Jazz Articles about Jorrit Dijkstra

Jorrit Dijkstra: Pillow Circles

by Troy Collins
March 14, 2010

An international summit meeting, Pillow Circles joins four American jazz musicians with four Dutch improvisers. Similar in feel to his Flatlands Collective, this effort finds Dutch expatriate and multi-instrumentalist Jorrit Dijkstra paying homage to a handful of artists who have inspired him, with each piece dedicated to an individual.

Bringing an empathetic familiarity to the octet are three members of the Chicago- based Flatlands Collective--the veteran rhythm section of bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Frank Rosaly, as well ...

Flatlands Collective: Maatjes

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 16, 2009

Fissare su disco le complicità, le dinamiche, le fluidità, che emergono durante un tour, è pratica che spesso risulta utile alle band - specialmente a quelle che non hanno la possibilità di suonare e provare con continuità - che così possono documentare con la massima attenzione espressiva tutte le sfumature della propria musica. Accade anche al Flatlands Collective, guidato dal sassofonista e compositore olandese Jorrit Dijkstra, che arriva così con Maatjes alla seconda prova discografica, dopo Gnomade pubblicato dalla Skycap ...

Flatlands Collective: Maatjes

by Wilbur MacKenzie
January 26, 2009

Maatjes, the second recording by the Flatlands Collective, captures the ensemble at the end of a European tour, with the group dynamic very well-tuned to alto saxophonist/composer Jorrit Dijkstra's compelling charts. Chicagoans Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Jeb Bishop (trombone), James Falzone (clarinet), Jason Roebke (bass) and Frank Rosaly (drums) all work together to celebrate the various micro-dialogues that emerge from the Collective's highly evocative composing and very distinguished improvisational vocabularies. A long view of the Clean Feed disc ...

The Flatlands Collective: Maatjes

by Troy Collins
January 16, 2009

Named for the geographic similarity between the American Mid-West and the Netherlands, the Flatlands Collective is a mid-sized ensemble of Chicago-based musicians operating under the leadership of Dutch saxophonist and electronics manipulator Jorrit Dijkstra. A seamless integration of nostalgic European melodies, futuristic minimalism, and spontaneous free jazz, Dijkstra's cantilevered compositions unveil layers of detailed nuance on Maatjes, the sophomore effort of this international collective.

The ensemble's core line-up is virtually unchanged since their debut, Gnomade (Skycap, 2006). Clarinetist ...

Jorrit Dijkstra + John Hollenbeck: Sequence

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 16, 2007

Cosa spinge due musicisti come Jorrit Dijkstra, esponente significativo della scena improvvisativa olandese e John Hollenbeck, versatile batterista e arguto compositore, a licenziare un disco squinternato come Sequence? Un disco cioè, nel quale sono banditi i concetti di ritmo, melodia, armonia (ma questo potrebbe essere altamente stimolante) in favore di una esplorazione sonora che lascia perlomeno perplessi... Un disco nel quale gli spazi fungono da contenitori di rumori, stridii, sibili, sequenze elettroniche e impazzite cellule sonore, ma ti costringe a ...

Jorrit Dijkstra: 30 Micro-Stems

by Mark Corroto
March 1, 2002

When Dutch saxophonist Jorrit Dijkstra plays saxophone alone, he is never alone. His latest recording 30 Micro-Stems, while a solo effort, is filled with the loops and delays that process sound, keeping him in good company. Dijkstra, a Dutch saxophonist is one of the stars on the Amsterdam scene releasing recordings on the BVHaast label. He works in various groups including his Trio Jorrit Dijkstra (sax/bass/drums), a quartet Sound-Lee! that plays the music of Lee Konitz, Jorrit Dijkstra + Strings ...