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Palle Mikkelborg
Mikkelborg, performing at the Moers Festival, 2010
Background information
Born	(1941-03-06) 6 March 1941 (age 83) Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres	Jazz, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, arranger, record producer
Instrument(s)	Trumpet and flugelhorn
Years active	1960–present
Labels	ECM

Palle Mikkelborg (born 6 March 1941) is a Danish jazz trumpet player, composer, arranger and record producer.

He is self-taught on the trumpet, although he studied conducting at the Royal Music Conservatory in Copenhagen. He became a professional musician in 1960 and joined the Danish Radiojazzgruppen three years later. Mikkelborg became their leader in 1967 and retained that position until 1972. In addition, he was a member of the Radioens Big Band over a similar time frame. He played trumpet in both, but also wrote, arranged, and conducted both. Forming a jazz quintet with drummer, Alex Riel they performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival and Newport Jazz Festival (1968). He later led an octet, V8, in the 1970s, and another outfit, Entrance, from the mid-1970s until 1985. His composition were made for various ensembles, including extended pieces for larger outfits.

In 1984, he composed Aura, a tribute to Miles Davis.

Discography

As Leader

• The Mysterious Corona (Debut, 1967)
• Anything but Grey (Columbia, 1992)
• Futopia (Columbia, 1993)
• Song .... Tread Lightly (Columbia, 2000)
• Voice of Silence: Homage to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Stunt, 2013)
• Strands Live with Jakob Bro and Marilyn Mazur (ECM, 2023)

With Danish Radio Big Band

• Brownsville Trolley Line (Sonet, 1970) as conductor – recorded in 1969

With Miles Davis

• Aura (Columbia, 1989)

With Dexter Gordon

• More Than You Know (SteepleChase, 1975)
• The Other Side of Round Midnight (Blue Note, 1986)

With Philip Catherine

• September Man (Atlantic, 1974)

With George Gruntz

• Theatre (ECM, 1983)

With Gary Peacock

• Guamba (ECM, 1987)

With Terje Rypdal

• Waves (ECM, 1978)
• Descendre (ECM, 1979)
• Skywards (ECM, 1995)
• Lux Aeterna (ECM, 2000)
• Vossabrygg (ECM, 2003)

With Dino Saluzzi

• Once Upon a Time - Far Away in the South (ECM, 1985)

With Edward Vesala

• Satu (ECM, 1977)

With Thomas Clausen

• Even Closer (ARTS, 2011)

With Jakob Bro

• Returnings (ECM, 2018)

With L. Shankar

• Vision (ECM, 1984)

References

1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 282. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
2. "Nordic Sound 2001" (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2013.
3. "Palle Mikkelborg". Archived from the original on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

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