Pierre Borel
Pierre Borel is a saxophonist and composer, working in the field of improvised and experimental music. Since 2006 he is residing in Berlin taking part of the high flow of ongoing creativity that is centered there. He has performed in most european countries, Japan, Russia and USA and is a regular playmate of Joel Grip, Hannes Lingens, Derek Shirley, Christian Lillinger, Axel Dörner, Tobias Delius to name a few.
He obtained a master degree at the Jazz Institute in Berlin in 2008, and continues questioning sound and composition through his studies in electro-acoustic music.
Together with Florian Bergmann and Hannes Lingens, he was running the Umlaut Berlin collective that in recent years released a great number of records and organized four festivals of improvised music.
- Lumpeks - Tête deux chevals
- Lumpeks - Polonez (Teaser)
- Lumpeks - Polonez (Reportage)
- Die Hochstapler - Within
- Die Hochstapler - Beauty Lies
- Umlaut Big Band - Mary's Ideas -"Gjon Mili's Jam Session"
- Lumpeks - Le Tunnel
- Die Hochstapler - The Music of Alvin P. Buckley
- Lumpeks - Nowa Tradycja, 2019 (extrait 2)
- Lumpeks - Nowa Tradycja, 2019 (extrait 1)
- Umlaut Big Band - Alexander Von Schlippenbach, 2019
- Die Hochstapler - The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog
- Schnell - Live at Sowieso, 2018
- Umlaut Big Band - The King of Bungle Bar
- Herr Borelgrip - River Jazz
- Herr Borelgrip - Nachtzug Jazz Paris-Berlin
Albums
- Split 7’’ (CD)
- Split (LP)
- Composition No.6 (CD)
- Nelson's Jacket (4 LPs)
- The Braxtornette Project (CD)
- The Music of Alvin P. Buckley (CD)
- The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog (CD,LP)
- The King of Bungle Bar: Umlaut Big Band plays Don Redman (CD)
- Lumpeks (CD)
- The Great European Stool Sample (LP)
- When Will Never Meet (CD)
- Mary's Ideas : Umlaut Big Band plays Mary Lou Williams (double CD)
- Beauty Lies (CD)
- Within (CD)
- Polonez (CD)
Scores
Presse
- 08/07/2024
Citizen Jazz, Polonez - 27/06/2024
Jazz'n'More - Polonez - 03/05/2024
Jazz News, Polonez - 22/02/2024
Brzmi w Trzcinie, Polonez - 19/02/2024
Nowhere Street, Polonez - 16/02/2024
Improspot, Polonez - 13/02/2024
Culture Jazz, Polonez - 06/02/2024
The Wire, Polonez - 31/01/2024
Muzyka, Polonez - 26/01/2024
Dwutygodnik, Polonez - 25/01/2024
The Quietus, Polonez - 02/01/2024
Culture Jazz, Polonez - 19/03/2023
Citizen Jazz, Within - 10/02/2023
The WholeNote, Within - 17/11/2022
All About Jazz, Beauty Lies Within - 15/09/2022
Pointbreak, Beauty Lies Within - 08/09/2022
Jazz Halo, Beauty Lies Within - 17/10/2020
Noweidzieodmorza, Lumpeks - 01/10/2020
Culture Jazz, Lumpeks - 17/11/2020
Ruch Muzyczny, Lumpeks - 25/10/2020
Przekroj, Lumpeks - 21/10/2020
Muzykoteka, Lumpeks - 18/09/2020
Roger Bergner, The Great European Stool Sample