Palle Mikkelborg Group

Palle Mikkelborg is not a jazz musician in the traditional sense, despite his use of freedom and improvisation; he does not have the ‘sound’ of the Baptist church or Fifth Avenue as a social or musical background, but rather Carl Nielsen, H.C. Andersen and Søren Kierkegaard in his mental suitcase. He has taken great pleasure in being a ‘guest’ in different milieus along the way. At a point in time, the standard repertoire became a little too restricted for him and new challenges were calling: conductor of the Danish Radio Big Band and Danish Radio Jazz Group, arranger, composer (listen to Mysterious Corona (1967)) the Danish Radio Jazz Group supplemented with wind quintet and string quartet. Inspiration and experience gained from different aesthetic collaborations resound further in Mikkelborg’s universe. (Be convinced by listening to More Than You Know (1975) with Dexter Gordon and orchestra, Entrance (1977), Live As Well (1978), and Palle Mikkelborg: Journey To... (1984).

Palle Mikkelborg was awarded with The Nordic Council's Music Prize for 2001. He received the prize on the 2nd of April 2001 in Oslo.