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Article: Album Review

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 ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Sunjump: Archaeology of the Present

Read "Sunjump: Archaeology of the Present" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


In a time when the music business, as many other other branches of commerce, is in crisis, it has become increasingly relevant to ask what needs to be done in order to save record labels. While the major companies retreat to protective copyright thinking and unimaginative repacking of archive material, a new host of independent labels ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Bud Shank: A Voice for the Ages

Read "Bud Shank: A Voice for the Ages" reviewed by Jack Bowers


I'll always have fond memories of the 2007 Prescott (Arizona) Jazz Summit, as it was the last time I had the great pleasure of seeing and hearing the phenomenal alto saxophonist Bud Shank doing what he did best: enfolding an entire audience in the palm of his hand with a seemingly endless stream of irrepressible notes ...

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Article: Profile

Herb Robertson: Abandon in the Moment

Read "Herb Robertson: Abandon in the Moment" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell


Amid a whorl of scraped cello, tenor sax squawks, and bass clarinet blats, trumpeter Herb Robertson paused, his eyes closed in concentration. With NSA-like hearing ability, he pierced the action with a bracing note that crystallized the unfurling improvisation. The intent listening and bold responses displayed during saxophonist Lotte Anker's January show at The Stone typify ...

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Tigra Negra

Label: ILK Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Negra Tigra I; Ushama; Negra Tigra II; Vietnam Xong; Negra; Cpr; Negra Tigra III; Lang Ra; Negra Tigra IV; Streets of Ha Noi; Negra Tigra V.

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Article: Extended Analysis

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 ...

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Article: Profile

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 ...

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Giraf

Label: Dacapo Records
Released: 1999

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Article: Album Review

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), ...


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