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Harry Pepl * 1945  † 2005

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  1. 1 November 1987 · Radio · FR

    France Musique, „Jazz vivant“ (broadcast listed in the INA catalogue): „Festival Le Temps du Jazz : extraits du concert du multi-instrumentiste Michel Portal“

    André Francis (production and presentation)

    Broadcast by France Musique on Sunday, 1 November 1987, at 1.07 pm in the series “Jazz vivant” (52 minutes, nationwide): excerpts from the concert of Michel Portal’s “Sextet Unit” on 30 May 1987 at the Maison de la Culture d'Amiens during the festival “Le Temps du Jazz”, with Dave Liebman, Jack DeJohnette, Mino Cinelu, Harry Pepl and Jean-François Jenny-Clark: “Ahmad the terrible”, a trio improvisation, “Changement” and “Easy”. Record PHY11005821 in the catalogue of the INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel), the archive of French radio and television; the broadcast can only be heard on site at the INAthèque, which does not provide copies.

  2. 30 May 1987 · Radio · FR

    Radio France, „Le temps du jazz“ (live recording, im INA-Katalog): „Concert du Michel Portal Unit 87“

    André Francis (production)

    Concert recording by Radio France of Saturday, 30 May 1987, at the Amiens jazz festival, the evening of the live album “Men's Land”: Michel Portal, Dave Liebman (soprano saxophone), Harry Pepl (guitar), Jean-François Jenny-Clark (double bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums) and Mino Cinelu (percussion), 1 hour 18 minutes. The recording is longer than the album: besides “Ahmad the terrible”, “Easy” and “Pastor” the record lists a trio improvisation, “Changement” by Joachim Kühn, “Bandolina”, “Jack” and a piece “Comète” by Harry Pepl, according to Daniel Pepl “Halley's Comet Light Blue Blues”, which is not on “Men's Land”. Record PHY14005763 in the catalogue of the INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel), the archive of French radio and television; the recording can only be heard on site at the INAthèque, which does not provide copies.

  3. 3 November 1986 · Radio · FR

    Radio France (live recording, im INA-Katalog): „Festival de Jazz de Paris : Concert du Dino Saluzzi quintet“

    André Francis (production)

    Concert recording by Radio France of Monday, 3 November 1986, at the Festival de Jazz de Paris: the quintet of Dino Saluzzi (bandoneon) and Enrico Rava (trumpet) with Harry Pepl (guitar), Furio Di Castri (double bass) and Bruce Ditmas (drums), 1 hour 12 minutes, a few weeks after the recording of “Volver”. Among the pieces were “Volver” by Carlos Gardel and Pepl’s “More Far Out Than East” (almost 21 minutes). Record PHY11006111 in the catalogue of the INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel), the archive of French radio and television; the recording can only be heard on site at the INAthèque, which does not provide copies.

  4. 15 May 1986 · Radio · FR

    Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (live recording, im INA-Katalog): „Concert de jazz : [émission du 00/00/00]“

    André Francis (production)

    Combined programme by Radio France, France’s public radio broadcaster, of three concert recordings, which the INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel), the archive of French radio and television, dates to Thursday, 15 May 1986, 3 hours 39 minutes in all. It opens with the trio of the trombonist Ray Anderson with Mark Helias (double bass) and Gerry Hemingway (drums), according to the record “enregistré le 15 mai 1986 à Paris” (recorded in Paris on 15 May 1986). Then come Air Mail with Wolfgang Puschnig (flute, alto saxophone, oboe), Harry Pepl (guitar), Mike Richmond (double bass) and Wolfgang Reisinger (drums), 1 hour 22 minutes, and finally the Orchestre National de Jazz, France’s national jazz orchestra, under François Jeanneau. The combined record names Paris as the venue only for Ray Anderson’s trio; Air Mail’s track list is in the separate record for this part (PHY14005647). The chronology gives Wednesday, 14 May, for Air Mail’s concert at the Paris club New Morning; whether the recording comes from that evening is open. Record PHY11006057_00 in the INA catalogue; the programme can only be heard on site at the INAthèque, which does not provide copies.

  5. 15 May 1986 · Radio · FR

    Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (live recording, im INA-Katalog): „Concert de Air Mail“

    André Francis (production)

    Concert recording by Radio France of Thursday, 15 May 1986: Air Mail with Wolfgang Puschnig (flute, alto saxophone, oboe), Harry Pepl (guitar), Mike Richmond (double bass) and Wolfgang Reisinger (drums), 1 hour 22 minutes. The track list names Pepl’s “Mulwolf” (according to Daniel Pepl “Das Auge des Maulwurfs”), “Light blue blues” (Halley's Comet Light Blue Blues), “The man in the old sea” and “Bike breaker” (Radlbremser), plus “Nudnicks” and “A prayer for peace”. The combined record for the same day (PHY11006057_00) places Air Mail alongside the trio of Ray Anderson, “enregistré le 15 mai 1986 à Paris” (recorded in Paris on 15 May 1986), and the Orchestre National de Jazz under François Jeanneau. The chronology gives Wednesday, 14 May, for the concert at the Paris club New Morning; whether it is the same evening is open. Record PHY14005647 in the catalogue of the INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel), the archive of French radio and television; the recording can only be heard on site at the INAthèque, which does not provide copies.

  6. 10 March 1986 · Radio · FR

    Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (live recording, im INA-Katalog): „Concert du Michel Portal Unit“

    André Francis (production)

    Concert recording by Radio France of Monday, 10 March 1986, three days after the Banlieues Bleues festival; the record does not name the venue. The Michel Portal Unit plays with Michel Portal (soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet), Harry Pepl (guitar), Jean-François Jenny-Clark (double bass), Mino Cinelu (percussion, synthesizer), Jack DeJohnette (drums) and Jean Schwartz (percussion), 1 hour 48 minutes. The track list names “Radl Bremser pastor” and “Desauge + maulwurfs no forte”, according to Daniel Pepl two pieces each, played in direct succession or segueing into each other: Pepl’s “Radlbremser” with Portal’s “Pastor” and Pepl’s “Das Auge des Maulwurfs” with Portal’s “No Forte”, plus “Halley's comet right blue blues”. Record PHY14005622 in the catalogue of the INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel), the archive of French radio and television; the recording can only be heard on site at the INAthèque, which does not provide copies.

  7. 8 July 1985 · Radio · FR

    France Musique, „Jazz vivant“ (broadcast listed in the INA catalogue): „Extraits de concerts de Michel Portal“

    André Francis (production and presentation)

    Broadcast by France Musique, the music station of Radio France, on Monday, 8 July 1985, at 8.05 pm in the series “Jazz vivant” (26 minutes), devoted to Michel Portal. The first part presents “Mazurka” and “Angola” from the concert by Michel Portal Plus with Harry Pepl at the jazz festival in Angoulême, France, on 10 June 1984, the second a concert by Portal at the Théâtre Musical de Paris (Châtelet) on 30 October 1984 without Pepl. Record PHY11002999 in the catalogue of the INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel), the archive of French radio and television; the broadcast can only be heard on site at the INAthèque, which does not provide copies.

  8. 27 October 1984 · Radio · FR

    Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (live recording, im INA-Katalog): „Concert de jazz : [émission du 00/00/00]“

    André Francis (production)

    Combined programme by Radio France, France’s public radio broadcaster, from the Festival de Jazz de Paris on Saturday, 27 October 1984, with three concert recordings, 3 hours 9 minutes in all. It opens with the Compagnie Lubat around Bernard Lubat (piano, percussion, drums, synthesiser), 55 minutes. Then come Tenor Madness with Daniel Humair (drums), Jean-François Jenny-Clark (double bass), Harry Pepl (guitar), Joachim Kühn (piano, keyboards) and the tenor saxophonists François Jeanneau, Harry Sokal and Larry Schneider, 1 hour 20 minutes, and finally the quartet of the tenor saxophonist Jean-Louis Chautemps with Robert Persi (keyboards), Rémy Dall'Anese (electric bass) and André Ceccarelli (drums), 55 minutes. Pepl plays only in the Tenor Madness part; its track list is in the separate record for this part (PHY13030614). Record PHY13030595_00 in the catalogue of the INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel), the archive of French radio and television; the programme can only be heard on site at the INAthèque, which does not provide copies.

  9. 27 October 1984 · Radio · FR

    Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (live recording, im INA-Katalog): „Festival de Jazz de Paris : Concert du Tenor Madness“

    André Francis (production)

    Concert recording by Radio France of Saturday, 27 October 1984, at the Festival de Jazz de Paris: Tenor Madness with Daniel Humair (drums), Jean-François Jenny-Clark (double bass), Harry Pepl (guitar), Joachim Kühn (piano, keyboards) and the tenor saxophonists François Jeanneau, Harry Sokal and Larry Schneider, 1 hour 20 minutes, with pieces by Humair, Kühn, Jeanneau and Sokal. The combined record for the same evening (PHY13030595_00) also includes the Compagnie Lubat and the quartet of Jean-Louis Chautemps. Record PHY13030614 in the catalogue of the INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel), the archive of French radio and television; the recording can only be heard on site at the INAthèque, which does not provide copies.

  10. 10 June 1984 · Radio · FR

    Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (live recording, im INA-Katalog): „Concert du Michel Portal Plus“

    André Francis (production)

    Concert recording by Radio France of Sunday, 10 June 1984, according to a France Musique broadcast of the following year at the jazz festival in Angoulême, France: Michel Portal Plus with Michel Portal (alto and tenor saxophone, clarinet), Harry Sokal (tenor saxophone), Joachim Kühn (piano, keyboards), Harry Pepl (guitar), Claude Barthélemy (electric bass), Jean-Paul Celea and Jean-François Jenny-Clark (double bass), Daniel Humair (drums) and Mino Cinelu (percussion), 1 hour 24 minutes. Besides pieces by Portal, Kühn and Sokal the programme lists a title “Pepl's theme” by Harry Pepl. Record PHY14005306 in the catalogue of the INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel), the archive of French radio and television; the recording can only be heard on site at the INAthèque, which does not provide copies.

  11. 30 May 1983 · Radio · FR

    Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (live recording, im INA-Katalog): „Jazz au Théâtre de l'Atelier : Concert du Daniel HUMAIR and Friends“

    André Francis (production)

    The INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel), the archive of French radio and television, lists a concert recording by Radio France of Monday, 30 May 1983, from the series “Jazz au Théâtre de l'Atelier” at the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Paris, France: “Daniel Humair and Friends” with Daniel Humair (drums), Eric Le Lann (trumpet), Harry Sokal (alto saxophone), Joachim Kühn (piano), Werner Pirchner (vibraphone), Harry Pepl (guitar), Mike Richmond and Dave Holland (double bass), 2 hours 38 minutes. The programme includes pieces by Kühn, Pirchner, Sokal, Holland, Sonny Rollins and Enrico Pieranunzi and Pepl’s “Good-bye, Baby Post” (in the record “Goodbye Baby FOST”). The record evidently swaps the instruments, listing Pepl on vibraphone and percussion and Pirchner on guitar. Record PHY14005123; the recording can only be heard on site at the INAthèque, which does not provide copies.