Pierre Dørge - Johnny Lives
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Article name: Johnny LivesGenre: Jazz Product type: CD Label: STEEPLECHASE Number of tracks: 8 Duration: 60:21
Tracklist CD - 1
1. Pierre Dørge / New Jungle Orchestra - Flying Out With Sas 5:59 2. Pierre Dørge / New Jungle Orchestra - Smile at the Foot of the Ladder 7:55 3. Pierre Dørge / New Jungle Orchestra - Lilli Goes to Town 7:52 4. Pierre Dørge / New Jungle Orchestra - Manilla, Manilla 5:53 5. Pierre Dørge / New Jungle Orchestra - Waltz for Two Camels 9:22 6. Pierre Dørge / New Jungle Orchestra - Mbizo, Mbizo 12:27 7. Pierre Dørge / New Jungle Orchestra - Root Eating Rag 5:13 8. Pierre Dørge / New Jungle Orchestra - Flying Home With Sas 5:09Description
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The extraordinary South African bassist Johnny "Mbizo" Dyani, who died in 1986, had been a regular member of the New Jungle Orchestra, a Danish band led by Pierre Dorge that meshed jazz and African music, and this album was recorded in tribute to him. When the band gets cooking, the confluence of West African (particularly Ghanaian) melodies and solos stemming largely from the free improvising tradition can be fresh and exhilarating. Dorge has a unique approach to his guitar work, stressing limpid, singing tones that sound almost more like a trumpet than a stringed instrument, and he's assembled a strong supporting cast, including Harry Beckett and avant-garde veteran John Tchicai. Previously, the band had sometimes suffered from a rhythmic anemia, but on this recording Dorge wisely imported the fine Chicago drummer Hamid Drake (making one of his earliest recorded appearances), and he goes far in keeping the music alive and pulsing. Unfortunately, the melodic material itself doesn't have quite the intoxicating irresistibility of the better pieces on the prior record, Even the Moon Is Dancing (with the exception of the delightful "Root Eating Rag"), so the listener is left a little bit unsatisfied relative to what might have been. Still, it's an enjoyable session and one worth hearing. ~ Brian Olewnick
Brian Olewnick
Contributors
- Director: Pierre Dørge
- Artist: Dorge Pierre & New Jungle Orchestra
- Current Distributor: Discovery
- Trombone: Kenneth Agerholm
- Performer: Pierre Dørge
- Keyboards: Irene Becker
- Sax (Tenor): John Tchicai
- Percussion: Thomas Dyani
- Performer: Pierre Dørge's New Jungle Orchestra
- Clarinet (Bass): John Tchicai
- Bass: Hugo Rasmussen
- Engineer: Flemming Rasmussen
- Record Label: SteepleChase
- Recorder: Flemming Rasmussen
- Drums: Hamid Drake
- Sax (Tenor): Morten Carlsen
- Sax (Alto): Jesper Zeuthen
- Ney Flute: Morten Carlsen
- Vibraphone: Bent Clausen
- Design: Per Grunnet
- Percussion: Marilyn Mazur
- Guitar: Pierre Dørge
- Trumpet: Harry Beckett
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