PIERRE DORGE & NEW JUNGLE ORCHESTRA - BLUU AFROO

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Cat. no: SCCD31904
Format: CD
Barcode: 716043190423
Release Date: 16th October 2020
Genre: Jazz

Danish guitarist/composer/band leader Pierre D rge and his 12-piece New Jungle Orchestra celebrate their 40th anniversary this year. ‘Bluu Afroo’ was recorded live during their concert tour throughout Denmark last year features American star tenor saxophonist Stephen Riley who has been a NJO’s frequent guest on the scene.

Dorge conceived the idea of this almost-big band as a global jazz crossroad where the world music meets and interacts with post-bop jazz with a huge tilt towards West African music tradition. The band’s longevity attributes, among other things, to the fact that NJO is “among the most enterprising and unpredictable outfits of this kind” (Richard Cook & Brian Morton - The Penguin Guide to
Jazz.).

The orchestra’s first big international breakthrough came in 1986 being invited to perform at the Chicago Jazz Festival for the enthusiastic 60,000 audiences on the same bill with Art Farmer, Benny
Golson and Sarah Vaughan. Pierre Dorge and his NJO since then have been touring all over the world, performing over 2500 concerts in more than 60 countries. “

Ubi Zaa is a beautiful document from an important institution in Danish avantgarde jazz, making this difficult genre approachable with humorous, innovative and most of all crowd-pleasing way without losing sight of its free jazz roots.” - Brian Petro, Jazz Special on ‘Ubi Zaa’ (SCCD31819) Personnel: Pierre Dorge guitar (conductor), Stephen Riley (tenor saxophone), Tobias Wiklund (trumpet), Jakob Mygind (tenor & soprano saxophone), Anders Banke (tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet), Kenneth Agerholm (trombone), Irene Becker (piano, synthesizer), Thommy Andersson bass), Ayi Solomon (congas, percussion), Martin Andersen (drums)

Tracks: Aburu Kuwa / Mingus’ Birthday Party / Elefante Imposante / Sister / Ka Wa Ku Wo / Rocking At Planet Pluto / Mama Asili / Dancing In The Jungle / Blue Afriki / Witchdoctor In The Burial
Mound / Fulani

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