piano, artistic direction
George Gruntz
1932 – † 2013
Was artistic director of the 1980 Chancellor's Reception with Goodman at the Berlin Philharmonie and of the Jazzfest Berlin 1981, at which Pepl appeared with the Jazzzwio; conducted the ORF Big Band at recordings and concerts with Pepl as soloist. More on the page Benny Goodman Band 1980/81.
Swiss pianist (1932 to 2013), artistic director of the Berliner Festspiele's Chancellor's Reception 1980, at which Pepl played in Benny Goodman's quintet, and of the Jazzfest Berlin 1981; he also conducted programmes of the ORF Big Band (ORF: Austria's public broadcaster), in which Pepl was guitarist in the 1970s.