Line-ups and tracks

Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra:

Recorded 1982 by Steeple Chase (SCS 1162)
Pierre Dørge (guitar, ballophon, voice)
Kenneth Agerholm (trombone)
Morten Carlsen (tenorsax, basssax, taragot, clarinet)
John Tchicai (tenorsax, altosax, sopranosax, vocal)
Jesper Zeuthen (altosax)
Simon Spang-Hanssen (tenorsax, sopranosax)
Uffe Markussen (altosax, sopranosax)
Niels Neergaard (trombone)
Irene Becker (keyboards, caxixi, voice)
Bent Clausen (vibraphone, percussion, ballophon)
Peter Danstrup (bass)
Marilyn Mazur (drums, percussion, ballophon, voice)
Ole Rømer (drums, percussion, voice)

Tracks :
Wobra Zebra
Jungle Rituals
Mister Suso
254, Bowery
Fullmoon in Brikama (Africa)
Bo Bo Sanneh
New Tiger Rag
Round as a Pancake



Brikama:

Recorded 1984 by Steeple Chase (SCCD 31188)
Pierre Dørge (guitar)
Niels Neergaard (trombone)
Kenneth Agerholm (trombone)
Morten Carlsen (reeds)
Doudou Gouirand (reeds)
John Tchicai (reeds)
Jesper Zeuthen (reeds)
Michel Marre (trumpet, euphonium) Irene Becker (keyboards)
Bent Clausen (vibraphone, percussion)
Hugo Rasmussen (bass)
Johnny Mbizo Dyani (talking bass, body percussion, vocal, step dance)
Thomas Dyani (congas, percussion)
Marilyn Mazur (drums, percussion)

Tracks :
Monk in Africa
St. Louis Blues
Dawda´s Dream
A Rainbow over the Bamboo Forest
Nuages
Sunday in Zürich
To Alhaji Bai Konte
To Mr. Dolphy
På Tirsdag (On Tuesday)



Very hot - Even the moon is Dancing

Recorded 1985 by Steeple Chase (SCCD 31208)
Pierre Dørge (guitar, ballophon, vocal)
Harry Becket (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Kenneth Agerholm (trombone, African horn)
Morten Carlsen (tenorsax, neyflute, taragot, bass sax, clarinat, Istanbul zurna)
John Tchicai (tenorsax, vocal)
Doudou Gouirand (altosax, sopranosax)
Søren Eriksen (altosax, sopranosax)
Jesper Zeuthen (altsax)
Irene Becker (keyboards, caxixi, vocal)
Bent Clausen (vibraphone, sirene, percussion)
Hugo Rasmussen (bass)
Johnny "Mbizo" Dyani (talking bass, piane, vocal)
Marilyn Mazur (drums, bells, kalimba)
Ahmadu Jarr (African drums, percussion, train flute)
Ken Day (guide in the jungle)

Tracks :
The Mooche
Suhu Ning Samo
Bambla Jolifante
Very hot / Autobahn Tchicai
Mirjams Dadadance
A Rose for Laurent
Even the Moon is Dancing


Johnny Lives

Recorded 1987 by Steeple Chase (SCCD 31228)
Pierre Dørge (guitar, arr., dir.)
Harry Becket (Trumpet)
Kenneth Agerholm (trombone)
Morten Carlsen (tenorsax, ney flute)
John Tchicai (tenorsax, bass clarinet)
Jesper Zeuthen (altosax)
Irene Becker (keyboards)
Bent Clausen (vibraphone)
Hugo Rasmussen (bass)
Thomas Dyani (percussion)
Marilyn Mazur (percussion) on *
Hamid Drake (drums)

Tracks :
Flying out with SAS
The smile at the foot of the Ladder
Lilli goes to Town
Manila, Manila
Waltz for two Camels *
Mbizo, Mbizo *
The Root Eating Rag
Flying home with SAS


Different Places - Different Bananas

Recorded 1988 by Olufsen Records (DOC 5079)
Pierre Dørge (guitar, gong, arr.)
Harry Becket (Trumpet)
Kenneth Agerholm (trombone)
Morten Carlsen (tenorsax, basssax, taragot)
John Tchicai (tenorsax, sopranosax, vocal)
Jesper Zeuthen (altsax, bass clarinet)
Irene Becker (keyboards)
Bent Clausen (vibraphone, percussion)
Hugo Rasmussen (bass)
Thomas Dyani (percussion)
Aage Tanggaard (drums)
Guests :
Gert Mortensen (gangsa, bamboo joged)
Ivan Hansen (gangsa, gong)

Tracks :
Kera Dorong
Fats Waller in the Busch of Leipzig
Monkey Forest
Kiss me in Neanderthal
Largo Lapidarius
Bali Sinar Bulan
Dancing in the Temple
Sun Ra over La Luna



Peer Gynt
Recorded 1989 by Olufsen Records (DOCD 5207)
Pierre Dørge (guitar, gong, gangsa, leader)
Morten Carlsen (tenorsax, basssax, taragot, clarinet, bretoniam bombarde, ney flute, jublag)
John Tchicai (tenorsax, sopranosax, bassclarinet, reong)
Jesper Zeuthen (altsax, bass clarinet, music saw, kempli)
Irene Becker (keyboards, vocal, big tom tom, reong)
Bent Clausen (vibraphone, drums, march drum, gangsa)
Thomas Dyani (conga, talking drum, bata, African djembe, gongs & many other percussion instruments)
Berit Mæland (solo soprano, gongs)
Lennart Fessel (kura ceng ceng (turtle with small cymbals)

Tracks :
Peer Gynt's Dream
Peer Gynt in Congo
Early on Morning
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Solveig's Dream
Peer Gynt and the Boyg
Danza Araba
Anitra's Dance
A Happy little Cock-bird
Ach, Sfinx, Wer bist Du
Stormy Weather over the North Sea
Ashes, Mist and Mind-blown Dust
Peer Gynt's last Dream



Live in Chicago

Recorded 1990 by Olusen Records (DOCD 5122)
Pierre Dørge (guitar, leader)
Harry Becket (trumpet)
John Tchicai (tenorsax, sopranosax)
Jesper Zeuthen (altosax, bass clarinet, bambooflute)
Irene Becker (keyboards)
Harrison Bankhead (bass)
Hamid Drake (drums)

Tracks :
St. Louis Blues in Chicago
Monkey Forest
254, Bowery / Nteri Malamini
Wa Wa Wabash Bush Leo ? / Sunday in Zürich
Slow Down Boreas
Sky of July
Mbizo, Mbizo
The Mooche



David Murray & Pierre Dørge's New Jungle Orchestra
The jazzpar Prize

Recorded 1992 by Enja (enja CD 7031-2)
Pierre Dørge (guitar)
David Murray (tenorsax, bass clarinet)
Horace Parlan (piano)
Harry Becket (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Per Jörgensen (trumpet)
Jörg Huke (trombone)
Jesper Zeuthen (altosax, bass clarinet)
Jacob Mygind (tenorsax, sopranosax)
Irene Becker (piano)
Jens Skov Olsen (bass)
Audun Kleive (drums)
Donald Murray (vocals on "Gospel Medley")

Tracks :
Do green Ants Dream ?
David in Wonderland
Gospel Medley
In a Sentimantal Mood
Shakil Warriors
Song for Doni


Karawane

Recorded 1992 by Olufsen Records (DOCD 5141)
Pierre Dørge (guitar, leader, bike-horns)
Harry Becket (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Jörg Huke (trombone)
Jesper Zeuthen (altosax, clarinet)
Volker Schlott (sopranosax, altosax)
Morten Carlsen (clarinet, taragot, tenorsax)
Jakob Mygind (clarinet, sopranosax, tenorsax)
Charlotte Halberg (piccoloflute)
Irene Becker (keyboards)
Hugo Rasmussen (bass)
Ayi Solomon (percussion)
Bent Clausen (drums)

Tracks :
Variation on Black Beauty
Orang Itu
Nostalgia at Nørrebro
East-west Hymn
Variation on Mood Indigo
Apa Kabar
Camelopardalis
From Copenhagen to Ubud
Duke greets Sun Ra from Outer Space
Blues for Karen
Lost in the Desert, I see a.../Caravan


Polar Jungle Orchestra
Not really the New Jungle Orchestra, but anyway...

Recorded 1994 by ULO DISC (ULOCD 93)
Pierre Dørge (guitar, tibetan conch, vocal)
Irene Becker (keyboards, vocal)
Jesper Zeuthen (bass clarinet)
Helene Lindholm (vocal)
Torkild Lindebjerg (iron bar, vocal)
Martin Løvstrøm (bass, vocal)
Herluf Møller (guitar, vocal)
Anda Kristiansen (inuit drum, vocal)
Petur Gretarsson (drums, percussion)
Håkon Leifsson (french horn, vocal)
Åsa Simma (solo jolk, vocal)
Esa Alanne (vocal)
Hellen Willberg (vocal)

Tracks :
Skrællingernes første møde med Nordboerne
Ai Qimusseq Nuisoq



Absurd Bird

Recorded 1994 by Olufsen Records (DOCD 5319)
Pierre Dørge (leader, guitar, tibetan trumpet)
Morten Carlsen (taragot, clarinet, tenorsax)
Jesper Zeuthen (altosax, bassclarinet)
Jakob Mygind (sopranosax, tenorsax)
Kenneth Agerholm (trombone)
Irene Becker (piano, synthesizer)
Hugo Rasmussen (bass)
Bent Clausen (drums)
Ayi Solomon (percussion, vocal)
Guests : Ensemble Semera Ratih

Tracks :
Tilo Akandita Brikama
Dada Woman
Dukish Kiss
Absurd Bird
Ronkedor Rag
Ceremony
Subway Sunset
Free as a Penguine/cool as an Ostrich
Oh! When the Birds...
Waltz for Ghana/Ojaba
Heaven number Seven
Travelling through the Jungle (with guests !!!)
Eternal Journey
Notre Dame


Music from the Danish Jungle

Recorded 1995 by Dacapo (DCCD 9423)
Pierre Dørge (leader, guitar, tibetan trumpet, vocal, arco cumbus)
Morten Carlsen (taragot, chinese cymbals, tenorsax)
Jesper Zeuthen (altosax, bassclarinet)
Kenneth Agerholm (trombone, vocal, African trumpet)
Mads Hyhne (trombone, Tibetan trumpet)
Irene Becker (piano, keyboards, vocal)
Hugo Rasmussen (bass, small Indian cymbals)
Bent Clausen (drums)
Ayi Solomon (percussion)
Guest in the jungle :
Aviaja Lumholt (vocal) on *

Tracks :
Ritus Huju #1 *
Fullmoon for a Rhino
Mango for Mingus
Det koster ej for megen strid
The Enigmatic Bird
Autumn in Saltum
Pirup
Carrier-Pigeon´s Perspective
Jubee Jubee
Skørping After Dark
Kalahari Shuffle
Hva´si´r du ?
Give me a Break
Ritus Russulu Huju #2 *



China Jungle

Recorded 1997 by Dacapo (DCCD 9427)
Pierre Dørge (leader, guitar, liu gin (Chinese mandolin))
Jesper Zeuthen (altosax)
Jakob Mygind (Sopranosax, tenorsax)
Kasper Tranberg (trumpet)
Kenneth Agerholm (trombone)
Mads Hyhne (trombone, Chinese euphonium)
Irene Becker (piano, keyboards, vocal, caxixi)
Hugo Rasmussen (bass)
Bent Clausen (drums)
Ayi Solomon (percussion)
Special guests in the jungle :
Yu Jun (guzheng (Chinese harp)) on a)
Zhao Ben (xun, erhu (flute & violin)) on b)
Aviaja Lumholt (vocal) on c)
Morten Carlsen (tenorsax) on d)

Tracks :
Peking Kong
China Jungle (a & b)
Dragon Dance (a)
Feng Huan (c)
Magic Mystery Moon (c)
Fou Fou Zong (d)
Yuyuan Garden (a & d)
Lions of Shanghai (a, b & c)
Kunninggong (a)
Sunshine Highway
Clear as a Bell
Siberian Tiger
The Great Master Comes
Lang Tung Ting
Welcome to China Jungle (a & c)