Pierre Dorge & New Jungle Orch. feat. Johnny Dyani, John Tchicai, Marilyn Mazur, Harry Beckett a.o.

In the American music magazine Down Beat, journalist Bill Shoemaker wrote:

The Danish guitarist creates an exotically hued, rhythmically vibrant music that is simultaneously sophisticated and accessible. Pierre Dørge´s NJO has been one of jazz´s most consistently engaging big bands of the last decade.

In the book A night in Tunisia - Imaginings of Africa by Norman C. Weinstein,
Pierre Dørge´s New Jungle Orchestra is the only Europeans portrayed side by side with American top-jazzmen like John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef and Duke Ellington. A few excerpts from the book:

It is unabashedly one of Europes most sophisticated jazz bands

Dørge and band don't simply reverently imitate the Ellington jungle-sound,
but ironically and humorously carry that sound to its logical musical conclusion.

His (Dørge´s) imaginative play with African styles and instrumentation,
is unparalleled by any other musicians not of African descent
Line up:
Johnny Mbizo Dyani - vocal & dance
John Tchicai - bass clarinet
Harry Beckett - trumpet
Pierre Dørge - leader & guitar
Morten Carlsen - ney flute & clarinet
Jesper Zeuthen - altosax
Søren Eriksen - sopraninosax
Kenneth Agerholm - trombone
Irene Becker - Juno 60 & Fender Rhodes
Bent Clausen - vibraphone
Hugo Rasmussen - bass
Thomas Dyani - congas
Marilyn Mazur - drums

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• Hamburg
• Jazz
• Festival
• 1985
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• Fabrik

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Pure joy! And thank you so much for the opportunity to watch Johnny Dyani in particular.