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Harry Pepl * 1945  † 2005

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  1. 11 June 1984 · Other · DE

    moers festival, festival archive (online): Archiv 1980 bis 1989: 11. Juni 1984, Eissporthalle

    For the festival from Friday 8 to Whit Monday 11 June 1984, the online archive of the moers festival (international festival for jazz and improvised music in Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) lists “Airmail (AUT)” on the last day in the ice rink hall, with Wolfgang Puschnig, Karl “Bumi” Fian, Mike Richmond and Wolfgang Reisinger, on the same evening as Pension Winnetou, Yoshiaki Fujikawa & Eastasia Orchestra and the 29th Street Saxophone Quartet. Pepl is not listed in this line-up; according to Nikolaus Kohler he played. The festival’s 1984 programme booklet names Pepl in the line-up.

  2. 8 June 1984 · Programme booklet · DE

    Programmheft 13. Internationales New Jazz Festival Moers: Tagesprogramm Montag, 11. Juni 1984, und Seite 26: Air Mail new

    The festival’s programme booklet (organisers the City of Moers and the broadcaster WDR, artistic director Burkhard Hennen) announces Air Mail for Monday, 11 June 1984, at 3.45 p.m., and on page 26 names Wolfgang Puschnig, Karl “Bummi” Fian, Harry Pepl, Mike Richmond and Wolfgang Reisinger; the daily programme prints “Harry Peppl”. The date given is the start of the festival (Friday, 8 June 1984); the booklet’s publication date is not printed. The complete booklet (issue no. 13, published by Moers Music) is now available: page 26 introduces Air Mail with Wolfgang Puschnig (alto saxophone, flutes, bass clarinet), Karl “Bummi” Fian (trumpet, flugelhorn), Harry Pepl (guitar), Mike Richmond (bass) and Wolfgang Reisinger (drums) and mentions Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Didier Lockwood and Lee Konitz as well as the Benny Goodman Quintet and Pepl’s work with the Vienna Art Orchestra (as stated in the booklet). The heading on page 26 reads “Austria/USA”, while the daily programme on page 22 lists the group as “Austria/Sweden”.

    The Viennese Harry Pepl is also a sought-after musician on the Austrian jazz scene.

    So he played with Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Didier Lockwood, Lee Konitz