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Jørgen Emborg

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Danish pianist Jørgen Emborg has for years been one of the most significant melodymakers in the field of jazz in Denmark. He has recorded several albums as a leader and has received prices and awards especially for his talent as a composer, among others the Ben Webster Award. Delicate lines, tasteful harmony and elegant arranging are some of the qualities you will hear in his music. Jørgen Emborg has lead/colead several groups with a singer - Frontline (with Cæcilie Norby)- Boel-Emborg-Vinding-Riel (with Hanne Boel) - Emborg/Larsen Group (with Mona Larsen) and Moonsongs. Jørgen Emborg has also played with among others Red Rodney, Clark Terry, Eddie Harris, Joe Henderson, Dave Liebman, Steve Swallow, Carmen Lundy og DeeDee Bridgewater, The Danish Radio Big Band, NDR-BigBand (Hamburg), Tolvan Big Band (Sweden), Equinox (Sweden), Bob Rockwell, Tomas Franck, plus a huge variety of danish and swedish musicians. He has played in countries like Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, England, Scotland, Canada, Spain, Italy, France and Thailand. His latest project Surrounding Moods is a sextet embedded in 8 channel surround soundscapes. Prologue is the opening tune on the new CD He has written numerous songs with amongst others lyricist Lisa Freeman. Forgotten truth is from the album "Over the Rainbow" featuring Steve Swallow on bass. Emborg has also composed 4 major works for choir ( with Lisa Freeman), pieces for acapella ensembles and 3 pieces for woodwind quintet and piano.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/04/2007
Band Website: www.jorgenemborg.dk
Band Members: Surrounding Moods: Jørgen Emborg - keys, Henrik Sveidahl/Hans Ulrik - sax, Peter Dahlgren - trombone,Søren Lee - guitar, Kaspar Vadsholt/Peter Hansen - bass , Morten Lund/Niclas Campagnol - drums
Influences: Beatles - Weather Report - Stravinsky - Keith Jarrett - Pat Metheny - Bill Evans - Take6 - Ravel - Chick Corea - Antonio Carlos Jobim - Toninho Horta - Clare Fischer - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sounds Like: visit www.jorgenemborg.dk for more samples
Record Label: Stunt Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

For Joe Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQGs02PdfBI My tribute to a great musician...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:21:00 GMT

After midnight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCn1MuQlEjA
Posted by on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:24:00 GMT

Surrounding Moods

Fighting-Uniting is an excerpt from my latest studio session that will result in the release of a CD called "Surrounding Moods" The musicians played their butts off as you can hear on this take. Henri...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:13:00 GMT