Palle Mikkelborg

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)

With Danish Radio Big Band
 * Brownsville Trolley Line (Sonet, 1970) as conductor – recorded in 1969

With Miles Davis
 * Aura (Columbia, 1989)

With Dexter Gordon With Philip Catherine
 * More Than You Know (SteepleChase, 1975)
 * The Other Side of Round Midnight (Blue Note, 1986)


 * September Man (Atlantic, 1974)

With George Gruntz With Gary Peacock
 * Theatre (ECM, 1983)
 * Guamba (ECM, 1987)

With Terje Rypdal With Dino Saluzzi With Edward Vesala With Thomas Clausen With Jakob Bro
 * Waves (ECM, 1978)
 * Descendre (ECM, 1979)
 * Skywards (ECM, 1995)
 * Lux Aeterna (ECM, 2000)
 * Vossabrygg (ECM, 2003)
 * Once Upon a Time - Far Away in the South (ECM, 1985)
 * Satu (ECM, 1977)
 * Even Closer (ARTS, 2011)
 * Returnings (ECM, 2018)