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| Pierre Dørge´s
New Jungle Orchestra is one of the most renowned
danish jazzbands. For three years they were
ambassadors for Denmark as official Danish
State ensemble and their name has been widely
established abroad. Where jazz was born, in
the US, they are known as one of the most
sophisticated and innovative mini big bands
of Europe. |
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In between
thay have recorded 13 CD´s.
The most recent, China Jungle, was released
in june 1997 from the Danish record company
DACAPO.
In August the CD will also be released in
cooperation with the renowned classical company
NAXOS, which has just started out as a jazzlabel.
Thus the orchestra´s CDs are distributed
worldwide, though in the beginning only in
the markets of Europe, USA and China. |
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| The new CD
contains 15 new compositions, which, in the
jungle-tradition, are impossible to label.
Thus some of the music is chinese style with
a touch of souljazz and twist. Two chinese
musicians participate on the album, - the
harpist Yu Jun and volinist Ben Zhao -, as
do the Greenland-Danish singer Aviaja. The
fresh music is played by one of the most able
and best integrated jungleteams ever. The
junglemusic is insistingly extrovert with
the inspiration of "grooves" and
rythmes from all over the world. Based firmly
in the jazztradition, the orchestra freely
mixes the notes and rythmes of Africa, Arabia,
China and of the odd song af Danish composer
Rued Langgaard. |
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| Even though
the orchestra isn´t the state ensemble,
they still tour extensively. Recently they
represented Denmark at two big, international
jazzfestivals of Beijing and Shanghai. Later
this year they give concerts Paris, Reykjavik,
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, The Baltic
countries and Denmark. |
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