Fellow musicians

Ensembles

• The Austrian Evergreensfrom 1964Viennese dance and beat band, founded in late 1961, backing band of Hannes Patek and house band at what became the Star Club Wien. Harry …
• ORF Big Band1971 to 1977Orchestra of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), which existed from 1971 to 1981. In the 1970s Pepl was the band's guitarist and …
• Conception M1974Group of the pianist Albert Mair in which Pepl played in 1974. No release exists.
• Harald Neuwirth Konsort1975Quartet around the pianist Harald Neuwirth in which Pepl played around 1975. The earlier website writes “Harald Neuwirth Consort”, an …
• Mumelters Concertodrom1975Quintet around the violinist Martin Mumelter, which worked with classical musicians and free improvisation. Premiere in February 1975 at …
• Hip Jargonfrom 1975Trio around Pepl in the 1970s, which he expanded by adding Werner Pirchner as a melody instrument. Without Pirchner, the group performed as …
• Jazzzwio1975 to 1985Duo of Harry Pepl (guitar) and Werner Pirchner (vibraphone, marimba), 1975 to 1985, at times expanded to include Jack DeJohnette, Don Moye …
• Erich Kleinschuster Sextettfrom 1976Sextet of the trombonist Erich Kleinschuster, founded in 1965 according to Kohler. According to Kohler, Pepl played in it around 1976.
• Ensemble Erich Kleinschuster1977 to 1978Line-up around Erich Kleinschuster that recorded the “St. Gerolder Messe” (beat mass); television premiere on 16 October 1977 at the …
• Trio Infernal1978Trio around 1978 with Adelhard Roidinger and Erich Bachträgl; here Pepl played songs by Wes Montgomery with completely different chords.
• Austria Drei1979 to 1982Quartet around Pepl and Werner Pirchner with Adelhard Roidinger and Todd Canedy, later with Alvin Queen and Michael Di Pasqua on drums …
• Vienna Art Orchestra1979 to 1982Orchestra under Mathias Rüegg, named “Wiener Art Orchester” on the cover of “Tango from Obango”. From 1979 to 1982 Pepl was a guest on …
• Runo Ericksson's Omnibus1980 to 1981Group of the trombonist Runo Ericksson, recorded on 29 and 30 May 1980 at the Phonag Studio in Lindau (Switzerland); the album was released …
• The String Summit1980Line-up assembled at the New Jazz Meeting Baden-Baden (24 to 28 November 1980) under Joachim-Ernst Berendt, with violins, two guitars …
• Benny Goodman Band 1980/811980 to 1981European band of Benny Goodman in which Harry Pepl played guitar in 1980 and 1981: two concerts at the Berlin Philharmonie, the film score …
• Werner Pirchner / Harry Pepl / Jack DeJohnette1980 to 1982Trio of Werner Pirchner, Harry Pepl and Jack DeJohnette. Recorded on a Sunday afternoon in June 1982 at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg …
• The Loss1981Quintet around Leszek Zadlo, Pepl and Werner Pirchner; recorded in March 1981 at the Schmetterling Sound Studios on the Bisamberg. The …
• Air Mail1983 to 1993Austrian-American band around Harry Pepl with Wolfgang Puschnig, Mike Richmond and Wolfgang Reisinger, 1983 to 1993. This is how the name …
• Michel Portal Unit1984 to 1988Group of the clarinettist and saxophonist Michel Portal with changing line-ups, in which Harry Pepl played from 1984, mainly live in …
• Family of Percussion1984Percussion ensemble founded by the Swiss drummer Peter Giger. At the NDR Jazz Workshop in 1984, Steve Swallow, Harry Pepl and Werner …
• Enrico Rava / Dino Saluzzi Quintet1986Quintet with which Pepl recorded “Volver” at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg in October 1986 and then toured Europe for about three months.
• Pepl / Joos / Christensen1987 to 1989Jazz trio with Herbert Joos and Jon Christensen (“Cracked Mirrors”, ECM 1988); live, Tony Oxley played drums when Christensen was …
• Ensemble Wien1989String ensemble that played “Ballade for Mr. Dinozo” on 16 March 1989 and “Grogos” on 14 December 1989 in the Brahmssaal of the …
• Schönberg Improvations1989 to 1990Project and album (Amadeo 1990): Harry Pepl recorded piano music with the MIDI guitar, played back by the Bösendorfer computer grand piano …
• Ensemble Kontrapunkte1990Viennese chamber ensemble under Peter Keuschnig that performed a composer portrait of Harry Pepl in the Brahmssaal of the Musikverein on 27 …
• Kronos Quartet1991American string quartet that gave the world premiere of three pieces by Harry Pepl at the Orpheum in Graz on 3 December 1991.
• Harry Pepl Quartet1992 to 1994Quartet that recorded “N.Y.C. IMPRESSURE” in New York in June 1992, with Claus Stötter, Paul Nowinski and Jojo Mayer. The LSG writes “Harry …
• STUDIO PERCUSSION graz1992 to 2000Graz percussion ensemble under Günter Meinhart; commissioner of “Anspannen, Überspannen, Abspannen” (1992) and “Zeitraffer” (2000).
• Abstract Truth1993 to 1994Band with which Pepl recorded the album “Beginnings” in 1993/94, his last guitar release during his lifetime. Who led the band is reported …
• Artis-Quartett1993Viennese string quartet that gave the premiere of Pepl's quartet “Über Kurz oder Lang, Von der Weite und der Enge” in the Brahmssaal of the …
• Pepl / Labarrière / Jackson / Mitterer1994International line-up with which Harry Pepl played one of his last concert series in 1994: Hélène Labarrière (double bass), Gene Jackson …
• Harry Pepl's Lonely Single Swinger Band1995 to 2005Pepl's own name for his one-man band in the Hernstein home studio: multitrack recordings on which he played all the instruments himself …
• Harry Pepl solo1995 to 1996Harry Pepl at the piano: two freely improvised solo albums, “Consequence” (recorded in November 1995 at the Bösendorfer factory in Vienna …
• Harry Pepl & Clemens Salesny / Martin Bayer / Peter Primus Frosch / Agnes Heginger2015 to 2016Project for the 2015 double CD: Pepl's original tracks (tape) plus instruments recorded live. Concerts on 5 December 2015 at Porgy & Bess …
• Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Bandfrom 2018Live formation since 2018: four musicians improvise with Harry Pepl's original tracks from the Hernstein home studio. The album “Live” …
• Harry Pepl TrioTrio of the 1970s with Peter Ponger and Joris Dudli, which according to Pepl played „im Stil von Bitches Brew“ [“in the style of Bitches …