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News from the archive: releases, broadcasts, concerts and finds.
- 24 June 2026Ö1 Radiosession: Michael Kahr and Martin Harms
In the relaunched “Ö1 Radiosession”, the duo of Michael Kahr and Martin Harms plays Austrian jazz history, from Anton Karas to Harry Pepl.
- 4 April 2026Ö1 Jazznacht: Stefan Heckel in conversation
The pianist, Harry Pepl Prize winner and author of the dissertation on Pepl is the guest of the Ö1 Jazznacht on 4 April 2026.
- 18 December 2025Press reports on the concert at the Stockwerk in Graz
Kleine Zeitung and Kronen Zeitung report on the Open Music evening with the band.
- 26 November 2025Austrian Jazz Award 2025: 2nd place for “Live”
The album takes 2nd place in the Best Album category at the Austrian Jazz Award (award for jazz from Austria).
- 27 October 2025Jack DeJohnette has died
The drummer who formed the 1983 ECM trio with Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner has died at the age of 83.
- 6 September 2025Ö1 Jazznacht for the 80th birthday
Christian Bakonyi devotes an edition of the Ö1 (the ORF's cultural radio channel) Jazznacht to Harry Pepl on 6 September 2025.
- 22 August 2025Album “Live” released
The album “Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band: Live” is released by Fullmax Recordings.
- 14 November 2024Flip Philipp plays Pirchner and Pepl
The vibraphonist Flip Philipp devotes a concert at the Seidl-Keller in Bruck to the music of Werner Pirchner and Harry Pepl.
- 20 June 2022Wolfgang Reisinger has died
The Air Mail drummer died unexpectedly in June 2022.
- 8 August 201950 years of ECM: Pepl rarities go digital
For the anniversary of the renowned European jazz label ECM, JazzEcho presents digitised rarities, including “Schattseite” and the trio album with Pirchner and DeJohnette.