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Pierre Dørge
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Denmark
- Active from
- 1946
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Pierre Dørge (born 28 February 1946) is a Danish avant-garde jazz guitarist, bandleader and composer born in Copenhagen, Denmark. As leader of New Jungle Orchestra he created a unique and playful combination of traditional and modern jazz with West African Highlife guitar music. Among his collaborators have been his wife, pianist Irene Becker, bassist Johnny Dyani and percussionist Marilyn Mazur. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Pierre+D%C3%B8rge">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pierre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- guitar
- Image
- Pierre-doerge06.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1946-02-28
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- Pierre Dørge
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