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Carsten Meinert: C.M. Musictrain

Read "C.M. Musictrain" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Collectors of rare Danish jazz are in much better position in 2020 than they once were. Little labels like Centrifuga and Frederiksberg Records are dedicated to digging out lost pearls and the big Danish jazz labels are following suit. Not long ago, Storyville brought the classic album Sentiments (Storyville, 1972) by saxophonist Sahib Shihab back into circulation and now Stunt Records has reissued an ultra-rare album of modern Danish jazz that will whet the appetite of even the most seasoned ...

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Pierre Dorge and New Jungle Orchestra: Tjak Tjaka Tchicai

Read "Tjak Tjaka Tchicai" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo


Gli appassionati del jazz orchestrale non si lasceranno certamente sfuggire questo CD, che Pierre Dorge dedica al sodale John Tchicai scomparso nel 2013. Le undici composizioni proposte non si discostano dall'estetica sino ad oggi perseguita dal chitarrista danese. Vi si scorge ancora una volta un personale ripensamento del jazz orchestrale d'avanguardia attraverso una condotta strumentale ludica ed incalzante. Sin dal brano di apertura si impone la fantasia progettuale del leader nel fare un uso magistrale delle dinamiche e dei timbri. ...

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Tigra Negra

Read "Tigra Negra" reviewed by Donald Elfman


Tigra NegraPierre Dorge and the New Jungle OrchestraIlk Music2007Pierre Dørge has what seems like a magical ability - he can re-imagine and rethink the way that music is voiced thus creating entire new worlds out of worlds we think we know. He can take an Ellington standard or the “soundtrack from an imaginary film or an organ tune from Danish composer Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) and present each with riotously funny squawking, chanting, ...

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Pierre D

Read "Pierre D" reviewed by Donald Elfman


If there ever was doubt about the universality of jazz and its creative spirit, one need look no further than the wildly inventive Danish guitarist/bandleader Pierre Dørge and his New Jungle Orchestra (NJO). Through a career that spans over forty-five years, Dørge has never ceased to surprise with music that touches on a world of traditions and yet bursts forth new and revelatory and never without a sense of great fun. He has constantly added to his primary original influences--Duke ...

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Pierre Dorge & New Jungle Orchestra: Giraf

Read "Giraf" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Giraf is the latest from the always excellent “New Jungle Orchestra". Here, along with guitarist and bandleader Pierre Dorge, NJO explore some adventurous left-of-center frontiers, which could mark a new beginning for this band. On Giraf Dorge enlists some talented guest artists which include the highly regarded saxophonist John Tchicai along with Achille Succi (bass clarinet), John Ehde (cello), and Josefine Cronholm (vocals).

Pianist-vocalist Irene Becker authored the composition titled, “Lullaby For Tchicai" which features a mock Latin cha-cha and ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

C.M. Musictrain

Stunt Records/Sundance Music
2020

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Tjak Tjaka Tchicai

SteepleChase Records
2014

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Tigra Negra

ILK Music
2007

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Giraf

Dacapo Records
1999

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