Chronology
Life and work year by year. Every entry is documented; we welcome additions and corrections.
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2020s
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15 May 2020 to 10 June 2020
Digital releases from the estate on Fullmax Recordings
Vienna
In May and June 2020 the following were released digitally: “Consequence” (15 May), the double CD from 2015 (18 May), “Harry Pepl's Lonely Single Swinger Band (Volume One)” (20 May) and “N.Y.C. IMPRESSURE” (10 June).
Estate
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15 July 2020
Single Swinger Band at the Porgy & Bess
Porgy & Bess, Vienna
Concert by Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band at the Porgy & Bess; recordings from it were released in 2025 on the album “Live”.
Concerts
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25 September 2020
Ö1 “Spielräume Special” about Harry Pepl
Vienna
For the Ö1 programme, Daniel Pepl compiled a chronological list of listening examples with commentary. The date is taken from the file name of the list.
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24 October 2020
Single Swinger Band at the Blue Tomato
Blue Tomato, Vienna
Concert by Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band at the Blue Tomato in Vienna; recordings from it were released in 2025 on the album “Live”.
Concerts
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26 June 2021
Single Swinger Band at the Bambergsaal Villach
Bambergsaal, Villach
Concert by Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band at the Bambergsaal in Villach; recordings from it were released in 2025 on the album “Live”.
Concerts
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30 September 2023
Concert in Syrnau
Syrnau
The band played on Saturday 30 September 2023 at 8.15 pm at the sparkasse.event.raum in Syrnau near Zwettl.
Concerts
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7 June 2024
“Live At H15 Studio” by the Kresten Osgood Quintet
Copenhagen
On the LP, featuring a live recording from the Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2023, the quintet plays Pepl's “The Halley's Comet Light Blue Blues”.
Recordings
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July 2024
Stefan Heckel's dissertation “Instant Composing”
Vienna
Stefan Heckel submitted his dissertation on Pepl's late work at the mdw (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), supervised by Harald Huber.
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2025
The Kahr and Harms duo plays Pepl
Vienna
In the duo project “Jazz & the City (…and me)”, the pianist and jazz researcher Michael Kahr and the saxophonist Martin Harms interpret repertoire associated with musicians of Viennese jazz, among them Erich Kleinschuster, Vera Auer, Fritz Pauer and Harry Pepl. In 2025 the duo performs at the Kultursommer Wien and records for Ö1.
Concerts
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22 August 2025
Album “Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band: Live”
Vienna
The album was released digitally on Friday 22 August 2025 on Fullmax Recordings (distributed by Hoanzl); the distributor lists the CD with the date 26 September 2025. It contains concert recordings of the band playing to Pepl's original tracks.
Estate
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6 September 2025
Ö1 Jazznacht for the 80th birthday
Vienna
Christian Bakonyi presented the Ö1 Jazznacht for the 80th birthday on Saturday 6 September 2025, with Daniel Pepl, Clemens Salesny and Martin Bayer.
Media
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10 September 2025
80th birthday
Pepl would have turned 80 on Wednesday 10 September 2025. The press text for the album is titled “Harry Pepl 80”.
Life
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28 September 2025
Concert at the Porgy & Bess
Vienna
The band, with Salesny, Bayer, Schreiber, Duit and Markus Wallner on sound, played at the Porgy & Bess in Vienna on Sunday 28 September 2025, also as a stream.
Concerts
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26 November 2025
Austrian Jazz Award: 2nd place for “Live”
Velden
At the Austrian Jazz Award 2025 at Casino Velden on Wednesday 26 November 2025, the album took 2nd place in the Best Album category, behind the Kenji Herbert Trio and ahead of the Tobias Meissl Trio.
Honours
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December 2025
Single Swinger Band in the Open Music series at the Stockwerk in Graz
Stockwerk, Graz
Concert by Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band in the Open Music series at the Stockwerk in Graz; the Kleine Zeitung and the Kronen Zeitung reported on 18 December 2025.
Concerts
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18 December 2025
Press reports on the concert at the Stockwerk in Graz
Graz
On Thursday 18 December 2025 the Kleine Zeitung and the Kronen Zeitung reported on the Open Music evening at the Stockwerk in Graz, with Salesny, Bayer, Schreiber, Duit and Markus Wallner. The concert date is not stated in the text.
Media