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27 June 1981 · Report
Billboard (US-Musikfachzeitschrift mit den Branchen-Charts, gegründet 1894): International: „15th Montreux Begins July 3“ (Vol. 93, Nr. 25)
Short news item in the “International” section on the 15th Montreux International Jazz Festival (Switzerland) from 3 to 19 July 1981, with the programme of every evening. For the guitar day on Sunday, 12 July, Billboard lists Harry Pepl alongside James “Blood” Ulmer, Philippe Cauvin, Raphael Fays, Kilimandjaro, Biréli Lagrène, Lee Ritenour, Larry Coryell and Harri Stojka. That evening Pepl played with Werner Pirchner as the Jazzzwio; the item names only him.
(12) James “Blood” Ulmer, Philippe Cauvin, Raphael Fays, Kilimandjaro, Bireli, Lagrene, Harry Pepl, Lee Ritenour, Larry Coryell, Harri Stojka
Programme of the 15th Montreux International Jazz Festival (Switzerland) in Billboard; “(12)” stands for Sunday, 12 July 1981, the festival’s guitar day. Pepl played there with Werner Pirchner as the Jazzzwio; Billboard names only him. Spelling as printed
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9 March 1985 · Report
Cash Box (US-Musikfachzeitschrift mit eigenen Charts): Jazz: „On Jazz“, Abschnitt „Label Hopping“ (Vol. 48, Nr. 39)
Lee Jeske
In his jazz column, Lee Jeske reports under “Label Hopping” the ECM releases that PolyGram Special Imports is bringing to the USA, among them “Werner Pirchner/Harry Pepl/Jack De Johnette”, the US edition of the album ECM 1237. It is a news item, not a review; a week later Billboard recommended the album in its Album Reviews.
And the Special Imports side of PolyGram gives us, on ECM, […] and “Werner Pirchner/Harry Pepl/Jack De Johnette.”
Lee Jeske in his jazz column in Cash Box on the ECM releases that PolyGram Special Imports brought to the USA, among them the trio album with Werner Pirchner and Jack DeJohnette (ECM 1237); a news item, not a review
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16 March 1985 · Review
Billboard (US-Musikfachzeitschrift mit den Branchen-Charts, gegründet 1894): Album Reviews, Jazz-Fusion: „Werner Pirchner / Harry Pepl / Jack DeJohnette“ (Recommended)
In its issue of Saturday, 16 March 1985 (vol. 97, no. 11), Billboard, the US music trade magazine founded in 1894 and home of the industry’s leading charts, reviews the ECM album (ECM 1237, via PolyGram Special Imports) on p. 66 in its Album Reviews under Jazz-Fusion and rates it “Recommended”, Billboard’s label for new releases the editors expect to chart in their format and for albums of superior quality. The unsigned capsule review calls Pirchner a mallet stylist, Pepl an acoustic guitarist and DeJohnette a timemaster, and describes a delicate, mood-rich chamber jazz record that recalls the strongest early productions in this vein by Manfred Eicher, founder and producer of ECM. At the same time, DownBeat presented the album on a full page in its April 1985 issue; this has its own entry in the press archive.
a delicate chamber jazz set rich in moods; recalls producer Eicher’s strongest early forays into this stream
Unsigned capsule review in the Album Reviews under Jazz-Fusion, rated “Recommended”, of the ECM album by Werner Pirchner, Harry Pepl and Jack DeJohnette; Manfred Eicher is the founder and producer of ECM
1983 date teaming mallet stylist Pirchner, acoustic guitarist Pepl and timemaster DeJohnette
Unsigned capsule review in the Album Reviews under Jazz-Fusion, rated “Recommended”, of the ECM album by Werner Pirchner, Harry Pepl and Jack DeJohnette
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April 1985 · Other
DownBeat (US-Jazzzeitschrift, gegründet 1934): „European ECM“: Werner Pirchner, Harry Pepl, Jack DeJohnette (ganzseitige Vorstellung, Heft April 1985, Vol. 52, Nr. 4)
DownBeat, the leading US jazz magazine (founded in Chicago in 1934), presented the ECM album by Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, Harry Pepl and Jack DeJohnette (ECM 1237) on a full page, p. 11, of its April 1985 issue, with a picture of the cover: “Austrians Pirchner and Pepl join with drummer Jack DeJohnette to create a highly original and accessible trio sound.” It highlights the electronic effects of Pepl’s Ovation guitar blending with Pirchner’s vibraphone and marimba. The album was presented in the “European ECM” series of the New York import distributor PolyGram Special Imports, together with four other albums from the renowned European jazz label ECM. According to the masthead, the issue went on sale on Friday, 15 March 1985.
Austrians Pirchner and Pepl join with drummer Jack DeJohnette to create a highly original and accessible trio sound.
From the full-page presentation of the ECM album in DownBeat, April 1985, in the “European ECM” series of the US distributor PolyGram Special Imports
PolyGram Special Imports, European ECM
The electronic effects of Pepl’s ovation guitar blend with Pirchner’s tenor vibes and marimba to form a rich overlay
From the full-page presentation of the ECM album in DownBeat, April 1985, in the “European ECM” series of the US distributor PolyGram Special Imports
PolyGram Special Imports, European ECM
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May 1985 · Report
Austrian Information (Austrian Press and Information Service, New York): „Beyond the Sound of Music. New Austria / New York, May 15th – May 19th 1985“, Volume 38, Nr. 4, S. 3 bis 4
Peter Vujica
Lead article on the festival “Beyond the Sound of Music. New Austria / New York” (15 to 19 May 1985), staged in New York by steirischer herbst (Styrian Autumn, the festival of contemporary art in Graz, Austria) together with the Austrian Institute and the New York art space The Kitchen to mark the 40th anniversary of Austria’s regained independence. Festival director Peter Vujica (translated by Donald Friedman) describes steirischer herbst as a festival of resistance against routine and repression and lists the New York artists who had appeared in Graz, from Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass and Steve Reich to Robert Wilson, Trisha Brown, Nam June Paik, Carla Bley and the Art Ensemble of Chicago; New York, he writes, is now the long overdue return visit. The opening concert on 15 May at the Ohio Theater is given by Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner with Don Moye. Then come readings by H. C. Artmann (Viennese poet), Wolfgang Bauer (Graz playwright), Ingeborg Day, Alfred Kolleritsch (editor of the Graz literary magazine manuskripte) and Jürg Laederach, presented by the American novelists John Irving and Walter Abish, Rhys Chatham with the Graz group Blizz Frizz, the K und K Experimentalstudio with songs based on poems by Selma Meerbaum, as well as exhibitions of photography and architecture and films. The cover shows the 1972 poster “Auf, zum steirischen herbst!” (“Off to the Styrian Autumn!”).
The opening event on May 15th at the Ohio Theater will be shared by the Jazz Musicians, Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner
Artists from Styria and all over Austria meet with their friends in New York.
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May 1985 · Other
The New Yorker: „Goings On About Town“: Ohio Theatre, Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl’s „Zwio“
The New Yorker’s listings announce the programmes by Austrian artists at the Ohio Theatre (66 Wooster Street, SoHo), presented by The Kitchen and the Austrian Institute: first “Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl’s ‘Zwio’ (jazz)” on Wednesday, 15 May, at 8:30 pm, followed by readings with John Irving and Walter Abish, performances, a film by Ernst Schmidt Jr. and Blizz Frizz with Rhys Chatham.
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May 1985 · Programme booklet
Austrian Information (Austrian Press and Information Service, New York): Programm „Beyond the Sound of Music. New Austria / New York“ mit Fotos, Volume 38, Nr. 4, S. 5 bis 6
Picture page and daily programme of the New York festival. On Wednesday, 15 May 1985, at 7.30 p.m. at the Ohio Theater (66 Wooster Street, SoHo, New York), Hartmut Skerbisch (Austrian sculptor) shows his installation “Container”, Werner Pirchner, Harry Pepl and Don Moye as guest play jazz, and the Viennese composer Otto M. Zykan performs “Samples”. Further events: readings by Austrian writers on 13 and 14 May at the Deutsches Haus, 13 Austrian architects at the Austrian Institute (until 31 May), six photographers at the Arbitrage Gallery (until 8 June), the reading hosted by John Irving and Walter Abish (16 May), Dieter Kaufmann and Gunda König of the K und K Experimentalstudio (17 May), Ernst Schmidt Jr. with “Vienna Film 1896-1976”, Blizz Frizz with the New York guitarist Rhys Chatham, Armin Medosch with the ballet “The Warrior” (18 May), Austrian short films at the Millennium and Heinz Cibulka with “Metabolism/Rot.Weiss.Rot” (19 May), plus “Grid” actions by Othmar Krenn. The photo page shows Pepl with his guitar, Pirchner at the vibraphone and Moye in stage costume; the programme misprints Pirchner’s name as “Pircher”.
Werner Pircher, Harry Pepl, and F. Don Moye as guest play jazz
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18 May 1985 · Review
The New York Times (Section 1, p. 10): „MUSIC: AUSTRIAN AVANT-GARDE“
John Rockwell
Review of the opening night of the festival “Beyond the Sound of Music: New Austria/New York” at the Ohio Theater in SoHo, at which the Jazzzwio with Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner performed together with the drummer Don Moye. Rockwell heard the first set, 40 minutes long, and found the music pleasant but not significant enough for the opening of a festival series; the evening began about an hour late. The Wednesday of the festival week was 15 May 1985.
relaxed and cool, in the ECM Records manner
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26 September 1986 · Other
Bizim Caz, Datenbank des Jazz in der Türkei (online): „Air Mail“, Şan Tiyatrosu, 2. Bilsak Caz Festivali
Database entry on the Air Mail concert on Friday, 26 September 1986, at 10 pm at the Şan Tiyatrosu in Istanbul, Turkey, at the 2nd International Bilsak Jazz Festival, with Wolfgang Puschnig, Harry Pepl, Mike Richmond and Wolfgang Reisinger; organiser BİLSAK.
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27 September 1986 · Other
Bizim Caz, Datenbank des Jazz in der Türkei (online): „Dino Saluzzi ve Enrico Rava Beşlisi“, Şan Tiyatrosu, 2. Bilsak Caz Festivali
Database entry on the concert of the quintet of Dino Saluzzi and Enrico Rava on Saturday, 27 September 1986, at 11 pm at the Şan Tiyatrosu in Istanbul, Turkey, at the 2nd International Bilsak Jazz Festival, with Enrico Rava, Harry Pepl, Dino Saluzzi, Furio Di Castri and Bruce Ditmas.
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1988 · Review
Fanfare (US-Magazin für Plattenkritik): Kritik zu „Volver“ (ECM 1343), Fanfare Band 12, Nr. 1
Edward Strickland
In Fanfare, the American record review magazine, the critic Edward Strickland reviews the ECM album “Volver” by Enrico Rava and Dino Saluzzi. Rava’s contribution to the title track is appropriately subdued, his muted trumpet briefly recalling Miles Davis; Pepl’s guitar adds a great deal to the mood, and the support from Furio Di Castri (bass) and Bruce Ditmas (drums) is understated and exemplary. He recommends the record.
Harry Pepl’s guitar adds greatly to the moody mix
The American critic Edward Strickland in 1988 in Fanfare magazine on the ECM album “Volver” by the Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava and the Argentine bandoneon player Dino Saluzzi (recorded in October 1986), on which Pepl plays guitar
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27 August 1988 · Other
Music Week (British music trade magazine): „New Albums“ (Neuerscheinungen vom 30. August bis 2. September 1988)
The new-release list of the British music trade magazine includes “Cracked Mirrors” by Harry Pepl, Herbert Joos (printed “Joss”) and Jon Christensen for the week beginning Tuesday, 30 August 1988, as a jazz album on ECM/New Note, LP ECM 1356, CD 833 472-2. It is a trade listing of the British release, not a review.
PEPL, Harry/Herbert JOSS/Jón CHRISTENSEN CRACKED MIRRORS ECM/New Note ECM 1356/8334722"CD"
Entry in the “New Albums” list of the British music trade magazine Music Week for the week of 30 August to 2 September 1988: British release of “Cracked Mirrors” on ECM/New Note, LP ECM 1356, CD 833 472-2. “JOSS” and “Jón” as printed, meaning Herbert Joos and Jon Christensen; a listing, not a review