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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 March 2007 · Radio · DE

    Deutschlandfunk, Nachtradio (Playlist): „Milestones - Harry Pepl“ (Klassiker der Jazzgeschichte)

    Playlist of a late-night radio programme on 13 March 2007 at 01:05, with “Live in Montreux 81”, the ECM album with Pirchner and DeJohnette and Air Mail’s “Light Blues”. It shows Pepl as an entry in a German series on classics of jazz history.

  2. 21 November 2013 · Radio · DE

    Ö1, „Schon gehört?“: „Schon gehört?“ (Kulturtipps vom 21. November 2013)

    Cultural tips from the radio station Ö1: the Austrian Soundcheck, a cooperation between the jazz department of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz and gamsbART, devotes an evening at the Dom im Berg in Graz, Austria, billed as “Super Sax”, to the saxophone, among others with the trio of Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer and Peter Primus Frosch. On 22 November Salesny receives the Harry Pepl Prize, awarded this year for the fourth time.

    On 22 November this encouragement prize goes to the alto saxophonist Clemens Salesny.

  3. 14 February 2015 · Radio · DE

    Ö1, Die Lange Nacht des Werner Pirchner: „Die Lange Nacht des Werner Pirchner“

    Albert Hosp (Gestaltung)

    A “Lange Nacht” (long night) programme for the 75th birthday of the vibraphonist and composer Werner Pirchner. The programme mentions the duo with Harry Pepl at the Montreux Jazz Festival and thereby shows the connection between the two musicians; the focus is on Pirchner.

    in a duo with the guitarist Harry Pepl

  4. 19 September 2015 · Radio · DE

    Ö1, „Die Ö1 Jazznacht“: „Erinnerungen an Harry Pepl“

    Christian Bakonyi

    Broadcast for the 70th birthday on Saturday, 19 September 2015, 23:03 to 24:00, with the studio guests Daniel Pepl, Agnes Heginger and Clemens Salesny. Also played is an archive find of the trio with Herbert Joos and Tony Oxley from Tamsweg, dated 15 December 1988.

  5. 26 October 2015 · Radio · DE

    Ö1, Spielräume Spezial: „Heimat bis Du großer...“ (Würdigung von Harry Pepl)

    Klaus Wienerroither (Gestaltung)

    Programme of 26 October 2015, 17:10, which commemorates the guitarist and composer almost ten years after Pepl’s death; the truncated programme title alludes to the line „Heimat bist du großer Söhne“ [“Homeland of great sons”] from the national anthem. The playlist contains two pieces by Airmail (“Shifting People” and “The Halley’s Comet - Light Blue Blues”).

    The tribute to an individualist.

    In this case it really is one of the sons.

  6. 3 December 2015 · Radio · DE

    Ö1, Spielräume: „Spielräume“ vom 3. Dezember 2015 (Musik aus allen Richtungen, Harry Pepls Wiederkehr)

    Andreas Felber (Gestaltung)

    Programme of 3 December 2015, 17:30, on the occasion of Pepl’s 70th birthday and the tenth anniversary of his death: Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Peter Primus Frosch and Agnes Heginger perform Pepl’s music (5 December 2015, Porgy & Bess). It also covers new CDs of Austrian production.

    Agnes Heginger, Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer and Peter Primus Frosch play Harry Pepl

  7. 13 September 2019 · Radio · DE

    Ö1, In Concert: „Harry Sokal, Harry Pepl, Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark, Daniel Humair“ (Österreichisch-französisches Gipfeltreffen 1984 in Wien)

    Klaus Wienerroither (Gestaltung)

    Programme with an unreleased concert recording from the ORF archive: in 1984 the saxophonist Harry Sokal played in Vienna with the guitarist Harry Pepl, the bassist Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark and the drummer Daniel Humair. The programme was broadcast on 13 September 2019 at 14:05.

    the Viennese guitar master Harry Pepl

  8. 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

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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

  12. 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.

  13. 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).