Press on Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band
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18 December 2025 · Review · DE
Kronen Zeitung (p. 42, culture): „Die Schemen eines Lebenden“ (Stockwerk Graz: Harry Pepl's Lonely Single Swinger Band blinzelt ins Jenseits)
F. Jureček
Concert review of the performance in Graz: a quintet around Clemens Salesny and the sound engineer Markus Wallner shapes an evening of improvisation from multitrack recordings by the guitarist, who died in 2005.
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Pepl’s audio tracks are heard as sounds dynamically processed at the mixing desk, with Andi Schreiber, Martin Bayer and Valentin Duit playing along.
Archive material gives rise to the shadowy outlines of a living man.
Not many musicians release new CDs 20 years after their death.
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18 December 2025 · Review · DE
Kleine Zeitung (p. 51, culture, column „Open Music im Grazer Stockwerk“): „Im Spiel mit der Wiener Gitarristenlegende“
Robert Tendl
Report on the evening by Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band at the Stockwerk in Graz.
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Pepl left behind a great deal of material from his home studio; Salesny, Bayer, Schreiber, Duit and the technician Markus Wallner bring the audio tracks onto the stage via amplifier and loudspeakers and improvise along with them.
A surprisingly lively, highly musical result emerges
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14 December 2025 · Report · DE
Kleine Zeitung (p. 47, Aviso): „Im Dialog mit Harry Pepl“
Listing for the open music evening at the Stockwerk in Graz on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, 8 pm: a quartet plays live with previously unreleased recordings from Pepl’s last creative period.
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The listing documents the concert date, which the reports of 18 December do not give.
An intense musical dialogue with the “giant of improvisation”.
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November 2025 · Report · DE
ORF Kärnten (Online): Bericht über den Österreichischen Jazzpreis 2025
Report on the presentation of the Austrian Jazz Award 2025 (award for jazz from Austria) at Casino Velden, with the ranking in the Best Album category: Kenji Herbert Trio ahead of Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band and the Tobias Meissl Trio.
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27 October 2025 · Report · DE
mica music austria (musicaustria.at): „Österreichischer Jazzpreis 2025: Die Gewinner*innen stehen fest!“
Report on the announcement of the winners on Monday, 27 October 2025, four weeks before the gala in Velden: in the Best Album category, “Live” by Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band takes second place behind the Kenji Herbert Trio.
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The Austrian Music Council (27 October 2025) and the AKM (29 October 2025) published the same ranking.
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27 September 2025 · Report · DE
Kronen Zeitung (p. 38, culture): „Besondere Hörerfahrung“
Michaela Reichart
Preview of the autumn programme of Ute Pinter’s Graz concert series open music, now in its 25th year.
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Besides Studio Dan and the Darius Jones Trio, an evening for Harry Pepl was already fixed for December 2025: the Single Swinger Band at the Stockwerk on 16 December. mica (Austrian music information centre) spoke on 23 September 2025 of the „doppelten Harry-Pepl-Gedenkjahr“ [“double Harry Pepl commemorative year”].
a project dedicated to Harry Pepl, who died in 2005
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22 September 2025 · Press release · DE
APA-OTS (Presseaussendung Österreichischer Jazzpreis): „Österreichischer Jazzpreis 2025: Die Nominierten stehen fest!“
Österreichischer Jazzpreis
Press release on the nominations for the Austrian Jazz Award (award for jazz from Austria): the Jazz Award Academy of 149 experts chose 30 nominees in three categories from 174 submissions.
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In the Best Album category, “Live” by Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band is nominated, alongside albums by Christoph Pepe Auer, the Kenji Herbert Trio, Wolfgang Muthspiel and Asja Valcic, among others. The award ceremony was announced for 26 November 2025 at the Casino Velden.
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2025 · Press release · DE
Fullmax Recordings (press kit for the album, German, English, French, Polish): Harry Pepl 80: „Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band“, Live-Dialog mit einem Giganten der Improvisation
Fullmax Recordings (draft by Clemens Salesny)
Two-page press release for the 80th birthday and the album “Live”.
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The project combines Pepl’s original tracks from the Hernstein studio with Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Andi Schreiber and Valentin Duit. Page 2 contains the track list, instrumentation, recording locations and credits; versions exist in four languages.
Now it can be experienced live again. I think that is unique in Europe
Daniel Pepl
Original (PDF) · DEOriginal (PDF) · ENOriginal (PDF) · FROriginal (PDF) · PL
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4 October 2023 · Report · DE
NÖN Niederösterreichische Nachrichten (p. 94): „Legende Harry Pepl zurück auf Bühne“
Franz Pfeffer
Report with photo on the Single Swinger Band’s performance at the Open Inn Door Day on Saturday, 30 September 2023, in the sparkasse.event.raum of the Syrnau cultural association in Zwettl, admission free.
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The quartet played with previously unreleased recordings; the picture shows the hosts Michaela and Erwin Schierhuber with Clemens Salesny, Valentin Duit, the sound engineer Markus Wallner and Andi Schreiber.
the world-class Austrian composer and jazz guitarist who died in 2005 returned to the stage
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29 September 2023 · Report · DE
noe.ORF.at (Online): „Bühnenwirtshäuser öffnen im ganzen Land“
Preview of the first “Open Inn Door Day” of the Lower Austrian stage inns on Saturday, 30 September 2023, with free admission at ten venues.
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Under the subheading „Unveröffentlichte Klänge von Jazz-Gitarrist Pepl“ [“Unreleased sounds by jazz guitarist Pepl”] it announces the Single Swinger Band’s evening at the Syrnau in Zwettl. The provincial press release went out via APA-OTS on 28 September 2023 (OTS0063).
“The (lonely) single swinger band” improvises over unreleased recordings from the last creative period of the jazz guitarist Harry Pepl, who died in 2005.
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25 June 2021 · Report · DE
Kleine Zeitung (p. 43, Tagesaviso): „Musik der Harry Pepl’s Band“
Listing for the evening on 26 June 2021, 7.30 pm, at the Bambergsaal in Villach: a quartet plays with previously unreleased recordings from Pepl’s last creative period, the music of “Harry Pepl’s Lonely Single Swinger Band”.
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23 June 2021 · Report · DE
MeinBezirk Kärnten (p. 36, Top-Tipps der Woche): „Harry Pepl (tape) & Band“
Preview of the concert by Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band on Saturday, 26 June 2021, at the Bambergsaal in Villach (8 pm according to MeinBezirk, 7.30 pm according to the Kleine Zeitung and ORF Teletext).
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The quartet around Clemens Salesny plays with unreleased recordings from Pepl’s last creative period (1996 to 2005); because of the Covid restrictions 110 listeners were admitted. Recordings from this evening appear on the album “Live”.
the world-class Austrian composer and jazz guitarist who died in 2005
If you close your eyes, it is almost as if Harry Pepl were still on stage
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16 November 2018 · Other · DE
Kronen Zeitung: „A Tribute To“ (Tagestipp)
Listing on the day of the concert: “The Lonely Single Swingers” present a tribute evening on Friday, 16 November 2018, at 8.30 p.m. at the Jazzit in Salzburg, Austria (Elisabethstraße 11), to the composer and jazz guitarist Harry Pepl, who died in 2005.
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The quartet interacts with previously unreleased recordings from his last creative period. With a band photo.
The quartet interacts with Pepl by means of previously unreleased recordings from his last creative period.
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15 November 2018 · Other · DE
Kleine Zeitung (Völkermarkt): „Im Bleiburg kann man heute Harry Pepl (1945-2005) erleben“
Same-day announcement: the Kulturinitiative Bleiburg presents The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band at the Brauhaus Breznik together with the late master of the jazz guitar, through previously unreleased recordings, as if he were still on stage.
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the late composer and master of the jazz guitar, Harry Pepl, as if he were still on stage
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15 November 2018 · Review · DE
Kleine Zeitung: „Auratisch: Zwei fünfte Männer“
Otmar Klammer
Concert review of Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band at the Austrian Soundcheck festival at Tube's in Graz, Austria (Tuesday, 13 November 2018).
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Clemens Salesny calls the band a quintet because Markus Wallner steers the playback from the mixing desk and laptop; the real fifth man, however, is Pepl, who “in a few days will already have been sorely missed for 13 years”. Salesny, Andi Schreiber (violin), Martin Bayer (guitar) and Valentin Duit (drums) take up Pepl's style; the band is at its strongest in the pieces built on Pepl's grooving ostinato bass figures.
The real fifth man, who once composed this music in real time on countless instruments
Otherwise the rule was: the smaller the format, the more Pepl.
The real fifth man, who once composed this music in real time on countless instruments, will in a few days already have been sorely missed for 13 years.
A multifaceted excursion through the Pepl cosmos.
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14 November 2018 · Report · DE
MeinBezirk Kärnten: „Kärnten Premiere im Brauhaus Breznik“
Announcement of the concert on Thursday, 15 November 2018, at the Brauhaus Breznik in Bleiburg as one of the most interesting projects of the musical autumn.
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Pepl played at the 1st Musikfest Bleiburg in 1983; 35 years later the “giant of improvisation” returns to Bleiburg's stage.
In 1983 Harry Pepl, the Austrian composer and jazz guitarist who died in 2005, played at the 1st Musikfest Bleiburg.
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10 November 2018 · Other · DE
Der Standard (Watchlist): Konzerttipp: Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band
Tip for the concert on Monday, 12 November 2018, at the Porgy & Bess: the late guitarist Harry Pepl comes from tape, and Clemens Salesny and his band add current jazz.
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Great project: the late guitarist Harry Pepl comes from tape here.
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9 November 2018 · Press release · DE
APA-OTS (Presseaussendung von Fullmax Recordings, OTS0138): „Harry Pepl & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band“
Daniel Pepl (Fullmax Recordings)
Press release launching the live project: Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Andi Schreiber and Valentin Duit interact with previously unreleased recordings from Pepl's last creative period (1996 to 2005), which he had recorded instrument by instrument himself in his studio in Hernstein, Lower Austria; Markus Wallner handles sound and playback. Dates: Porgy & Bess Vienna (12 November 2018), Tube's Graz (13 November), Brauhaus Breznik Bleiburg (15 November), Jazzit Salzburg (16 November).
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It is then as if Harry Pepl were still on stage, playing together with the live musicians.
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7 November 2018 · Report · DE
Kleine Zeitung: „Avancierte Landvermessung“
Michael Tschida
Preview of the 27th Austrian Soundcheck in Graz: the (Lonely) Single Swinger Band around Clemens Salesny recalls the guitar grandmaster Harry Pepl, who died in 2005, by means of tapes on 13 November.
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recalls the guitar grandmaster Harry Pepl, who died in 2005, by means of tapes
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2 November 2018 · Other · DE
Kärntner Monat (Kultszene): „Gigant der Impros“
Event tip under the headline “Gigant der Impros” (giant of improvisation): at the Brauhaus Breznik in Bleiburg, “Harry Pepl's Lonely Single Swinger Band” brings unforgettable songs back to life on 15 November 2018.
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GIANT OF IMPROV
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18 October 2018 · Report · DE
kleinezeitung.at (Völkermarkt): „KIB präsentiert zum 35er ambitioniertes Herbstprogramm“
Hubert Budai
Autumn programme of the Kulturinitiative Bleiburg: on 15 November 2018 Harry Pepl is remembered at the Brauhaus Breznik; the quartet of the Single Swinger Band (Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Andi Schreiber, Valentin Duit) interacts with his unreleased recordings. A shorter version appeared in the print edition (Kleine Zeitung, Völkermarkt, p. 27).
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the world-class master of the jazz guitar and composer Harry Pepl, who died in 2005
improvise posthumously with the Austrian music legend, as it were