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Harry Pepl * 1945  † 2005

trombone, arrangement, leader

Slide Hampton

1932 – † 2021

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 trombonist, arranger and composer (born Locksley Wellington Hampton). He wrote arrangements for Maynard Ferguson's orchestra until 1959, lived in Europe (Berlin, Paris) from 1968 to 1977 and was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2005.