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Pierre D: Zig Zag Zimfoni
by Jack Bowers
Pierre Dørge’s well–upholstered New Jungle Orchestra plays world music, and does so quite well. It hardly ever plays Jazz, at least not in the customary sense of the word (although some improvisation is evidently involved). So if it’s straight–arrow Jazz you crave, look elsewhere. What you’ll find on Zig Zag Zimfoni is a series of musical sketches that summon forth in their best moments images of the enigmatic Middle East with its vast storehouse of evocative melodies and emphatic rhythms. ...
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by C. Michael Bailey
Cross Cultural. From the opening notes, the New Jungle Orchestra (NJO) goes up on two wheels and fearlessly spins through a novel collection of compositions by Pierre Dørge and his band members and associates. At first blush, one would read the composition titles and conclude what Louis Armstrong did after having head Bebop: that this was all Chinese Music. Nothing could be further from the truth. China Jungle is a densely composed collection that exhibits all that is good and ...
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