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Harry Pepl * 1945  † 2005

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What was written and broadcast about Harry Pepl: reviews, portraits, interviews and obituaries, with summary and source. The originals are protected by copyright and kept in the archive; we provide them to researchers and the press on request.

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  1. December 1992 · Report · DE

    Jazzlive (vol. 10, no. 99/1992): Titelbild Harry Pepl; „Soundknitting. Die farbenfrohen Klangmuster der New Yorker Knitting Factory“

    Hannes Schweiger (article); Rainer Rygalyk (cover photo)

    The Viennese jazz magazine shows Harry Pepl on its cover, photographed by the publisher Rainer Rygalyk. In the issue, Hannes Schweiger describes the history and programme of the New York club Knitting Factory (New York music club for jazz and the avant-garde) and reports that in summer 1992 Pepl played there for an evening with his quartet (Klaus Stötter, Paul Nowinski, JoJo Mayer). Pepl describes how the pace of New York changed the way he plays.

    I noticed myself that I play completely differently there than at home.

    On his performance at the Knitting Factory, New York’s avant-garde club, in summer 1992

    Harry Pepl

    The ambience of the club is rather plain. Playing there was really an experience.

    On the Knitting Factory, New York’s avant-garde club, where he played in summer 1992

    Harry Pepl

  2. 17 July 1992 · Other

    Pori Jazz, festival archive (online): Festival years 1992: John Purcell´s Blue Brass Connection

    The online archive of Pori Jazz (jazz festival in Pori, Finland, held every year since 1966 and one of the oldest jazz festivals in Europe) lists, for the 27th festival from Saturday, 11 to Sunday, 19 July 1992, the band “John Purcell´s Blue Brass Connection” with Harry Pepl (guitar), John Purcell (saxophone), Graham Haynes (trumpet), Ron Burton (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), Ronnie Burrage (drums) and Paul Zauner (trombone). Three performances are listed: Friday, 17 July 1992, on the main stage at Kirjurinluoto in the programme starting at 5 pm, the same evening at the Village Gate, and Saturday, 18 July 1992, at the Nuorisokeskus (youth centre). For the same Kirjurinluoto programme the daily schedule also lists Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band and the Hammond line-up of Jimmy Smith and Jimmy McGriff. Pepl appears in the archive only in this year.

  3. 2 April 1992 · Other

    Knitting Factory Works, New York (letter): Einladung an das Harry Pepl Quartet für den 2. Juni 1992

    Michael Dorf, Director

    Letter from the Knitting Factory to Harry Pepl in Hernstein: on behalf of the club management, Michael Dorf invites the Harry Pepl Quartet to perform on 2 June 1992 at 11 p.m. at the club, which he describes as the first venue for avant-garde jazz in New York. Shortly afterwards the album “N.Y.C. Impressure” was made in New York.

    We think this will be an invaluable opportunity to expose your music to a New York audience.