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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. 13 February 2020 · Radio · DE

    Ö1, Spielräume: „Werner Pirchner, der Vibrafonist“ (Musik aus allen Richtungen zum 80. Geburtstag des Tiroler Kosmopoliten)

    Andreas Felber (Gestaltung)

    Programme for Werner Pirchner’s 80th birthday on 13 February 2020. It describes the vibraphonist’s path and explains how the Jazz-Zwio with Harry Pepl brought the connection with the young Austrian jazz scene and the international career; the focus is on Pirchner.

    Meanwhile, Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner also joined forces with the young Austrian jazz scene

  2. 5 June 2020 · Radio · DE

    Ö1, In Concert: „Harry Pepls „Hip Jargon“ plus Werner Pirchner anno 1975“

    Helmut Jasbar (Gestaltung)

    Programme with a concert recording from the ORF radio archive: on 25 September 1975 Pepl played in the Large Broadcasting Hall of the Vienna Funkhaus with his trio Hip Jargon (Wayne Darling, double bass; Fritz Ozmec, drums); the guest was Werner Pirchner on vibraphone. The programme calls Hip Jargon the nucleus of the Jazz-Zwio. The programme features “Wirf an” and “Wohl oder übel” by Pirchner as well as “Pfifferling”, “Squirrel Dance”, “Down At The Ticky Toe” and an excerpt from “Radler” by Pepl and Pirchner, almost 78 minutes in all.

    The nucleus of the famous “Jazz-Zwio”: Hip Jargon

    The music has overwhelming impact, raw and direct, with a concentrated energy that makes the recording sound as if it had been made yesterday.

  3. 25 September 2020 · Radio · DE

    Ö1, Spielräume Nachtausgabe: „Der unvergessene Jazzgitarrist Harry Pepl“

    Klaus Wienerroither (Gestaltung)

    Programme for his 75th birthday on 10 September 2020, broadcast on Friday, 25 September 2020, at 22:25 and repeated on 26 September 2020 at 00:05. Guests include the music producer Daniel Pepl, the drummer Wolfgang Reisinger and the pianist Anna Maurer, who is working on a solo piano album of Pepl’s compositions.

    His Austrian-American quartet Airmail was probably one of the best jazz groups of Austrian provenance.

  4. 25 September 2020 · Radio · DE

    Ö1, In Concert: „Fünf Österreicher und eine Cool-Jazz-Legende“ (Das Harald-Neuwirth-Konsort mit Lee Konitz 1976 im Wiener Funkhaus)

    Helmut Jasbar (Gestaltung)

    Programme with a historic concert document from the ORF archive: on 14 June 1976 the Harald Neuwirth Konsort performed in the Large Broadcasting Hall of the Vienna Funkhaus, with Harry Pepl (guitar), Werner Pirchner (vibraphone), Wolfgang Wüst (double bass) and Fritz Ozmec (drums) and the guest Lee Konitz. The programme was broadcast on 25 September 2020 at 14:05.

    The members of the ensemble were guitarist Harry Pepl, vibraphonist Werner Pirchner, double bassist Wolfgang Wüst and drummer Fritz Ozmec

  5. 6 September 2025 · Radio · DE

    Ö1, „Die Ö1 Jazznacht“: „Zum 80. Geburtstag von Gitarrist Harry Pepl“

    Christian Bakonyi

    Broadcast on Saturday, 6 September 2025, 23:03 to 24:00, with the guests Daniel Pepl, Clemens Salesny and Martin Bayer. The accompanying article mentions John Scofield and the MIDI guitar and points to the concert at Porgy & Bess on 28 September 2025.

  6. 26 November 2025 · Radio · DE

    Ö1, „On stage Spezial“: Österreichischer Jazzpreis 2025, live aus dem Casino Velden

    Andreas Felber

    Live broadcast of the award ceremony on Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 19:30. The playlist includes “Hernstein Blues” from the album “Live” (Pepl and Salesny, 8:10).