“Dutch saxophonist Tineke Postma’s Aria is many things, starting with a listening pleasure. Open and airy, the album is neither simple nor extremely difficult, but instead original, inviting and rewarding of repeated listening.”
Downbeat 2023 ****
“A beautifully versatile album by a amazing quartet”
Volkskrant 2023 (Netherlands) ****
Aria; Les Chocs of the Month
Jazz Magazine (France) 2023
“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.”
The Daily Jazz Blog (2023)
"Freya feels like a master musician settling in and playing with a beloved cohort.”
Downbeat (USA) - 4 stars
"A saxophonist of the highest calibre and her new album Freya is a truly excellent recording, sure to become a favorite of many jazz listeners this year."
"A Germano-Scandinavian divinity, Freya is the goddess of creation and fertility...the Dutch saxophonist lives up both to the tribute she pays her, and to the New York team she surrounds herself with.”
Choc/Choice album of the month
- Jazz Magazine (France)
“Freya, opgenomen met trompettist Ralph Alessi, pianist Kris Davis, bassist Matt Brewer en drummer Dan Weiss, [is] een boeiende groeiplaat van creatieve collectieve kracht.”
NRC Handelsblad (NL) - 4 stars
Tineke Postma Plays With ‘New Sense of Urgency’ On ‘Freya’
- Downbeat (USA)
(Tineke Postma)…who had already won us over with her six previous productions, just like Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock who took her by their side, released a dazzling " Freya " at Edition Records , with the best of the New York scene…
“Tineke Postma delivers a compelling jazz record with great playing top musicians.”
- De Volkskrant **** (NL)
"There’s endless detail in this music, but its overall impression is as fluid and indivisible as an onrushing wave.”
- Nate Chinen, WBGO Take 5 (USA)
" Heralds a confident new approach and a fresh sound from the saxophonist that rewards the listener more with every subsequent hearing."
- London Jazz News (UK)
A fresh, energetic, adventurous album and strong; just like her mother, grandmother and other women who contributed to this "Tineke" project.
Jazzthing (DE)
"A profoundly original musical talent. She brings a whole new lowland European sound into her music, wrapped in a fresh aural beauty." ****
"Alessi and Postma are a strong front-line throughout, whether they're coiling closely around one another or pairing for unison themes."
- Textura (UK)
"With Freya, Postma has succeeded in putting her most personal mark on the music and proving that she is one of the best and most idiosyncratic saxophonists of the moment."
"Recorded in Mt Vernon, NY on December 22nd, 2018, her self-produced album is hardly an improv set, yet it does exude a relaxed, adventurous feel. "
- Textura (Canada)
"Freya is the seventh album from Dutch saxophonist Tineke Postma. Her first since 2014, Freya is a come-back album as a leader. Following an acclaimed international career, including work with legends Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, Tineke’s Freya represents a fresh start with a new label, reinvigorated energy and an exciting band that is collectively inspired by the experiences she has gathered throughout her career. Together with trumpeter Ralph Alessi, bassist Matt Brewer, drummer Dan Weiss and featuring pianist Kris Davis, Tineke makes music that is adventurous, empowering and full of risk-taking. "
"Postma has developed her own musical language and at the same time has the guts to look for new ways in music."
- Fries Dagblad (NL)
"A design consisting of intersecting and overlaid sinuous lines, delivered in a rich but spare, pared-back painterly palette, it looks the way the music sounds."
- JazzWise (UK)
PREVIOUS PRESS
“Imaginative, accomplished contemporary jazz”.
- The Guardian (UK)
(During International Jazz Day All Star Global Concert 2019 Australia) “Hancock occupying the piano chair he held on the Native Dancer LP and the Dutch saxophonist Tineke Postma deftly handling Shorter’s role. “
- Jazz Times (USA)
"Jazz full of lively interactions."
- Jazzthetik (DE)
"The music is edgy and hip, dark and devious, and grooving and untethered all at once."
- All About Jazz
"The lyricism expressed is engaging, and Postma’s saxophone technique dazzles".
- Jazztimes (USA)
"Postma’s artistic voice is a personal one on all fronts." - Downbeat (USA)
"Tineke’s beautiful spirit and musical sensibility sing through in her playing and writing."
- Esperanza Spalding
"Tineke’s voice is all hers and the compositions and sequencing are great".
- Greg Osby