, p. 34 1988
Quotation „Portal is in the habit of alternating imperfect, risky and thrilling live recordings like this one with little jewels chiselled in the …“Le Monde de la Musique no. 114, September 1988, p. 75; translated from the French 1988
Quotation „Sometimes, as in “Minguito”, they blow very hot indeed.“Mike Fish, Wire Magazine (now The Wire), no. 50, April 1988, p. 67 1988
Quotation „The Austrian musician Harry Pepl is a man in demand internationally.“Wolfgang Kralicek, Wochenpresse · “Saitensprünge”, Wochenpresse no. 49, 9 December 1988, p. 54 (subtitle) 1988
Quotation „The great stylistic diversity and his unmistakably idiosyncratic playing, not to mention his perfect command of the instrument, make even …“Heimo Steps · „Vitaler Klangmaler“, Die Steirische, 08.09.1988, S. 12 1988
Quotation „The guitar professor in Graz is regarded internationally as one of the best in his field.“Otmar Klammer, Kleine Zeitung · Report “Feldzug mit der Gitarre”, Kleine Zeitung, 10 January 1988, p. 18 (standfirst) 1988
Quotation „The jazz guitarist Harry Pepl proves to be a master of sound painting with his new album “Cracked Mirrors”“Press review (collage, compilation not identified), 1988 1988
Quotation „The three offered breathtaking string artistry, virtuosically realised visions of wilful electronic mobilisation“Daily newspaper (title not preserved), 22 April 1988 1988
Quotation „They were all thrilled. A sensation, really.“Harry Pepl · On Montreux 1981; interview in Wochenpresse no. 49, 9 December 1988, p. 55 1988
Quotation „This album certainly runs completely against the wind of the zeitgeist.“ECM Records, Munich (press release), May 1988, p. 2 1988
Quotation „three musicians meet who are able to improvise with a great deal of sensuality and warmth even in advanced playing techniques.“ECM Records, Munich (press release), May 1988, p. 1 1988
Quotation „when matched with the grandee elegance of Rava’s style, and Pepl’s reverberant guitar, the music that results has a redemptive empathy and …“Mike Fish, Wire Magazine (now The Wire), no. 50, April 1988, p. 67 1988
Quotation „“Cracked Mirrors” is the name of the LP featuring the three jazz musicians in truly outstanding form.“APA news service (Austria Presse Agentur), APA JAZZ NEWS section, 8 March 1988; translated from the German 1988
Literature Benny Goodman und DeutschlandGerhard Klußmeier · Buchhandlung und Antiquariat Eisenbletter & Naumann 1989 (DNB: 1990), ISBN 3-927355-03-8 · Frankfurt am Main 1989
Literature Das Porträt. Österreichische Komponisten der Gegenwart in Wort und BildInge Ute Brunner, Walter Szmolyan · Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus 1989, ISBN 3-85326-878-1, p. 46 · St. Pölten, Vienna 1989
Literature Musik in Österreich. Eine Chronik in Daten, Dokumenten, Essays und BildernGottfried Kraus (Hg.) · Brandstätter 1989, p. 446, 477 · Vienna 1989
Literature Musikhandbuch für Österreich. Struktur und Organisation; Österreichische Komponisten der GegenwartHarald Goertz · Doblinger 1989, xi, 255 pages, ISBN 3-900695-07-5, p. 201 · Vienna 1989
Quotation „A feature in the Ö1 Jazzstudio on 21 January is devoted to the Austrian guitarist Harry Pepl.“APA news service (Austria Presse Agentur), APA JAZZ NEWS section, 17 January 1989; translated from the German 1989
Quotation „A paradoxical fusion of areas that are in themselves separate…“Harry Pepl · On Instant Composing; manuscript “Instant Composing. Info-Text für Veranstalter”, 1989, quoted in Heckel 2024, p. 61 1989
Quotation „But Harry Pepl, another of the house’s surprise guitarists, is also here with “Cracked Mirrors”“Rui Eduardo Paes, Diário de Lisboa (Lisbon daily), 10 February 1989, p. 23; translated from the Portuguese 1989
Quotation „Guitar: Harry Pepl, Hernstein“OTS (original text service of the APA), press release of the State of Lower Austria, 30 August 1989; translated from the German 1989
Quotation „his particularities and tightly woven details. Two records not to be passed over.“Rui Eduardo Paes, Diário de Lisboa (Lisbon daily), 10 February 1989, p. 23; translated from the Portuguese 1989
Quotation „one of the most innovative guitarists across the whole of Europe“Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, programme booklet Brahms-Saal (cycle “Freude an Musik”, 3rd concert), 16 March 1989, PDF page 6 (review quoted in the booklet) 1989
Literature Jazz: Modern Jazz, Be-bop, Hard Bop, West CoastWalter Bruyninckx · Copy Express, vol. 2, vol. 6 · Mechelen 1990
Literature Jazz: Modern Jazz, Modern Big BandWalter Bruyninckx · Copy Express, vol. 2 · Mechelen 1990
Literature Rock-Lexikon, Band 1Barry Graves, Siegfried Schmidt-Joos, Bernie Sigg · Rowohlt 1990 (rororo-Handbuch 6320), 549 pages, ISBN 3-499-16320-9 · Reinbek 1990
Quotation „a most radical use of technology: to play on a midi guitar connected to a computer just to return to a natural, acoustic sound“Harry Lachner · Liner notes to “Schönberg Improvations”, Amadeo 1990, on Pepl's method of playing a Bösendorfer grand piano from the MIDI guitar 1990
Quotation „Although it is played on the guitar, there is hardly any difference from the acoustic sound of a piano.“APA news service (Austria Presse Agentur), APA JAZZ NEWS section, 30 January 1990; translated from the German 1990
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
Literature Österreichisches Jahrbuch 1991Bundespressedienst (Hg.) · vol. 63, Bundespressedienst · Vienna 1991
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

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