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Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band

The album by the live band formed anew in 2018, which brings Pepl's multitrack recordings from tape onto the stage and improvises along with them; released in the year of Pepl's 80th birthday.

Released: 22 August 2025
Label: Fullmax Recordings
Catalogue number: FULLMAX25-02CD (CD), FULLMAX25-02DD (digital), Hoanzl X47525002-2
EAN/UPC: 9006472046127
Formats: CD (14 tracks, 67:50), vinyl (10 tracks, EAN 9006472046110), digital (10 tracks)
Harry Pepl: leader
Projects: Harry Pepl's Lonely Single Swinger Band
Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band
Recording: Live recordings of the band at Porgy & Bess, Vienna (25 October 2019, July 2020), at Blue Tomato, Vienna (24 October 2020) and at the Bambergsaal, Villach (26 June 2021), played to Pepl's multitrack recordings from the Hernstein home studio; trumpet on “Kunst II” recorded in August 2020; recording, mix and mastering by Markus Wallner
Archive ID: HP-T-0073

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Tracks

1 Fun Fare Pepl (tape): guitar 1:12 ATPK12500015
2 Schweinefunk Pepl (tape): guitar, bass, keyboards; Salesny: alto saxophone; Bayer: guitar; Schreiber: violin; Duit: drums 5:28 ATPK12500016
3 Hot Jazz Pepl (tape): guitar, bass; Duit: drums 2:15 ATPK12500017
4 Time Trace Pepl (tape): piano, guitar; Schreiber: violin 4:20 ATPK12500018
5 Scat Snap Pepl (tape): vocals, bass; Salesny: bass clarinet; Bayer: guitar; Duit: drums 4:13 ATPK12500019
6 Hernstein Blues Pepl (tape): guitar, bass; Salesny: alto saxophone; Duit: drums 8:10 ATPK12500020
7 Kunst only on the CD; Pepl (tape): piano; Salesny: bass clarinet; Bayer: guitar; Schreiber: violin; Duit: drums 8:04 ATPK12500021
8 Vocal Duet Pepl (tape): vocals; Schreiber: vocals 2:14 ATPK12500022
9 Guitar Duet Pepl (tape): guitar; Bayer: guitar 3:19 ATPK12500023
10 For JF only on the CD; Pepl (tape): bass, piano; Salesny: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet; Bayer: guitar; Schreiber: violin; Duit: drums 7:44 ATPK12500024
11 ZIP-Code Pepl (tape): guitar; Salesny: alto saxophone; Bayer: guitar; Schreiber: violin; Duit: drums 7:18 ATPK12500025
12 Tritsch Tratsch Pepl (tape): bass; Salesny: bass clarinet; Bayer: guitar; Schreiber: violin; Duit: drums 5:27 ATPK12500026
13 Time Trace II only on the CD; Pepl (tape): piano; Salesny: alto saxophone; Bayer: guitar; Schreiber: violin; Duit: drums 3:49 ATPK12500027
14 Kunst II only on the CD; Pepl (tape): guitar, bass; Hautzinger: trumpet (recorded in August 2020) 4:17 ATPK12500028

According to the back of the CD, all compositions are improvised by the musicians. Pepl himself is heard as “tape”, that is, with original tracks from his home studio, which Clemens Salesny, Martin Bayer, Andreas Schreiber and Valentin Duit play along with live; on “Kunst II” Franz Hautzinger adds trumpet. Daniel Pepl produced the album. It has been available digitally since 22 August 2025; the distributor Hoanzl lists the CD with a release date of 26 September 2025. Four tracks (Kunst, For JF, Time Trace II, Kunst II) are available only on the CD. The line-up for the individual tracks comes from the metadata of Fullmax Recordings. At the Austrian Jazz Award 2025 the album took second place in the Best Album category on 26 November 2025 at Casino Velden.