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.
- Die Hochstapler - Beauty Lies
- Die Hochstapler - The Music of Alvin P. Buckley
- Die Hochstapler - The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog
- Die Hochstapler - Within
- Herr Borelgrip - Nachtzug Jazz Paris-Berlin
- Herr Borelgrip - River Jazz
- Lumpeks - Le Tunnel
- Lumpeks - Nowa Tradycja, 2019 (extrait 1)
- Lumpeks - Nowa Tradycja, 2019 (extrait 2)
- Schnell - Live at Sowieso, 2018
- Umlaut Big Band - Alexander Von Schlippenbach, 2019
- Umlaut Big Band - Mary's Ideas -"Gjon Mili's Jam Session"
- Umlaut Big Band - The King of Bungle Bar
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)
Scores
Presse
- 19/03/2023
Citizen Jazz, Within - 10/02/2023
The WholeNote, Within - 01/02/2023
Jazzworld, Beauty Lies Within - 22/01/2023
Culture Jazz, Beauty Lies Within - 13/12/2022
Jazz News, Beauty Lies Within - 01/12/2022
The New York City Jazz Record, Beauty Lies Within - 17/11/2022
All About Jazz, Beauty Lies Within - 30/10/2022
Syncopated Times, Umlaut Big Band - 26/10/2022
All About Jazz, Beauty Lies Within - 22/10/2022
Radio Student, Beauty Lies Within - 15/10/2022
Culture Jazz, Beauty Lies Within - 15/09/2022
Pointbreak, Beauty Lies Within - 14/09/2022
France Musique, Beauty Lies Within - 08/09/2022
Jazz Halo, Beauty Lies Within - 06/09/2022
Point of Departure, Beauty Lies Within - 30/08/2022
Le Club de Mediapart, Beauty Lies Within - 23/08/2022
Free Jazz blog, Beauty Lies Within - 11/08/2022
One Man's Jazz, Beauty Lies Within - 01/07/2022
Downbeat, Die Hochstapler - 19/04/2022
Nieuwe Noten, Mary's Ideas - 02/03/2022
RTBF, Mary's Ideas - 12/02/2022
RTS, Mary's Ideas - 06/02/2022
Citizen Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 01/01/2022
Point of Departure, Mary's Ideas - 01/01/2022
The Wire, Mary's Ideas - 17/12/2021
Charles Cros, Mary's Ideas - 17/12/2021
NDR, Mary's Ideas - 16/12/2021
All About Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 05/12/2021
Free Jazz Blog, Mary's Ideas - 03/12/2021
Jazz Word, Mary's Ideas - 18/11/2021
Le Souffle Bleu, Mary's Ideas - 11/11/2021
Culture Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 02/11/2021
Hot Club, Mary's Ideas - 31/10/2021
Fragile, Mary's Ideas - 25/10/2021
Radio France, Mary's Ideas - 14/10/2021
All About Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 06/10/2021
Le Monde, Mary's Ideas - 04/10/2021
Overblog, Mary's Ideas - 04/10/2021
Blog de Choc, Mary's Ideas - 01/10/2021
Jazz News, Mary's Ideas - 30/09/2021
Jazz Magazine, Mary's Ideas - 30/09/2021
TSF Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 30/09/2021
Froggy's delight, Mary's Ideas - 28/09/2021
Le Grigri, Mary's Ideas - 27/09/2021
Culture Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 20/09/2021
Couleurs Jazz Media, Mary's Ideas - 20/09/2021
The Quietus, Mary's Ideas - 16/09/2021
Pointbreak, Mary's Ideas - 16/09/2021
Latins de Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 15/09/2021
Radio France, Mary's Ideas - 11/09/2021
Daniel Yvinec, Mary's Ideas - 31/08/2021
Radio France, Mary's Ideas - 03/07/2021
Radio France, Mary's Ideas - 17/10/2020
Noweidzieodmorza, Lumpeks - 01/10/2020
Culture Jazz, Lumpeks - 03/07/2020
Le Monde, Umlaut Big Band - 17/11/2020
Ruch Muzyczny, Lumpeks - 10/04/2016
Citizen Jazz, The Music of Avin P. Buckley - 23/06/2021
Le Grigri, Mary's Ideas - 25/10/2020
Przekroj, Lumpeks - 21/10/2020
Muzykoteka, Lumpeks - 18/09/2020
Roger Bergner, The Great European Stool Sample - 14/12/2018
Citizen Jazz, The King of Bungle Bar - 14/12/2018
Académie Charles Cros, The King of Bungle Bar - 30/11/2018
Couleurs Jazz, The King of Bungle Bar - 26/11/2018
Le Grigri, The King of Bungle Bar - 26/11/2018
Culture Jazz, The King of Bungle Bar - 25/11/2018
Jazz à bâbord, The King of Bungle Bar - 14/10/2018
Le Dauphiné libéré, The King of Bungle Bar - 08/10/2018
France Musique, The King of Bungle Bar - 02/10/2018
TSF Jazz, The King of Bungle Bar - 02/10/2018
Les Dernières Nouvelles du Jazz, The King of Bungle Bar - 01/10/2018
Jazz Magazine, The King of Bungle Bar - 21/09/2018
Radio Campus Paris, The King of Bungle Bar - 20/09/2018
Libération, The King of Bungle Bar - 08/09/2018
Culture Jazz, The King of Bungle Bar - 28/08/2018
France Musique, The King of Bungle Bar - 25/08/2018
Télérama, The King of Bungle Bar - 07/06/2018
Télérama, The King of Bungle Bar - 07/08/2018
Jazz News, The King of Bungle Bar - 20/07/2018
L'Est Républicain, The King of Bungle Bar
Agenda - Pierre Borel
Umlaut Big Band
AERI, Montreuil (FR)
Die Hochstapler : This is just to say
Die Hochstapler with Mat Pogo, Cristina Vetrone & Antje Vowinckel
Donaueschinger Musiktage, Donaueschingen (DE)