Work · mica dates it 1984; Kohler: Pepl already wanted to play the piece with The String Summit in 1980

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Bike Breaker; Bikebraker; Bikebreaker

Semiquaver theme at up-tempo, played in unison with Wolfgang Puschnig; on “Prayer for Peace” (Air Mail, 1985) as “Bike Breaker”, on “Light Blues” (1988) with a MIDI drum intro, and in 2015 on the double CD.

Authors: Harry Pepl
Genre: jazz composition
Line-up: Quartet: saxophone, drums, guitar, double bass (Air Mail)
Publisher: Pepl Daniel Musikverlag (Fullmax Publishing)
ISWC: T0010294571
AKM work number: 861687
Sheet music: Lead sheet: Lead sheet in the estate (Dropbox /Harry Pepl/Noten/Jazz Tunes).
Archive ID: HP-W-0141

Kohler distinguishes three versions (without MIDI, with MIDI, Raab 1993). The theme works with fourths and a wider range; it was considered so difficult that in 1980 it was too demanding for the ensemble of The String Summit.

Recordings

In the chronology

March 1988 “Jazz und Stories” with Peter Turrini