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Harry Pepl * 1945  † 2005
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saxophone, arrangement, leader

Ernie Wilkins

1922 – † 1999

Conducted the ORF Big Band as a guest in the 1970s, when Pepl was its guitarist; a contemporary printed page from the estate that lists Pepl in the line-up names him among the guest conductors.

Played with him

Printed page from the 1970s with a band photo at a wall and a line-up: trumpets Robert Demmer, Robert Politzer, Art Farmer, Ernst Lamprecht; saxophones Hans Salomon, Hans Löw, Karl Drewo, Peter Klinger, Felix Hanusik; trombones Garney Hicks, Charles Baker, Willi Meerwald, Roy Deuvall; rhythm Fritz Pauer (piano), Harry Pepl (guitar), Wayne Darling (bass), Erich Bachträgl (drums). The text names October 1971 as the founding date and Erich Kleinschuster as founder.
ORF Big Band under Richard Österreicher: band photo and line-upDruckseite, Herkunft nicht bestimmt

American saxophonist, arranger and bandleader. From 1951 arranger and composer for Count Basie, from 1955 for Dizzy Gillespie; in Copenhagen he founded the Almost Big Band in 1980.