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Harry Pepl * 1945  † 2005
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Chronology

Life and work year by year. Every entry is documented; we welcome additions and corrections.

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1970s

  1. 1971

    ORF Big Band and studio work

    Vienna

    In the 1970s Pepl played in the ORF Big Band under Ernst Kugler, Karel Krautgartner and Richard Österreicher and worked as a studio musician for, among others, Wilfried, Reinhold Bilgeri and Peter Alexander. In 1974 he was, after Peter Paul Skrepek, the band's first guitarist.

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  2. 1974

    Conception M

    Vienna

    Pepl played in Albert Mair's group Conception M with Christof Lauer, Ack van Rooyen and Aladar Pege. No recording was released.

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  3. 1975

    The Jazzzwio begins with Werner Pirchner

    Vienna

    Pepl led the trio Hip Jargon and brought in the vibraphonist Werner Pirchner. At the first duo rehearsal, with “Stella by Starlight”, the Jazzzwio began, which lasted until 1985. The sources date the beginning between 1975 and 1978; Kohler's date is used here.

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  4. 1975

    Harald Neuwirth Konsort and duo with Lee Konitz

    Vienna

    In the Konsort of the pianist Harald Neuwirth, Pepl played a duo with Lee Konitz at one concert, a formative moment for him; Hans Koller was listening.

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  5. February 1975

    Mumelter's Concertodrom

    Innsbruck

    The quintet of the violinist Martin Mumelter, with Max Engel, Werner Pirchner, Harry Pepl and Kurt Neuhauser, premiered at the Großer Stadtsaal in Innsbruck and then toured the British Isles, including the Edinburgh Festival.

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  6. 1978

    Trio Infernal and journey to New York

    Vienna, New York

    Around the end of the 1970s there was the Trio Infernal, with Adelhard Roidinger and Erich Bachträgl. With Peter Ponger, Pepl travelled to New York by ship, played sessions and met Marc Johnson.

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