Jorrit Dijkstra's Pillow Circles
Composition Commission North Sea Jazz Festival 2009
July 8: Try out, Tabula Rasa serie, Maarten Luther Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
July 10: North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam Netherlands
Jorrit Dijkstra alto saxophone, lyricon, electronics
Tony Malaby tenor, soprano saxophone
Jeb Bishop trombone
Oene van Geel viola
Paul Pallesen guitar, banjo
Raphael Vanoli guitar, electronics
Jason Roebke bass
Frank Rosaly drums, percussion
This project is made possible through grants from the Netherland-America Foundation and Muziek Centrum Nederland. Download press release here
Terri Hron, Jorrit Dijkstra, Alfredo Genovesi
July 7: Steim, Amsterdam
Jorrit Dijkstra, Jeb Bishop, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly Quartet
July 9: Zaal 100, Amsterdam
Ava Mendoza, Jacob Felix Heule, Jorrit Dijkstra
July 23: 21 Grand, Oakland, CA
Jorrit Dijkstra, Gino Robair, Damon Smith
July 30: Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Lost Trio + Jorrit Dijkstra
August 6: Sacramento CA
Josh Sinton Quintet plays the music of Steve Lacy
August 8: Berkeley Jazz School, Berkeley CA
Josh Sinton, Jorrit Dijkstra, Phillip Greenlief (saxes), Geoff Harper (bass),Paul Kikuchi (drums)
The Flatlands Collective
European tour March 2010
March 13, 2010: Plusetage, Baarle Nassau
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John Hollenbeck + Jorrit Dijkstra
European tour May 2010
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Commissions 2009-2010:
Piece for solo electric guitar and iPod shuffle for Wiek Hijmans,
Work for solo saxophone + electronics
New piece for the Tetzepi Bigband
New piece for the Amstel saxophone quartet