FREYA
PRESS
"Choc/Choice album of the month" - Jazz Magazine (France)
Tineke Postma Plays With ‘New Sense of Urgency’ On ‘Freya’
- Downbeat
“Tineke Postma delivers a compelling jazz record with great playing top musicians.” - De Volkskrant ****
"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)
"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."
- London Jazz News (UK)
" 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 profoundly original musical talent. She brings a whole new lowland European sound into her music, wrapped in a fresh aural beauty." **** - Morning Star (UK)
"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."
- Jazzenzo (NL)
"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. "
- Edition Records (UK)
"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