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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
