Tineke Postma receives Edison Award.

Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Dutch saxophonist and composer Tineke Postma has received an Edison Award, National Category, for her album "Aria". The Edison is the oldest and most prestigious Dutch annual music prize.

We have received the following press release;

On October 7 2024, Dutch saxophonist and composer Tineke Postma received an EDISON AWARD, National Category, for her highly praised album ARIA.

The EDISON is the oldest and most prestigious Dutch music prize which is being awarded annually.

Quote from the jury: “Known for her powerful saxophone playing, Tineke Postma explores new boundaries with technical craftsmanship and discipline. This versatile album is a powerful statement in Postma’s development. The album has a characteristic and personal touch.

TOUR DATES
with David Doruzka, gtr / Robert Landfermann, db / Tristan Renfrow, dr

2024
28 Nov   Frankfurt, DE - Netzwerk Seilerei / Jazzfest

March 2025
14 Mar   London, UK - Soul Mama

SUMMER 2025
1-3 August   Bulgaria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvEPigblnXM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m69i2PoST-8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsCgviwiqSM

ABOUT

As one of the most prolific and respected musicians to emerge from the vibrant Dutch scene, saxophonist and composer Tineke Postma has been touring internationally as a leader since 2003. With a catalogue of seven albums her international profile has resulted in the Rising Star on soprano award in the Downbeat Critics Poll 2019 and seen her perform alongside greats such as Herbie Hancock (watch here from 30:00’), Terri Lyne Carrington and Dianne Reeves.

Tineke is a musician of inventiveness and creativity, not afraid to explore the unknown, and revels in the inspiration of the master, Wayne Shorter, who once told her, before going on stage to perform together, “Let’s start composing”.

Before his transition in May 2023 Wayne declared (source: Clark Rundell) that Tineke Postma should be the one to take his role in his symphonic written work (Opera Iphigenia, Gaia, and Orbits) and she performed these works for the first time in June 2023 with Esperanza Spalding along with pianist Kris Davis, Terri Lyne Carrington and the Polish Symphony Orchestra in Poland at the Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa Festival).

Tineke’s latest album ‘ARIA’, released in May 2023 by Edition Records (UK), consists of a new book of adventurous compositions by Tineke with a new group of prolific and highly acclaimed musicians such as NYC based guitarist Ben Monder, bassist Robert Landfermann (Germany) and American drummer based in Amsterdam, Tristan Renfrow.  The album received raving reviews such as a four-star review in Downbeat. In May/June 2023 the Tineke Postma Aria Group embarked on a successful European release tour playing festivals and venues such as the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, Ronnie Scotts in London, the festival “Like a Jazz Machine” in Luxembourg, the Sunset/Sunside in Paris, the Unterfahrt in Munich and Moods in Zurich. For the next phase of European touring, the Tineke Postma Aria Group included the highly acclaimed guitarist David Doruzka, replacing Ben Monder. The dynamics of this band were such that she decided to write more material for it and Tineke a new album is planned to be recorded in March 2025.

PRESS about ARIA

“This will resonate with listeners who enjoy a fusion of innovative improvisations combined with compositions with an intentional artistic vision and desire to tell stories through music formed from the roots of jazz and European classical music.”
The Jazz Word

“There isn’t anything safe here and in the fractured splintering of the shards of rapture all four players maintain on this studio album ...  you can’t guess what’s next. ...Given the quality here there are so many multiple interpretations of response possible which is just one reason why this latest album from the remarkable Postma - taking up the mantle of Lee Konitz and making a paradigm shift that contributes so much to the state of the art - works so well.”
Marlbank

“The music is open and airy, but with a clear melodic vein in it. Postma is obviously a fearless musical soul who dares to go her own way and who succeeds in creating excitement and unexpected ways into her universe.”
Nettavisen Nyheten / Norway

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Below are video links of a few exciting projects TINEKE POSTMA was involved in recently: In June of this year the Polish festival Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa paid tribute to the symphonic legacy of Wayne Shorter, led by multi-instrumentalist Esperanza Spalding. A concert featuring Esperanza Spalding’s quartet with Tineke Postma, Terri Lyne Carrington and Kris Davis, conductor Clark Rundell and the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra.

Clark Rundell about Tineke Postma: “A saxophonist with extraordinary gifts but also a composer, recording artist and bandleader, Tineke remains one of the outstanding figures in jazz of her generation. ...In speaking with Wayne about these projects prior to his passing, I asked who he thought should play his role in his quartet. His answer: Tineke Postma. It is hard to imagine greater praise than to be Wayne Shorter’s choice as a replacement in his own quartet.”

https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/113215-001-A/esperanza-spalding-homage-to-wayne-shorter/

In July at the North Sea Jazz Festival, Tineke participated in Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Standards Project. Here is a short excerpt of that concert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUTxs5Qp_kI

The French Jazz Academy “Academie du Jazz” awarded
TINEKE POSTMA
the “Prix de Musicien Européen 2020”